album rating: ★★★★☆
Genre: MPB / samba-canção / bossa nova / forró / jazz. Seu Tipo ('Your Type') is the fifth solo studio album by Ney Matogrosso (born Ney de Souza Pereira, Bela Vista, Mato Grosso do Sul, 1941), one of the most distinctive voices in the history of Brazilian popular music. After his extraordinary rise to fame as the lead singer of the glam-psychedelic group Secos & Molhados in the early 1970s — a phenomenon that sold a million records in under eighteen months — Matogrosso launched a solo career marked by theatrical charisma, a remarkable countertenor voice, dramatic stage persona, and a courageous public openness about his homosexuality at a time of severe social conservatism. Seu Tipo was identified by Rolling Stone as one of his essential solo albums of the 1970s period. It stands out for the breadth and quality of its repertoire: the title track is by Eduardo Dusek and Luís Carlos Goes; 'Ardente' is by Joyce; 'Falando de Amor' is a Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes song; and the album closes with a new recording of 'Rosa de Hiroshima' (Vinicius de Moraes / Gerson Conrad), a song originally recorded by Secos & Molhados. The album's instrumental ensemble is exceptional, featuring Lincoln Olivetti on keyboards and arrangements, Pepeu Gomes on guitar, and contributions from Joyce, Caetano Veloso and Baby Consuelo.
Label: WEA Discos Ltda. / Elektra Records (Brazil), 1979.
Producer: Mazola (who also produced Matogrosso's previous album Feitiço, 1978). Mixed by Mazola.
Recording studio: Estúdio Transamérica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Recorded in August and September 1979.
Critical reception: Seu Tipo was received as one of the strongest albums of Matogrosso's solo career to date. The Plano Crítico review described it as a work in which 'diversity of genres served not to show versatility, but to map the dimensions of the artist', consolidating 'a definitive letter of introduction for a singer who had learned to transform any song into his own territory.' Album of the Year users give it a score of 84/100. Rolling Stone ranked Matogrosso as the third greatest Latin American singer of all time.
Commercial success: Seu Tipo was a solid commercial success in Brazil, where Matogrosso had become one of the country's most celebrated performers. The album was also released in Portugal by Polygram. Matogrosso received the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014, and has continued releasing albums into the 2020s.
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