Índia
1973 studio album by Gal Costa
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Released | 1973 | ||
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Genre | MPB | ||
Length | 38 : 34 | ||
Label | Philips | ||
Producer | Guilherme Araújo [1] | ||
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Índia is the fourth studio album by Brazilian singer Gal Costa , released on 1973 by Philips Records . Its major hits were "Índia", "Volta" and "Desafinado". [2] [3] [4]
Music
Índia is an MPB album, with influences from tropicália , [5] folk , psychedelic , jazz , funk and rock . [6] [7]
Artwork
The artwork depicts Gal Costa semi-nude with indigenous Brazilian vests. It was originally censored by the Brazilian military government , but the full artwork was released by Costa in 2015. She stated in her Instagram : "To our delight, including mine". [8] [9]
Release
The album was released on 1973 by Philips Records , and reissued with the original uncensored cover in 2017, by Mr Bongo Records . [7] [10]
Reception
Retrospective reviews
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [11] |
Pitchfork | 8.5/10 [5] |
Uncut | [12] |
Índia received widespread acclaim by critics.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Índia" | José Asunción Flores , Manuel O. Guerrero, José Fortuna | 6:59 |
2. | "Milho Verde" | Zeca Afonso , traditional | 4:29 |
3. | "Presente Cotidiano" | Luiz Melodia | 3:03 |
4. | "Volta" | Lupicínio Rodrigues | 3:22 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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5. | "Relance" | Caetano Veloso , Pedro Novis | 5:06 |
6. | "Da Maior Importância" | Caetano Veloso | 5:18 |
7. | "Passarinho" | Tuzé de Abreu | 5:35 |
8. | "Pontos de Luz" | Jards Macalé , Waly Salomão | 2:48 |
9. | "Desafinado" | Tom Jobim , Newton Mendonça | 2:40 |
Personnel
- Guilherme Araújo — production
- Edú Mello e Souza — studio directing
- Luigi Hoffer — technician, mixing
- Marcus Vinicius — technician, mixing
- Ary Carvalhaes — mixing
- Gilberto Gil — musical directing, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
- Antonio Guerreiro — photograph
- Waly Salomão — artwork
- Dominguinhos — accordion
- Toninho Horta — electric guitar
- Luiz Alves — contrabass
- Roberto Silva — drums
- Chico Batera — percussion and special effects
- Rogério Duprat — arrangement
- Arthur Verocai — arrangement ("Pontos de Luz", "Presente Cotidiano")
- Mario Tavares — strings ("Índia")
- Tenório Jr. — organ ("Volta")
- Roberto Menescal — acoustic guitar ("Desafinado")
- Wagner Tiso — organ ("Pontos de Luz" e "Presente Cotidiano")
- Chacal — percussion ("Milho Verde")
- Antônio Carlos Jobim — composing
- Jards Macalé — composing
- Luiz Melodia — composing
- Newton Mendonça — composing
- Lupicínio Rodrigues — composing
- José Asunción Flores — composing
References
- ↑ "Índia (1973) – Discogs" . Discogs . Retrieved August 28, 2014 .
- ↑ "ÍNDIA – OS ÚLTIMOS AGUDOS DO DESBUNDE DE GAL COSTA" (in Brazilian Portuguese). March 2, 2009 . Retrieved January 15, 2014 .
- ↑ Teca Lima (July 30, 2013). "Gal Costa - Índia" (in Brazilian Portuguese) . Retrieved January 15, 2014 .
- ↑ "Gal Costa - Índia (Vinyl, LP)" . Discogs . Retrieved January 15, 2014 .
- 1 2 Beta, Andy (July 25, 2017). "Gal Costa: Índia Album Review" . Pitchfork . Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Spice, Anton (May 17, 2017). "Gal Costa's Brazilian masterpiece Índia set for long-awaited vinyl reissue" . Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- 1 2 "Mr Bongo set to reissue Gal Costa's masterpiece Índia on vinyl" . May 24, 2017 . Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- ↑ "Foto do álbum "Índia", de Gal, é liberada depois de 40 anos de censura" . Glamurama (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL . January 10, 2015 . Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- ↑ "Gal Costa publica foto de disco censurado nos anos 70" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra . January 10, 2015 . Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- ↑ "Sem censura, "Índia", da Gal Costa, ganha nova edição inglesa em vinil" . Noize (in Brazilian Portuguese). May 19, 2017 . Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Allmusic review
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Dale, Jon (21 July 2023).
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ "Índia - Gal Costa - Credits" . AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
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