Legal (Gal Costa album)

Legal is an album by Brazilian singer-songwriter Gal Costa, released in 1970. The album returns to an accessible style following the experimental previous self-titled album Gal Costa of 1969. Legal is diversely influenced by psychedelic music, blues, and R&B.

Legal
Studio album by Gal Costa
Released	1970
Recorded	1969
Genre	MPB
Length	33:02
Label	Philips/PolyGram
Producer	Manoel Barenbein
Gal Costa chronology
Gal (1969) Legal (1970) -Fa-Tal- Gal a Todo Vapor (1971)

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The album cover is designed by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Eu Sou Terrível"	Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos	2:30
2.	"Língua do P"	Gilberto Gil	3:40
3.	"Love, Try and Die"	Gal Costa, Jards Macalé, Lanny Gordin	2:23
4.	"Mini-Mistério"	Gilberto Gil	4:16
5.	"Acauã"	Zé Dantas	2:49

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Hotel das Estrelas"	Jards Macalé, Duda Machado	4:22
7.	"Deixa Sangrar (Carnaval 1971)"	Caetano Veloso	2:53
8.	"The Archaic Lonely Star Blues"	Jards Macalé, Duda Machado	3:03
9.	"London, London"	Caetano Veloso	4:00
10.	"Falsa Baiana"	Geraldo Pereira	2:11

Personnel

• Gal Costa - Vocals
• Chiquinho de Moraes - Arrangement, piano
• Jards Macalé - Arrangement
• Lanny Gordin - Arrangement, guitar
• Hélio Oiticica - Artwork
• Claudio Bertrami - Bass
• Norival Ricardo D'Angelo - Drums
• Manoel Barenbein - Production
• Ary Carvalhaes - Recording engineer
• João Pereira - Recording engineer

Miscellanea

"Legal" means "Nice" (or "cool") and it's an analogy to the singer's name, Gal.