Gal or Gal Costa is the second album by Brazilian singer Gal Costa, released months after the first album Gal Costa. To distinguish it from Costa's previous release, the album is sometimes referred to as Cinema Olympia, the title of its first track. It is considered by the public and critics alike as her most psychedelic and experimental album.[2] The music in the album has been considered unprecedented.[2][3] Andy Beta of The Pitchfork Review described the album as "the equivalent of Barbra Streisand recording with Boredoms" and "one of the heaviest documents of Tropicália."[4]

Gal
Studio album by
Released1969
Genre
Length35:31
LabelPhilips
Dusty Groove (reissue)[1]
ProducerManoel Barenbein
Gal Costa chronology
Gal Costa
(1969)
Gal
(1969)
Legal
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cinema Olympia"Caetano Veloso3:09
2."Tuareg"Jorge Ben3:25
3."Cultura e Civilização"Gilberto Gil4:21
4."País Tropical"Jorge Ben3:49
5."Meu Nome é Gal"Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos3:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Com Medo, Com Pedro"Gilberto Gil3:07
7."The Empty Boat"Caetano Veloso4:07
8."Objeto Sim, Objeto Não"Gilberto Gil5:10
9."Pulsars e Quasars"Jards Macalé, Capinam4:58

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Gal Costa - Gal". Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c McIntosh, Gregory. "Gal Costa - Gal Costa [Cinema Olympia]". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Gal Costa - Gal Costa". Unsung. Head Heritage Ltd. March 27, 2005. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Beta, Andy (November 17, 2016). "God Is on the Loose! How the Tropicália Movement Provided Hope During Brazil's Darkest Years". The Pitchfork Review. Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Gal (liner notes). Gal Costa. Philips Records. 1969. R 765.098 L.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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