Araçá Azul

Araçá Azul
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1972; January 1973 (wide release)
VenueSão Paulo, Brazil
StudioEldorado
Genre
Length38:55
Label
ProducerCaetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso chronology
Caetano e Chico - juntos e ao vivo
(1972)
Araçá Azul
(1973)
Temporada de Verão - ao vivo na Bahia
(1974)

Araçá Azul (Portuguese for "blue Cattley guava") is the fifth studio album by Caetano Veloso, released in November 1972 by Philips Records. The album was recorded shortly after Veloso returned from his exile in London. Araçá Azul is Veloso's most experimental album to date, influenced in part by the poetics of invention of the Brazilian concrete poetry movement and the experiences in popular music by Walter Franco. It was negatively received by the market upon its release, and is Veloso's lowest-selling album despite receiving critical acclaim.