"Navegar é preciso... Viver não é preciso..."

Edição Original em LP Philips R 765.086 L 
(Brasil, Agosto de 1969)

A trully masterpiece. His "white album"- after the colourful & psychedelic cover of the last album, a simple blank cover, with only his signature on the front. Beautiful, fluid arrangements on many tunes, including the exquisite flute-strings-guitar interplay on the lead track, "Irene," and the Portuguese fado stylings of "Os Argonautas." This is the high point of Veloso's most incandescent early years - the sheer beauty of "Irene" marks Veloso's master status as a revolutionizer of Brasilian acoustic music, while the whispering-then-howling electric guitar on "Empty Boats" places him in the top ranks of '60s space rock. An essential album.