Bicho (album)

Bicho
Studio album by Caetano Veloso
Released	1977
Genre	MPB
Length	35:18
Label	PolyGram, Universal Music.,[1][2]
Producer	Perinho Albuquerque
Caetano Veloso chronology
Caetano... muitos carnavais... (1977) Bicho (1977) Muito (dentro da estrela azulada) (1978)

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'Bicho' ("beast", in Portuguese) is a 1977 studio album by Caetano Veloso. The album was recorded after Veloso spent a month with Gilberto Gil in Lagos, Nigeria,^[3] and the influence of African music such as Jùjú can be heard throughout the album.^[4] The song "O Leãozinho", was covered by the American Band Beirut on the benefit album Red Hot + Rio 2.

Track listing

1. Odara (Caetano Veloso) - 7:16
2. Two naira Fifty kobo (Caetano Veloso) - 5:04
3. Gente (Caetano Veloso) - 3:37
4. Olha o menino (Jorge Ben) - 3:03
5. Um índio (Caetano Veloso) - 2:56
6. A grande borboleta (Caetano Veloso) - 1:12
7. Tigresa (Caetano Veloso) - 6:21
8. O Leãozinho (Caetano Veloso) - 3:06
9. Alguém cantando (Caetano Veloso) - 2:43

References

1. Bicho
2. http://www.caetanoveloso.com.br/decadade70/musica.php?id_disco=72
3. http://www.caetanoveloso.com.br/biografia.php
4. Dunn, Christopher (2001). Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture. ISBN 978-0807849767.