Haih or Amortecedor

Haih or Amortecedor is the ninth studio album by the Brazilian rock band Os Mutantes, their first studio album since Tudo Foi Feito Pelo Sol in 1974 and the first one of new material since Mutantes Ao Vivo in 1976.

Following the band's 2006 reunion at London's Barbican Theatre, Mutantes founder Sergio Dias commenced work on Mutantes' first studio album in 35 years. Dias collaborated with Tom Zé and Jorge Ben (who wrote the band's original hit "A Minha Menina").

Living the conception and birth of this album, as an individual, was the most intense experience, for it was as if time has ceased to exist, and I was bouncing from life to life, decades through decades, revisiting myself as a 16 year old boy playing guitar and feeling so free and, as any teenager, indestructible.

The word "haih" means "crow" in the Shoshone language. "Amortecedor" means "shock absorber" in Portuguese.

Critical reception
A reviewer identified as Mojo, writing for Lead World Music Review, summarized, "Gloriously nonsensical and beautifully out there, this is a joyful triumph, 4 out of 5".

Track listing
World version
 * 1) Hymns of the World P.1 (Intro) (note: this is a recording of Vladimir Putin addressing the Russian Army
 * 2) Querida Querida
 * 3) Teclar
 * 4) 2000 e Agarrum
 * 5) Baghdad Blues
 * 6) O Careca
 * 7) O Mensageiro
 * 8) Anagrama
 * 9) Samba Do Fidel
 * 10) Neurociência do Amor
 * 11) Nada Mudou
 * 12) Gopala Krishna Om
 * 13) Hymns Of The World P.2 (Final)
 * 14) Amortecedor (iTunes bonus track)
 * 15) Call Me (iTunes bonus track)

Brazilian version


 * 1) Hymns of the World P.1
 * 2) Amortecedor
 * 3) Querida Querida
 * 4) Teclar
 * 5) 2000 E Agarrum
 * 6) Bagdad Blues
 * 7) Zheng He
 * 8) Singing The Blues
 * 9) O Mensageiro
 * 10) O Careca
 * 11) Anagrama
 * 12) Samba Do Fidel
 * 13) Neurociencia Do Amor
 * 14) Call Me
 * 15) Hymns Of The World P.2

"Nada Mudou" and "Gopala Krishna Om" appear only on the world version. "Zheng He" and "Singing The Blues" appear only on the Brazilian version, along with two songs that are bonus tracks on the standard edition: "Amortecedor" and "Call Me". The two versions of the album comprise a total of 17 different songs.

Personnel

 * Sérgio Dias – guitar, vocals
 * Dinho Leme – drums
 * Henrique Peters – keyboard
 * Vitor Trida – keyboard, guitar, flute, viola caipira, violin
 * Vinicius Junqueira – bass guitar
 * Simone Soul – percussion
 * Fábio Recco – vocals
 * Bia Mendes – vocals