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Reissue of the long unavailable 1972 recording by the influential Caetano Veloso, considered the leading figure in Brazil’s Tropicalia movement. Transa marks Veloso’s fourth album and like its predecessor, it was recorded while he was exiled in London. Caetano himself considers it one of his favorite records and regards Nine Out of Ten as his best song in English. Transa was listed by Rolling Stone Brasil as one of the 10 best Brazilian albums ever. It remains one of the MPB’s essential albums