Rita Lee

On this album Rita Lee, in a very personal and inventive way, interprets 14 songs by the Beatles, her teenage idols. Five of the songs have been given new and quite fine Portuguese lyrics by Lee and all of the songs are performed in a very different way compared to the original recordings. The perhaps most impressive and surprising thing with this album is that Lee actually succeeds in making these old Beatles songs, some of which have been played almost to death over the years, sound fresh, interesting, and new. The Brazilian style that has been added to the songs (some more than others) doesn't at any point sound forced or out of place, and the arrangements and production by Roberto de Carvalho are both superb.

Entradas e Bandeiras was the follow-up to 1975's Fruto Proibido, arguably the biggest classic released by Rita Lee as a solo artist. Just as on that album, the music presented by Lee here consists of pure rock. The most successful hit of Entradas e Bandeiras was the dramatic and slightly Bowie-breathing "Coisas da Vida." That track, "Troca Toca," and "Corista de Rock" are all great rock songs by any standards, showing Rita Lee at her best. The other six tracks haven't quite the same panache as the three mentioned above, but they are still good, solid rock songs.

This is former Os Mutantes member Rita Lee's second solo album, recorded in 1972, the same year as Mutantes recorded their E Seus Cometas No País Dos Baurets album (the group's last album with the original bandmembers). To an even higher extent than on Lee's first solo effort, Build Up, fellow Mutantes front figures Arnaldo Baptista and Sergio Dias have made significant contributions to this album, performing on the tracks and writing much of the material.

Novelas is a compilation of Rita Lee songs that have appeared on Brazilian TV soap operas (telenovelas) through the years. The album features a few of Lee's best and most famous songs, such as the 1975 rock classic "Esse Tal de Roque Enrow," the sarcastic funk of "Agora é Moda," and the enchanting "Eu e Meu Gato" from her great 1978 album, Babilonia. The version of the Beatles cover "Minha Vida" (In My Life) on this compilation isn't the same (or as good) as the version found on her successful 2001 album, Aqui, Ali, Em Qualquer Lugar. The compilation also includes a couple of more or less uninspired songs released by Lee during the '80s, the least artistically impressive period of her career.

Phoenix is the upcoming sophomore album by British singer Rita Ora. The album is set to release on November 23, 2018.