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Title: Mutating Into English
Review: Os Mutantes are incontrovertibly hip. They were the first band picked by Luaka Bop (David Byrne's world music label) for the World Psychedelic Classics series, never mind that they haven't been a group in decades. And they are the reason Beck called his most sophisticated album "Mutations." This is a band you must hear.Tecnicolor, however, is not the place to start, and not even much of a place to continue if you're already a fan. The songs are English-version rehashes of their Portuguese classics, toned down so that they are less interesting, and badly translated so that they are just plain silly.If you want everything the Mutants ever produced, this is a required part of the collection. Otherwise, get one of the other records. Because those are brilliant.
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