"Araca Azul", from 1972, is known as Caetano Veloso's 'experimental' album, with the critics agreeing that it's one of the Tropicalia artist's great creative moments. In Veloso's own words 'I made this album without thinking, without taking time to stop and think...' He refers to the album's 'insolent experimentalism' and calls it a kind of musical 'last stand'. All the differing styles of Veloso's work are here, from the most beautiful traditional acoustic guitar and voice love songs, via bossa-influenced oddities, to psyche-pop swingers.