Gal Costa - Gal Costa ( reissue 180g vinyl LP )

Release date: 31-05-2021 (originally released in 1969)

2021 EU reissue 180g vinyl LP - Costa is the first solo album by the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, released in 1969 (although all the songs were recorded in 1968). It was ranked the 80th best Brazilian album of all time by the Brazilian Rolling Stone magazine. Considered one of the most representative records of the countercultural Tropiclia movement, the album features songwriting by various artists associated with the movement, with whom Costa had previously worked within the 1968 collaboration album Tropiclia: ou Panis et Circencis. These include Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Torquato Neto.

Tracks:
A1 Não Identificado
A2 Sebastiana
A3 Lost In The Paradise
A4 Namorinho De Portão
A5 Saudosismo
A6 Se Você Pensa
A7 Tuareg

B1 Vou Recomeçar
B2 Divino, Maravilhoso
B3 Que Pena (Êle Já Não Gosta Mais De Mim)
B4 Baby
B5 A Coisa Mais Linda Que Existe
B6 Deus É O Amor

The music in the album has been considered unprecedented. 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". Despite incorporating new influences from Janis Joplin and James Brown, Costa's music still retained strong bossa nova elements. 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. This highly limited 180 Gram LP edition also contains one bonus track (Tuareg) belonging to his next album (Gal) released later in the same year.