Gal Costa (album)

Gal Costa is the first solo album by the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, released in 1969. It was ranked the 80th best Brazilian album of all time by the Brazilian Rolling Stone magazine.[3]

Gal Costa
Studio album by
Gal Costa
Released1969
Genre
Length39:12
LabelPhillips
Dusty Groove (reissue)
ProducerManuel Barenbein
Gal Costa chronology
Domingo
(1967)		 Gal Costa
(1969)		 Gal
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound[2]
Music Story[2]

Considered one of the most representative records of the countercultural Tropicália movement, the album features songwriting by various artist associated with the movement, with whom Costa had previously worked with in the 1968 collaboration album Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis. These include Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Torquato Neto.

Composition

The music in the album has been considered unprecedented.[1][4] It represents a strong departure from the style of Domingo, her debut album recorded with Caetano Veloso, which featured a "set of airy, somewhat standard bossa nova tunes".[1] Writing for Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone, Marcus Petro considered that, despite incorporating new influences from Janis Joplin and James Brown, Costa's music still retained strong bossa nova elements.[3] The sound of Gal Costa has been called "truly psychedelic and very much of its time, but also full of subtlety, as befits the melodic complexity and harmonic freedom" of its songs.[4]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Não Identificado"Caetano Veloso3:12
2."Sebastiana"Rosil Cavalcanti2:23
3."Lost in the Paradise"Caetano Veloso2:52
4."Namorinho de Portão"Tom Zé2:34
5."Saudosismo"Caetano Veloso3:10
6."Se Você Pensa"Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos3:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Vou Recomeçar"Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos3:25
8."Divino, Maravilhoso"Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil4:13
9."Que Pena (Ele Já Não Gosta Mais de Mim)"Jorge Ben3:33
10."Baby"Caetano Veloso3:33
11."A Coisa Mais Linda Que Existe"Gilberto Gil, Torquato Neto4:00
12."Deus é o Amor"Jorge Ben3:05
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References
  1. Thomas, Fred. "Gal Costa - Gal Costa". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  2. "Gal Costa". Acclaimed Music. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  3. Preto, Marcus. "Gal Costa (1969, Philips)". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Spring Publicações. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  4. "Gal Costa - Gal Costa". Unsung. Head Heritage Ltd. March 27, 2005. Retrieved August 8, 2015.


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