Tropicália: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound
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| Tropicália: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound | |
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | |
| Released | February 13, 2006 |
| Genre | Tropicália |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Label | Soul Jazz |
| Compiler | Stuart Baker |
Tropicália: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound is a 2006 compilation album released by Soul Jazz Records.
Tropicália: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound was initially set for release in 2005, the album was pushed to February 13, 2006, to tie in with a Tropicalia festival at the Barbican in London.[1][2] The festival had nearly every artist featured on the compilation.[1] The album was re-released in 2010.[1][3]
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 93/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Robert Christgau | A−[5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[6] |
| The Guardian |   [7] |
| Pitchfork Media | (9.5/10)[8] |
| The Province | A[9] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 93, indicating universal acclaim, based on 10 reviews.[4] Richard Williams of The Guardian" commented that the artists on the album "brim with youthful inventiveness, blending funk grooves, Brazilian energy, a restrained hint of primitive Haight-Ashbury psychedelics, a sense of humour that transcends linguistic boundaries and a Beatlesque sense of limitless possibilities expressed in the use of orchestral resources alongside the usual beat-group or samba-combo instrumentation."[7] Joe Tangari declared that the compilation takes "an extremely focused look at six of the most important and influential Tropicália artists, [...] responsible for some of the most bracing records Brazil ever produced-- and though omissions are certain to be an issue for cratedigging obsessives, this collection is as flawless a primer as has ever been made available on a single disc."[8]