Mundo Civilizado is the second solo album by American musician Arto Lindsay.

Mundo Civilizado
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 20, 1997
GenreArt pop, bossa nova, tropicália, jazz pop, experimental rock
Length40:24
LabelBar None, Rykodisc
ProducerArto Lindsay with C-n-A (Andrés Levin and Camus Maré Celli)
Arto Lindsay chronology
O Corpo Sutil (The Subtle Body)
(1996)
Mundo Civilizado
(1997)
Noon Chill
(1997)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Chicago Tribune    [2]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA+[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA[4]

Rock critic Robert Christgau named the album his favorite of 1997 in the annual Pazz & Jop poll published by The Village Voice[5] and among his 10 best albums from the 1990s.[6]

Track listing

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  1. "Complicity" – 4:07
  2. "Q Samba" – 3:27
  3. "Simply Beautiful" (Al Green cover) – 3:59
  4. "Mundo Civilizado" – 4:24
  5. "Titled" – 3:19
  6. "Horizontal" – 3:32
  7. "Mar da Gávea" – 2:43
  8. "Imbassaí" – 3:18
  9. "Pleasure" – 2:38
  10. "Erotic City" (Prince cover) – 5:02
  11. "Clown" – 3:50

References

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  1. ^ Anderson, Rick. "Mundo Civilizado – Arto Lindsay". AllMusic. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  2. ^ Klein, Joshua (July 18, 1997). "Arto Lindsay: Mundo Civilizado (Bar/None) / Hyper Civilizado (Gramavision)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Arto Lindsay: Mundo Civilizado". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Brunner, Rob (July 11, 1997). "Mundo Civilizado". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (February 24, 1998). "Pazz & Jop 1997: Dean's List". The Village Voice. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (May 19, 2021). "Xgau Sez: May, 2021". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved May 23, 2021.