MUTANTES E SEUS COMETAS NO PAÍS DO BAURETS

They show their funnier side instead of the dark sarchasm of previous album; also they seem to recover some moments of good old rock'n'roll and the tropicalia phase of the 60s - a return to the roots! But a new component was added to the salad, a very special delicatessen: progressive music. Not in the quantity we all enjoy but with a high quality.

At the time we didn't know but Mutantes had great internal problems related to Rita Lee's will to follow a solo career - which she did later; drug and alcohol addiction; contractual and funding demands; and even so they produced a work clearly above the average. They were talented, undoubtedly!

Title-song is the great moment of the disk, a truly progressive suite owing few to related songs done elsewhere. Even the title is enjoyable, with space and psychedelia being joined by a bit of irony: 'Mutantes and his comets in the country of the Baurets'. This sends us to the opening song, a crude rockabilly as they were visiting Bill Haley and His Comets.

'Balada do louco' (Ballad of the mad man) is another great song, with catchy lyrics: 'If they are gorgeous, I am Alain Delon/if they are famous, I am Napoleon/but mad is someone who tells me he is unhappy/I am happy, I am happy'. Piano and moog make an unforgetable background.

'Rua Augusta' (Augusta Street) is a funny cover of a Brazilian hit of the 60s, telling the adventures of a youngster gang in São Paulo City that used the mentioned street as a meeting point. The hard guitar solo breaks the apparently innocent song pace.

Other tracks include a pure rock like 'Beijo exagerado', a soft-rock like 'Vida de cachorro', a Cuban-like mockery in 'Cantor de mambo', a jazzy song like 'Dunne Buggy' and the folky 'Todo mundo pastou' (also a reference to drug abuse).

Worthy to say that this album started the real Mutantes prog phase to be seen more clearly in the 2 following albums. I rate this album as highly recommended for all ears, thence an excellent addition to any musical (prog or non-prog) collection. Total: 4.

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