Tropicália 2

Tropicália 2 is an album by Brazilian musicians Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, released in August 1993 through WEA. It celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis.

Background and recording
Tropicália 2 was recorded from March 1993 to May 1993 at Nas Nuvens and Polygram in Rio de Janeiro and WR Salvador in Salvador, Bahia.

Music and lyrics
The album features politically charged lyrics on topics such as superpower imperialism, Third World poverty, and the AIDS epidemic. "Haiti" links the Carandiru massacre to the history of slavery on a transnational scale.

Critical reception
Alvaro Neder of AllMusic said, "The album, in philosophical terms, expresses fragile concepts. Poetically and musically, represents good entertainment, and, in its best moments, good Art."

Track listing
Notes
 * "Wait Until Tomorrow" is a cover of the song of the same name by the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.


 * Caetano Veloso – vocals, acoustic guitar (5, 8, 9, 12), arrangement (2, 6, 8, 12), keyboards [with samplers] (4), whistling (1)
 * Gilberto Gil – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 5–7, 9–12), arrangement (2, 6, 7, 11, 12)
 * Liminha - acoustic guitar (9), arrangement (6, 7), bass (1, 7, 10, 11), drum programming (1, 7, 10), guitar [Ebow] (1), keyboards (1), percussion (1), sampler (4)
 * Nara Gil – vocals (5)
 * Celso Fonseca – acoustic guitar (11)
 * Raphael Rabello – seven-string acoustic guitar (2), arrangement (2)
 * Beterlau – agogô (2)
 * Zé Carlos – alto saxophone (3, 6)
 * Serginho Trombone – trombone (3, 6), arrangement (3, 6)
 * Léo Gandelman – baritone saxophone (3, 6)
 * Arthur Maia – bass (3)
 * Dadi – bass (9)
 * Dininho – bass (2)
 * Nico Assumpção – six-string bass (6, 12)
 * Luciana Rabello – cavaquinho (2)
 * Alceu De Almeida Reis – cello (2)
 * Lui Coimbra – cello (9), arrangement (9)
 * Luiz Fernando Zamith – cello (2)
 * Marcio Mallard – cello (2)
 * Moreno Veloso – cello (1, 7), pandeiro (8)
 * Zeca Da Cuica – cuica (2)
 * Ramiro Musotto – drum programming (1, 10)


 * Carlinhos Bala – drums (3)
 * Wilson das Neves – drums (2)
 * Bidinho – flugelhorn (6)
 * Marcio Montarroyos – flugelhorn (6)
 * Lucas Santtana – flute (11)
 * Wilson Canegal – ganzá (2)
 * Pedro Sá – guitar (7)
 * Daniel Jobim – keyboards (8)
 * William Magalhães – keyboards (11)
 * Zizinho – pandeiro (2)
 * Carlinhos Brown – percussion (5, 6, 10), shaker (1)
 * Firmino – percussion (11)
 * Marcelo Costa – percussion (9)
 * Cosminho – bacurinha (5, 10)
 * Trambique – repinique (2)
 * Bogam – surdo (5, 10)
 * Roberto Bastos Pinheiro – surdo (2)
 * Marçal – tamborim (2)
 * Raul Mascarenhas – tenor saxophone (3, 6)
 * Léo Bit Bit – surdo virado (5), timbales (10)
 * Bidinho – trumpet (3)
 * Márcio Montarroyos – trumpet (3)
 * Arlindo Penteado – viola (2)
 * Hindemburgo Pereira – viola (2)
 * Aizik Geller – violin (2)
 * César Guerra-Peixe – arrangement (2)
 * Rodrigo Campello – arrangement (9)
 * Chris Bellman – mastering