Mutantes - A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado

Artist: Mutantes
Album: A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado
Year: 1970
Country: Brazil
Label: Polygram
Style: Progressive psychedelic
Genre: Psychedelic, Proto-prog, Tropicalia.
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The Os Mutante's psychedelic tradition was much abandoned in "A Divina Comedia ou Ando Meio Desligado". This is more a progressive-earlier-Beatles rock album than a psychedelic one and the band lost some of originality with it.

from progarchives :
Good but not in the same level of the two previous albums. Unbalanced; it mixes good songs with others not so good.
Tracks 'Ando meio desligado', 'Ave Lucifer', 'Meu refrigerador não funciona', 'Hey Boy' and 'Oh! Mulher infiel' are worthy.
The version for the classical seresta (Brazilian serenade) 'Chão de estrelas' (Floor of stars) did not work well.
It features gorgeous keyboards fully Procol Harum oriented and the vocal performance from Rita is really fantastic
One curiosity: 'Ando meio desligado' supposedly a love song became the "anthem" of the Brazilians hemp-users. The lyrics help: 'I am partially spaced out/Not even feeling my feet on the ground/I look and I see nothing/I don't want you to want me' (free translation).

1. Ando Meio Desligado (4:45)
2. Quem Tem Medo De Brincar De Amor (1:31)
3. Ave Lúcifer (2:19)
4. Desculpe, Babe (2:47)
5. Meu Refrigerador Não Funciona (6:18)
6. Hey Boy (2:46)
7. Preciso Urgentemente Encontrar Um Amigo (3:49)
8. Chão De Estrelas (3:10)
9. Jogo De Calçada (4:07)
10. Haleluia (3:38)
11. Oh! Mulher Infiel (4:18)

Line-up
— Rita Lee / vocals, effects
— Arnaldo Dias Baptista / vocals, bass, organ, piano, effects
— Sergio Dias Baptista / guitars, vocals, voice box
— Ronaldo Leme (Dinho) / drums
— Arnolpho Lima Filho (Liminha) / bass guitar (2,4,6,7)
— Raphael Vilardi / acoustic guitar (8), backing vocals (6)
— Naná Vasconcelos / percussion (1,4)
— Rogério Duprat / orchestral arrangements

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