1. Ponta De Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma) - Jorge Ben
2. Sonho Meu - Maria Bethania/Gal Costa
3. So Quero Um Xodo - Gilberto Gil
4. Um Canto De A Foxe Para O Bloco De Ile (Ile Aye) - Caetano Veloso
5. O Leaozinho - Caetano Veloso
6. Cacada - Chico Buarque
7. Calice - Chico Buarque/Milton Nascimento
8. Equatorial - Lo Borges
9. San Vicente - Milton Nascimento
10. Quilombo, O El Dorado Negro - Gilberto Gil
11. Caranba!... Galileu Da Galileia - Jorge Ben
12. Caixa De Sol - Nazare Pereira
13. Maculele - Nazare Pereira
14. Queixa - Caetano Veloso
15. Andar Com Fe - Gilberto Gil
16. Fio Maravilha - Jorge Ben
17. Anima - Milton Nascimento
18. Terra - Caetano Veloso

Includes Liner Notes By David Byrne And Arto Lindsay.
The First In A Series Of Compilation Discs Put Together By David Byrne For His Luaka Bop Label, Beleza Tropical Attempts To Harness
A Whole Musical Movement Within A Single Collection. While North America Had Long Succumbed To Bossa Nova (To The Point Of Its Beco
Ming Merely A Cheesily Exotic Seduction), The Sounds Of Tropicalismo Initially Had Little Impact Outside Of Its Native Brazil. Forge
D In A Period Of Social And Political Upheaval, The Music Draws On An Enormous Variety Of Musical Influences--From Traditional Brazi
Lian Folk Music And Street Songs To Chansons And Rock & Roll--And Reflects The Complexity Of A Culture Caught Between The Expa
Nsion Of The Modern World And The Harshness Of A Repressive Dictatorship. And Although It'S Impossible To Draw An Entire Portrait Wi
Th A Single Stroke, Beleza Tropical Is A Suitable Introduction To Some Of The Innovators Of Brazilian Pop, Among Them Milton Nascime
Nto, Gal Costa, And Caetano Veloso.