987: GAL COSTA

I am such a sucker for this late 60s Brazilian movement called Tropicália. This record is so damn sweet that it makes me nostalgic for a country and time I did not live in. 

American soul, psychedelia and Africana influences are present but there is really no point where I feel like I'm listening to something other than Brazil...Well, maybe a little French Serge Gainsbourg. 

Wiki Says: This is the first solo album by the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, released in 1969. It was ranked the 80th best Brazilian album of all time by the Brazilian Rolling Stone magazine.

Belonging to the 1960s Tropicália, the album features songwriting by various artist associated with the movement, with whom Costa had previously worked with in the 1968 collaboration album Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis. These include Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Torquato Neto. Full Article