Araçá Azul
by Caetano Veloso

Araçá Azul by Caetano Veloso
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 16,698th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 35 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (245th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (2,122nd)
Award Best albums of all time (16,698th)

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Caetano Veloso bestography

Araçá Azul is ranked 9th best out of 43 albums by Caetano Veloso on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Caetano Veloso is Transa which is ranked number 1601 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,074.

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Araçá Azul rankings summary
Overall rank: 16,698th | 1970s rank: 2,122nd | 1973 rank: 245th  Overall chart history
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73/100 (from 35 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.


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From 11/03/2021 12:14 | #275723
Há bastante força no álbum, mas de difícil assimilação!
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From 10/25/2021 23:41 | #275393
Caetano's most experimental record was critically acclaimed, but hated by the public. Influenced by concrete poetry and several avant-garde musicians, including John Lennon's records with Yoko Ono (one of the tracks is called "Sugar Cane Fields Forever"), is mostly an editing experiment, with nods to Brazilian Northeastern folk music. It also uses the stereo mixing to mix with the listener's head. Very challenging, but it will grow on you if you keep with it.
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From 12/13/2017 00:12 | #203037
Um WTF da porra esse álbum, porém magistral!
É preciso dissecá-lo a cada audição para assim vislumbrar sua poética, desbrucar-se sobre cada faixa musical para ver o quanto é belo e coeso.
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