ABOUT THIS ITEM

Although Veloso had already been thrown into jail once for his criticism of Brazil's military regime, he continued to speak out against it on this, his second album (from 1969), which featured tracks like "Irene" (about a gun-toting left-wing vigilante). It was a difficult time to be an outspoken leftist Brazilian, and the urgency of the album's message and its sombre tone testifies to that fact.