Loki? (album)

Loki?
Studio album by Arnaldo Baptista
Released	1974
Recorded	1974 in Estúdio Eldorado
Genre	Rock, jazz fusion, art rock, rock and roll, bossa nova
Length	33:40
Label	Philips/PolyGram
Producer	Roberto Menescal, Marco Mazzola
Arnaldo Baptista chronology
Loki? (1974) Singin' Alone (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Loki? is the first solo album from Arnaldo Baptista, the keyboardist, bassist and singer of the Brazilian band Os Mutantes. It was released in 1974 after a supposed nervous breakdown and it is considered one of the best albums in the 1970s Brazilian music scene. The album expresses his angst towards the height of post-modern society, along with the suffocating aspect of modernity: pollution, superpopulation, loneliness, etc.

It was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil at #34 on the list of 100 Greatest Brazilian Albums of All Time.[2]

The album cover, signed by Aldo Luiz, features two overlapping pictures of Baptista against a star-spangled background. He is shirtless and holding a pellet gun and a bullet belt. The image was taken by the porch of his house in the Serra da Cantareira region. The back cover has a picture of an angel statue he bought in a cemetery.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Arnaldo Baptista except where noted

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Será que Eu Vou Virar Bolor?"		3:52
2.	"Uma Pessoa Só"	Mutantes (Arnaldo Baptista, Sérgio Dias, Liminha, Dinho Leme)	4:01
3.	"Não Estou Nem Aí"		3:23
4.	"Vou Me Afundar na Lingerie"		3:26
5.	"Honky Tonky (Patrulha do Espaço)"		2:14

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Cê Tá Pensando que Eu Sou Loki?"	3:25
7.	"Desculpe"	3:12
8.	"Navegar de Novo"	5:33
9.	"Te Amo Podes Crer"	2:54
10.	"É Fácil"	1:57

Personnel

• Arnaldo Baptista - piano, vocal; organ, clavinet, Moog synthesizer, twelve-string guitar
• Liminha - bass guitar
• Dinho Leme - drums
• Rogério Duprat - orchestral arrangements in "Uma Pessoa Só" and "Cê Tá Pensando que Eu Sou Loki?"
• Sergio Kaffa - bass guitar in "Desculpe"
• Rita Lee - backing vocal in "Não Estou Nem Aí" and "Vou Me Afundar na Lingerie"

References

1. Loki? at AllMusic
2. "Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira" (in Portuguese). Umas Linhas. 2007-12-20. Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
3. "Arnaldo Baptista - Lóki / Arte Na Capa". Canal Brasil. Grupo Globo. 12 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 14 February 2021.