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Louvação

The debut album, twelve songs on Philips with sleeve notes by Caetano Veloso, Capinan, Chico Buarque and Torquato Neto.
Gilberto Gil, 1967

Released
1967
Label
Philips

Louvação was Gilberto Gil's first album, released in 1967 on Philips as a mono LP. The sleeve carries liner notes by four contributors: Caetano Veloso, the poet Capinan, Chico Buarque and Torquato Neto. Gil wrote or co-wrote every song on the original twelve-track LP.

His co-writers were Torquato Neto on the title song and on A Rua, Veloso on Beira-Mar, Capinan on Viramundo and Água de Meninos, and João Augusto on Roda. Rancho da Rosa Encarnada was written with Geraldo Vandré and Torquato Neto.

Track listing

  1. Louvação3:45
  2. Beira-Mar3:55
  3. Lunik 93:06
  4. Ensaio Geral2:08
  5. Maria (Me Perdoe, Maria)2:37
  6. A Rua3:34
  7. Roda2:41
  8. Rancho da Rosa Encarnada2:36
  9. Viramundo2:20
  10. Mancada2:03
  11. Água de Meninos4:35
  12. Procissão2:37

Personnel

More from Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil (Frevo Rasgado) (1968), Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis (1968), Gilberto Gil (1969), Gilberto Gil (Nêga) (1971), Expresso 2222 (1972), Gil & Jorge: Ogum Xangô (1975), Refazenda (1975), Refavela (1977), Nightingale (1979), Realce (1979), Luar (A Gente Precisa Ver o Luar) (1981), Um Banda Um (1982)

Sources

  1. Louvação, Wikipedia
  2. Louvação (1967 LP), Discogs