Os Mutantes is the debut album by the Brazil

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ian tropicalia band Os Mutantes

Os Mutantes

Os Mutantes ) are an influential Brazilian psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s. It was formed by two brothers and a vocalist, but has gone through numerous personnel changes throughout its existence...

. It was originally released in 1968

1968 in music

-Events:*January 4 – Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding.*January 6 – Gibson Guitar Corporation patents its Gibson Flying V electric guitar design....

 and influenced by traditional Brazilian music styles, as well as American and British bands. The disc includes many hits, such as "Panis et circenses", "Baby" and "Ave, Gengis Khan".

The album was successful around the world, being considered one of the 50 most experimental albums in history. It appears at number 9 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest Brazilian albums of all time.

Track listing

#	|Title	Songwriters	Length
1.	"Panis et circenses"	Gilberto Gil Gilberto Gil Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment... , Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso , better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s,...	3:40
2.	"A minha menina"	Jorge Ben	4:45
3.	"O relógio"	Mutantes	3:31
4.	"Adeus, Maria Fulô"	Sivuca Sivuca Severino Dias de Oliveirawas a Brazilian accordionist and guitarist.In addition to in his home state of Paraíba, in Recife, and in Rio de Janeiro,... , Humberto Teixeira	3:06
5.	"Baby"	Caetano Veloso	3:02
6.	"Senhor F"	Mutantes	2:35
7.	"Bat macumba"	Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso	3:10
8.	"Le premier bonheur du jour"	Jean Gaston Renard, Frank Gerald	3:39
9.	"Trem fantasma"	Caetano Veloso, Mutantes	3:18
10.	"Tempo no tempo (Once was a time I thought)"	John Philips John Philips John Philips was an 18th century English poet.- Early life and education :Philips was born at Bampton, Oxfordshire, the son of Rev. Stephen Philips, later archdeacon of Salop, and his wife Mary Wood. He was at first taught by his father and then went to Winchester College... ; Portuguese version: Mutantes	1:48
11.	"Ave, Gengis Khan"	Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista, Sérgio Dias	3:51

Personnel

• Rogério Duprat
  Rogerio Duprat
  Rogério Duprat was a Brazilian composer and musician.-Biography:Born in Rio de Janeiro, Duprat spent much of his life in São Paulo, where he died...
  
  : arrangement

Mutantes:

• Arnaldo Baptista
  Arnaldo Baptista
  Arnaldo Dias Baptista is a Brazilian rock musician and composer.-Biography:Born from a lyric singer father and a pianist mother , Arnaldo studied classic piano from 1955 to 1959, double bass from 1962 to 1963, and acoustic guitar from1963 to 1965...
  
  : vocals, keyboards and bass
• Rita Lee
  Rita Lee
  Rita Lee Jones Carvalho , simply known as Rita Lee, is a Brazilian rock singer and composer. Lee continues to be a popular figure in Brazilian entertainment, where she is also known for being an animal rights activist and a vegetarian...
  
  : vocals, recorder
  Recorder
  The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
  
  , autoharp
  Autoharp
  The autoharp is a musical string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers, which, when depressed, mute all of the strings other than those that form the desired chord. Despite its name, the autoharp is not a harp at all, but a chorded zither. -History:There is debate over the...
  
   and percussion
• Sérgio Dias
  Sérgio Dias
  Sérgio Dias Baptista , is a Brazilian rock musician, composer and guitar player. He is best known for his work with the band Os Mutantes in the late 60s and 70s...
  
  : vocals and guitars

Special guests:

• Dirceu: drums
• Jorge Ben
  Jorge Ben Jor
  Jorge Ben Jor is a Brazilian popular musician. His characteristic style fuses samba, funk, and rock into samba-rock, with lyrics that blend humor and satire with often esoteric subject matter.-Early life and career:...
  
  : vocals and acoustic guitar (in "A minha menina")
• Dr. César Baptista: vocals (in "Ave, Gengis Khan")
• Cláudio Baptista: electronics