Rita Lee's first solo effort doesn't dis

It's a little unfair to place this first solo effort by Rita Lee in the same league as her Os Mutantes records as it simply won't hold up - unlike her second, third and fourth solo efforts "Hoje É O Primeiro Dia Do Resto Da Sua Vida"(1972); Atrás Do Porto Tem Uma Cidade"(1974) and "Fruto Proibido"(1975).
Goofy songs are less funny (one of them is actually a macarroni recipe, another a bolero in portunhol) and some songs are crippled by nonsense lyrics sung to broadway show tunes-like melodies and orchestral arrangements taking themselves seriously and trying hard not to go over the top. The cover of The Beatles "And I Love Her" (here "And I Love Him" is also below her usual quality).
Out of 10:
1.Sucesso Aqui Vou Eu(Build Up) (3/10) (wrong for her, still...)
2.Calma (8/10) (similar to her Mutantes stuff)
3.Viagem ao Fundo de Mim (6/10) (sweet, but throwback to the early 60s)
4.Precisamos de Irmãos (8/10) (most psychadelic thing in the album)
5.Macarrão com Linguiça e Pimentão (3/10) (just silly)
6.José(Joseph) (7/10) (cover of a cover of a Moustaki song)
7.Hulla-Hulla (9/10) (calypso-hawai trip - delicious)
8.And I Love Him (5/10) (doesn't add anything musically new)
9.Tempo Nublado (9/10) (down-beat lyrics to up-tempo rythm)
10.Prisioneira do Amor (6/10) (mock-bolero, improves with each listening)
11.Eu Vou Me Salvar (5/10) (endlessly repetition of chorus in the shortest song in the album - aspiring to be bluesy)

It's an essential album for Rita Lee fans and 'completists' and has some good songs. The worst thing working against it is that it's very uneven - maybe she was trying to break out of the mould. In some cases she did fine.



8/10