History Music / RacionalVols

* CommonKnowledge: "Bom Senso", which states that he achieved this once he read ''Universo em Desencanto'':
-->''Já virei calçada maltratada\\
E na virada quase nada\\
Me restou a curtição\\
Já rodei o mundo quase mudo\\
No entanto num segundo\\
Este livro veio à mão\\
Já senti saudade\\
Já fiz muita coisa errada\\
Já pedi ajuda\\
Já dormi na rua\\
Mas lendo atingi o bom senso\\
A imunização racional''[[note]] ''I have already become a battered sidewalk / And in turn almost nothing / I have enjoyed myself / I have gone around the world almost dumb / However, in a second / This book came to hand / I already missed it / I already did a lot of wrong / I already asked for help / I already slept on the street / But reading I reached common sense / A rational immunization'' [[/note]]

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Rational Culture"
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted, then played straight. Unfortunately, after the failure of the records, Tim Maia started an attempt to erase these albums and this phase of his career from popular memory, destroying all the records that were still in his power, in addition to prohibiting re-releases and discouraged re-recording of the material by other artists. Fortunately, due to the record's newfound cult status, it would re-released in future compilations such as ''Nobody Can Live Forever''. Ultimately it received re-releases starting in 2006, with a reissue of his catalogue five years later even uncovering the third volume, which included four tracks that had circulated as illegal downloads.

* GenreBuster: Although it's generally agreed to be a {{Soul}} record. The album takes cues from {{Reggae}}, {{samba}}, BossaNova, {{funk]}}, [[PsychedelicRock psychedelia]], {{Blues}} and even [[GospelMusic gospel]] given it's eclectic and spiritual nature.

* GenreBuster: Although it's generally agreed to be a {{Soul}} record. The album takes cues from [[{{Reggae}} reggae]], {{samba}}, [[{{BossaNova}} bossa nova}}, [[{{Funk}} funk]], [[PsychedelicRock psychedelia]], [[{{Blues}} blues]] and even [[GospelMusic gospel]] given it's eclectic and spiritual nature.

* GenreBuster: Although it's generally agreed to be a {{Soul}} record. The album takes cues from [[{{Reggae}} reggae]], samba, bossa nova, [[{{Funk}} funk]], [[PsychedelicRock psychedelia]], [[{{Blues}} blues]] and even [[GospelMusic gospel]] given it's eclectic and spiritual nature.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted, then played straight. Unfortunately, after the failure of the records, Tim Maia started an attempt to erase these albums and this phase of his career from popular memory, destroying all the records that were still in his power, in addition to prohibiting re-releases and discouraged re-recording of the material by other artists. Fortunately, due to the record's newfound cult status, it would re-released in future compilations such as ''Nobody Can Live Forever''.

* BookEnds: The first track of the first volume is also the last track of the second volume, with the tune remixed to assume a form more similar to Afro-American soul than Afro-Brazilian bossa nova.

->''Que beleza é saber seu nome\\

Que beleza é conhecer\\

No escuro''[[note]]''What a beauty it is to know your name / Its origin its past / And your future / What beauty it is to know / Disenchantment / And see everything much clearer / In the dark''[[/note]]
-->- "Imunização Racional (Qué Beleza)

# "Contato com o Mundo Racional" (3:06)

* EpicRocking: Given the fact that most of the record's instrumentals were recorded without lyrics, it lends certain tracks and jam-like quality which adds to their length. Such as "Bom Senso", "O Caminho do Bem", "O Dever de Fazer Propaganda deste Conhecimento" and "Guiné Bissau, Moçambique e Angola Racional" all going over five minutes and "Rational Culture (Vol. 1)" clocking in at twelve.

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Rational Culture (Vol. 1)"

In 1974, Tim started recording the bases of the songs in the studios of his new record company, in Rio de Janeiro. Some of the songs had lyrics already, but most of them were still just instrumental. Maia then started to visit friends who could write lyrics for the bases. On one of these visits, in late July 1974, Maia went to the home of his friend Tibério Gaspar and, as he was getting into the bath, went to the living room and took a book that was on top to read. When Gaspar got out of the bath, he found his friend enamoured with a book and Tim asked him which book was that. Tibério explained that his father attended the services of that sect that was called Cultura Racional (Rational Culture). Maia left with the book and, from that day on, the process of conversion to the doctrine began.

The album was released in early 1975 by the newly christened record label Seroma, owned by Tim Maia himself. Instead of releasing a double album, as he intended, Maia decided to release two individual albums released in a relatively short timespan (''Racional Vol. 2'' was released within a month of ''Racional Vol. 1''). A odd fact is that Maia did not make any distribution contract for the album, which was carried out in a amateurish manner, with few records left on consignment with stores that accepted and another part being sold during performances or even ''door to door'' by Tim and his band. Thus, the disclosure was hampered by the lack of national distribution, in addition to Maia's difficulty in selling presentations; the few he managed to make were either free or were only for members of the Racional sect. In addition, only one song from the album played on the radio, "Immunização Racional (Que Beleza)".

# "Imunização Racional (Que Beleza)" (5:08)
# "O Grão Mestre Varonil" (0:24)
# "Bom Senso" (5:08)
# "Energia Racional" (0:15)

# "Quer Queira Quer Não Queira" (4:50)

# "Guiné Bissau, Moçambique e Angola Racional" (6:09)
# "Imunização Racional (Que Beleza)" (3:29)

* BookEnds: The first track of the first volume is also the last track of the second volume, with the tune remixed to assume a form more similar to Afro-American soul than Afro-Brazilian samba.

-->''Já virei calçada maltratada\\

Me restou a curtição\\
Já rodei o mundo quase mudo\\

Este livro veio à mão\\
Já senti saudade\\
Já fiz muita coisa errada\\
Já pedi ajuda\\
Já dormi na rua\\

A imunização racional''[[note]] ''I have already become a battered sidewalk / And in turn almost nothing / I have enjoyed myself / I have gone around the world almost dumb / However, in a second / This book came to hand / I already missed it / I already did a lot of wrong / I already asked for help / I already slept on the street / But reading I reached common sense / A rational immunization'' [[/note]]
* EpicRocking: Given the fact that most of the record's instrumentals were recorded without lyrics, it lends certain tracks and jam-like quality which adds to their length. Such as "Bom Senso", "O Caminho do Bem", "O Dever de Fazer Propaganda deste Conhecimento" and "Guiné Bissau, Moçambique e Angola Racional" all going over five minutes and "Rational Culture (Vol. 1)" clocking in at twelve.
* GenreBuster: Although it's generally agreed to be a {{Soul}} record. The album takes cues from [[{{Reggae}} reggae]], samba [[{{Funk}} funk]], [[PsychedelicRock psychedelia]], [[{{Blues}} blues]] and even [[GospelMusic gospel]] given it's eclectic and spiritual nature.