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Os Mutantes - Everything Is Possible! (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Ando Meio Desligado 3:01
  2. Ave, Lucifer 2:19
  3. Dia 36 4:01
  4. Baby (1971) 3:35
  5. Fuga no II 3:38
  6. Cantor De Mambo 4:34
  7. Adus Maria Fulo 3:00
  8. Desculpe, Babe 2:48
  9. El Justiciero 3:52
  10. Panis Et Circenses 3:38
  11. A Minha Menina 4:40
  12. Bat Macumba 3:06
  13. Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour 3:35
  14. Baby (1968) 2:58

Notes

The first major-label release of Mutantes material was this 1999 compilation, put together by longtime Brazilian fan David Byrne through his Luaka Bop label. Including tracks from the band's late-'60s and early-'70s LPs (available separately through Omplatten), Everything Is Possible is a solid collection that only includes 14 tracks but does spotlight Mutantes' tremendous diversity. From the birth of tropicalia on their first album from 1968 (wildly experimental pop songs like "Panis Et Circenses" and "Bat Macumba") plus their later, more straight-ahead incarnations, the album gives beginners a solid place to start. The inclusion of both versions of the rather tiresome Janis Joplin retread "Baby" is a bit regrettable, but all around, Everything Is Possible gets it right better than could be hoped from a domestic compilation.