Less influenced by British psychedelia than the first album, 'Mutantes' is, on the other hand, much more kaleidoscopic ('Dom Quixote', 'Dois mile e um') and tropicalist. Os Mutantes reinforce their humorous approach and continue experimenting and mixing different genres. A kind of psychedelic cabaret, a theatrical performance in sound where you might hear the echo of the lucid madness in the writing of an artist like Donovan ('Nao va se perder por ai'), some evocative episodes like 'Fuga No. II', and good pop ballads like 'Qualquer bobagem', 'Caminhante noturna'. There's also their own personal revisitation of the Italian pop song 'Tintarella di Luna'. In the end, you may consider that there are too many things in this record, but while listening to it, you won't care at all, and that's simply because it works. That's the magic of the sound of this band.
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