Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis

Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis (misspelled Latin for Bread and circuses) is a 1968 collaboration album by artists including Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Os Mutantes and Gal Costa. Considered an important record in the Tropicália movement and in the history of Brazilian music, it features arrangements by Rogerio Duprat and lyrical contributions from Torquato Neto.[4][5]

Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis
Studio album by Various artists
Released	July 1968
Recorded	May 1968[1]
Studio	RGE Studios, São Paulo, Brazil[1]
Genre	Tropicália
Length	38:29
Label	Philips
Producer	Manuel Barenbein

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10[3]

Cover

The main contributors can be seen on the album cover, which is intended to be a tribute to influential Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Seated on the floor, Gilberto Gil holds the graduation photo of Capinan. To the left, drinking from a chamber pot, is Rogério Duprat. To the right, Gal Costa, wearing a yellow dress, is beside Torquato Neto, with a cap. Caetano Veloso is to the left of them, holding a picture of Nara Leão. Behind them are Tom Zé, on the right, and Os Mutantes, on the left (more precisely, from left to right, Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee and Sérgio Dias).

Influence

It is considered to be the manifesto of the Tropicalismo movement. It is number 2 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 greatest Brazilian albums of all time.[6] The song "Baby" and the title track were voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone, respectively, as the 30th[7] and the 7th greatest Brazilian song.[8] On September 2012, it was elected by the audience of Radio Eldorado FM, of Estadao.com e of Caderno C2+Música (both the latter belong to newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo) as the ninth best Brazilian album ever.[9] At the time of the album's release, the newspaper also considered it one of the best albums released that year in Brazil."[10]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"Miserere nóbis"	Gilberto Gil Capinam	Gilberto Gil Os Mutantes	3:42
2.	"Coração materno"	Vicente Celestino	Caetano Veloso	4:15
3.	"Panis et circensis"	Gilberto Gil Caetano Veloso	Os Mutantes	3:33
4.	"Lindonéia"	Gilberto Gil Caetano Veloso	Nara Leão	2:13
5.	"Parque industrial"	Tom Zé	Gilberto Gil Gal Costa Caetano Veloso Os Mutantes	3:16
6.	"Geléia geral"	Gilberto Gil Torquato Neto	Gilberto Gil	3:42

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"Baby"	Caetano Veloso	Gal Costa Caetano Veloso	3:31
2.	"Três caravelas"	Caetano Veloso Gilberto Gil	Caetano Veloso Gilberto Gil	3:06
3.	"Enquanto seu lobo não vem"	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso Gal Costa Rita Lee	2:31
4.	"Mamãe, coragem"	Caetano Veloso Torquato Neto	Gal Costa	2:29
5.	"Bat macumba"	Gilberto Gil Caetano Veloso	Gilberto Gil Os Mutantes Gal Costa Caetano Veloso	2:33
6.	"Hino do Senhor do Bom Fim"	João Antonio Wanderley Artur de Sales	Caetano Veloso Gilberto Gil Os Mutantes Gal Costa	3:38
Total length:				38:29

Personnel

• Rogério Duprat: arrangement and conducting

References

1. Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis (LP). Various. Philips. 1968. R 765.040 L.CS1 maint: others (link)
2. Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis at AllMusic
3. "Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis". Acclaimed Music. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
4. Allmusic review
5. "Discografia – Tropicália" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-20.
6. "Os 100 maiores discos da Música Brasileira". Rolling Stone (in Portuguese). 13: 111. October 2007.
7. Espírito Santo, José Julio do (2009). "As 100 Maiores Músicas Brasileiras - "Baby"". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Spring. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
8. Terron, Paulo (2009). "As 100 Maiores Músicas Brasileiras - "Panis et Circencis"". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Spring. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
9. Bomfim, Emanuel (7 September 2012). "'Ventura' é eleito o melhor disco brasileiro de todos os tempos". Combate Rock (in Portuguese). Grupo Estado. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
10. Leite, Edmundo (31 August 2012). "Alguns discos clássicos já nascem grandes". Acervo Estadão (in Portuguese). Grupo Estado. Retrieved 28 January 2016.