Mundo Civilizado

{{Infobox album

| name = Mundo Civilizado

| type = studio

| artist = Arto Lindsay

| cover = Mundo Civilizado.png

| alt =

| released = May 20, 1997

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Art pop, bossa nova, tropicália, jazz pop, experimental rock

| length = 40:24

| label = Bar None, Rykodisc

| producer = Arto Lindsay with C-n-A (Andrés Levin and Camus Maré Celli)

| prev_title = O Corpo Sutil (The Subtle Body)

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Noon Chill

| next_year = 1997

}}

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

Critical reception

{{Album reviews

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=Rick|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mundo-civilizado-mw0000024670|title=Mundo Civilizado – Arto Lindsay|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=April 11, 2020}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite news|last=Klein|first=Joshua|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-07-18-9707180395-story.html|title=Arto Lindsay: Mundo Civilizado (Bar/None) / Hyper Civilizado (Gramavision)|work=Chicago Tribune|date=July 18, 1997|accessdate=April 11, 2020}}

| rev3 = Christgau's Consumer Guide

| rev3Score = A+{{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=168|chapter=Arto Lindsay: Mundo Civilizado|accessdate=April 11, 2020|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|title-link=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|publisher=St. Martin's Press|year=2000|isbn=0-312-24560-2}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = A{{cite magazine|last=Brunner|first=Rob|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/07/11/mundo-civilizado/|title=Mundo Civilizado|work=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 11, 1997|accessdate=April 11, 2020}}

}}

Rock critic Robert Christgau named the album his favorite of 1997 in the annual Pazz & Jop poll published by The Village Voice{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/deans97.php|title=Pazz & Jop 1997: Dean's List|work=The Village Voice|date=February 24, 1998|accessdate=December 7, 2018}} and among his 10 best albums from the 1990s.{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=May 19, 2021|url=https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/xgau-sez-may-2021|title=Xgau Sez: May, 2021|work=And It Don't Stop|publisher=Substack|accessdate=May 23, 2021}}

Track listing

  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