Raul Seixas
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Raul Santos Seixas
was a Brazil
ian rock
composer
, singer, songwriter
and producer
.
He is sometimes called the "Father of Brazilian Rock" and "Maluco Beleza".
He was born in Salvador (Bahia
), Brazil, and died of pancreatitis
in São Paulo
.
Every year on Seixas' birthday, legions of fans,
including hundreds of impersonators (many even changing their last name to Seixas as a sign of idolatry),
throw a parade in his honor in downtown São Paulo
.
His body of work consists of 21 albums released along his 26-year career.
His musical style is mostly rock and ballad, although he wrote songs in many different styles,
including variations of styles typical of his native Northeastern Brazil like Forró
and Baião,
and in fact often used more than one style in the same song,
as in "Let Me Sing, Let Me Sing".
His debut album, Raulzito e Os Panteras (1968),
was produced when he was part of a band of the same name.
However, he only gained prominence and critical audience with songs from the album Krig-Há, Bandolo! (1973),
such as "Ouro de Tolo" ("Fool's Gold"), "Mosca na Sopa" ("Fly in the Soup"), and "Metamorfose Ambulante" ("Mobile Metamorphosis").
Raul Seixas developed a unique musical style that emphasized the maverick and the mystic.
His album Gita (1974), influenced by figures such as Aleister Crowley
,
expresses his views very directly.
Many songs in Gita were co-written with
his frequent collaborator, fellow mystic, and future worldwide bestselling author Paulo Coelho
.
Raul was interested in philosophy (especially metaphysics and ontology), psychology, history, literature and Latin.
In October 2008, nineteen years after his death, Raul Seixas was placed in 19th position in
a List of One Hundred Greatest Artists of Brazilian music
sponsored by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine,
topping the likes of Milton Nascimento
, Maria Bethania
, Heitor Villa-Lobos
and others,
demonstrating the influence that Seixas' music continues to hold today.
consulate in Salvador
, capital of the state of Bahia
he became fluent in the English language
, and was introduced to early rock and roll
records of artists like Little Richard
, Jerry Lee Lewis
and Elvis Presley
through his contacts with American diplomats' children around 1956. Elvis's music in particular was influential in young Raul's decision to become a musician.
At the age of twelve Seixas formed his first group, The Panthers, later changing their name to the Portuguese language Raulzito e os Panteras ("Little Raul and The Panthers"). They appeared on TV Salvador doing covers of Lewis, Little Richard and Elvis, a style of music which was at the time called "cowboy music" in Brazil. They were also the first group in the state of Bahia
to play Beatles covers and grow their hair long, as early as 1964.
In the mid-1960s, Os Panteras, already well known as the best rock group in the region, started backing some of Brazil's most famous pop singers of the time, such as Roberto Carlos
and Jerry Adriani whenever they went to Salvador
. Impressed with their talent, the stars would always advise Raul to move down south and take a chance in the thriving Jovem Guarda
scene.
Following the promises of fame and fortune, the band moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1967. In the following year they released their first and only album on the Odeon
label (later EMI-Odeon), which included a Portuguese language
version of the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
among many original numbers. Without any publicity, the record sunk and the band disbanded.Raul Seixas was totally shaken by the failure of the Panthers, and his return to Salvador. He wrote: "I spent all day locked in his room reading philosophy, with only a feeble light well, which I ended up spoiling the view [...] I bought a motorcycle and do crazy things in the street."
After his former bandmates moved back to Salvador, Raul made a living as an English teacher before being hired by CBS
, still in 1968, as creative director and record producer. In 1971, tired of writing and producing records by bland, commercial artists, he took advantage of a label director's vacations and produced Sociedade da Grã-Ordem Kavernista Apresenta Sessão das Dez, an avant-garde album featuring himself, singer Sergio Sampaio, samba artist Miriam Batucada and Edy Star. The record's mix of Tropicalia, rock and roll and anarchic surrealistic experiments launched Raul Seixas as an icon of Brazilian counterculture.
In the 1970s, Seixas became popular in urban centers such as Rio de Janeiro
and São Paulo
. Music broadcast on TV and radio was satirical, sarcastic with esoteric themes. References to a wide range of historical and fictional personalities are found within his lyrics: Al Capone
, Jesus
, Julius Caesar
and Shakespeare, for example. Seixas was subject to censorship
during Brazil's period of military dictatorship. Like the music of his contemporaries such as Chico Buarque
and others, Seixas's lyrics hide political messages within double meanings.
1971 also saw the beginning of a relationship with esoteric author Paulo Coelho
, beginning with Krig-Há-Bandolo in 1973. Through Coelho, Seixas was introduced to the work of controversial English mystic Aleister Crowley
, which influenced their collaboration. The influence extended not only to music, but also to plans for the creation of the "Alternative Society," which was to be an anarchist community in the state of Minas Gerais
based on Crowley's premise: "'Do what thou wilt' shall be the whole of the Law." The project was considered subversive by members of the Brazilian military, which imprisoned all prospective members of the group. Seixas and Coelho are reported to have been tortured during their imprisonment.
Seixas got into self-exiling himself in the United States following the presumed detention by government repressive agents, where his American wife of the time was living. (Seixas was married five times.) He would later claim that during his exile he had met his childhood heroes John Lennon
and Jerry Lee Lewis
, although this claim has been disputed.
Perhaps as a result of his drug addiction and alcoholism
, the rate and quality of Seixas' releases slowed through the late-1970s and throughout the 1980s. In later life Seixas suffered from diabetes and pancreatitis
. On 21 August 1989 Seixas died of cardiac arrest, the result of acute pancreatitis brought on by his diabetes and not having taken insulin the night before. His final album, A Panela do Diabo, a partnership with fellow Bahian rocker Marcelo Nova
(former leader of punk rock band Camisa de Vênus
) was released two days before his death.
It is very common to hear people screaming "Toca Raul!" (Play Raul!) in the middle of concerts, regardless of the artist or genre, just like the requests for Free Bird
.
was a Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, singer, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
.
He is sometimes called the "Father of Brazilian Rock" and "Maluco Beleza".
He was born in Salvador (Bahia
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
), Brazil, and died of pancreatitis
Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. It occurs when pancreatic enzymes that digest food are activated in the pancreas instead of the small intestine. It may be acute – beginning suddenly and lasting a few days, or chronic – occurring over many years...
in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
.
Every year on Seixas' birthday, legions of fans,
including hundreds of impersonators (many even changing their last name to Seixas as a sign of idolatry),
throw a parade in his honor in downtown São Paulo
Central Zone of São Paulo
- Key points :-Avenue and Streets:*Prestes Maia Avenue*Tiradentes Avenue*Brigadeiro Luís Antônio Avenue*Liberdade Avenue*Estado Avenue*São João Avenue*Ipiranga Avenue*Rio Branco Avenue*Vinte e Três de Maio Avenue*9 de Julho Avenue...
.
His body of work consists of 21 albums released along his 26-year career.
His musical style is mostly rock and ballad, although he wrote songs in many different styles,
including variations of styles typical of his native Northeastern Brazil like Forró
Forró
Forró is a kind of Northeastern Brazilian dance as well as a word used to denote the different genres of music which accompanies the dance. Both are much in evidence during the annual Festa Junina , a part of Brazilian traditional culture which celebrates some Catholic saints...
and Baião,
and in fact often used more than one style in the same song,
as in "Let Me Sing, Let Me Sing".
His debut album, Raulzito e Os Panteras (1968),
was produced when he was part of a band of the same name.
However, he only gained prominence and critical audience with songs from the album Krig-Há, Bandolo! (1973),
such as "Ouro de Tolo" ("Fool's Gold"), "Mosca na Sopa" ("Fly in the Soup"), and "Metamorfose Ambulante" ("Mobile Metamorphosis").
Raul Seixas developed a unique musical style that emphasized the maverick and the mystic.
His album Gita (1974), influenced by figures such as Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...
,
expresses his views very directly.
Many songs in Gita were co-written with
his frequent collaborator, fellow mystic, and future worldwide bestselling author Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist.-Biography:Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He attended a Jesuit school. As a teenager, Coelho wanted to become a writer. Upon telling his mother this, she responded with "My dear, your father is an engineer. He's a logical,...
.
Raul was interested in philosophy (especially metaphysics and ontology), psychology, history, literature and Latin.
In October 2008, nineteen years after his death, Raul Seixas was placed in 19th position in
a List of One Hundred Greatest Artists of Brazilian music
sponsored by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine,
topping the likes of Milton Nascimento
Milton Nascimento
-Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...
, Maria Bethania
Maria Bethânia
Maria Bethânia Vianna Telles Veloso , better known as Maria Bethânia , is a singer and sister of Caetano Veloso. She started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião"...
, Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
and others,
demonstrating the influence that Seixas' music continues to hold today.
Biography
Raul Santos Seixas was born at 8 am on June 28, 1945 in a middle class family who lived in Bahia Avenida Sete de Setembro, Salvador. As a child living near the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
consulate in Salvador
Salvador, Bahia
Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...
, capital of the state of Bahia
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
he became fluent in the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and was introduced to early rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
records of artists like Little Richard
Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...
, Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...
and Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
through his contacts with American diplomats' children around 1956. Elvis's music in particular was influential in young Raul's decision to become a musician.
At the age of twelve Seixas formed his first group, The Panthers, later changing their name to the Portuguese language Raulzito e os Panteras ("Little Raul and The Panthers"). They appeared on TV Salvador doing covers of Lewis, Little Richard and Elvis, a style of music which was at the time called "cowboy music" in Brazil. They were also the first group in the state of Bahia
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
to play Beatles covers and grow their hair long, as early as 1964.
In the mid-1960s, Os Panteras, already well known as the best rock group in the region, started backing some of Brazil's most famous pop singers of the time, such as Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos (singer)
Roberto Carlos Braga is a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer and composer, who has achieved a great deal of success and recognition in his 50 year career, also known as King of Latin Music....
and Jerry Adriani whenever they went to Salvador
Salvador, Bahia
Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...
. Impressed with their talent, the stars would always advise Raul to move down south and take a chance in the thriving Jovem Guarda
Jovem Guarda
Jovem Guarda was primarily a Brazilian musical television show first aired by Rede Record in 1965, though the term soon expanded so as to designate the entire movement and style surrounding it...
scene.
Following the promises of fame and fortune, the band moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1967. In the following year they released their first and only album on the Odeon
Odeon Records
Odeon Records was a record label founded in 1903 by Max Straus and Heinrich Zuntz of the International Talking Machine Company in Berlin, Germany. It was named after a famous theatre in Paris, whose classical dome appears on the Odeon record label....
label (later EMI-Odeon), which included a Portuguese language
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
version of the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, for The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...
among many original numbers. Without any publicity, the record sunk and the band disbanded.Raul Seixas was totally shaken by the failure of the Panthers, and his return to Salvador. He wrote: "I spent all day locked in his room reading philosophy, with only a feeble light well, which I ended up spoiling the view [...] I bought a motorcycle and do crazy things in the street."
After his former bandmates moved back to Salvador, Raul made a living as an English teacher before being hired by CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, still in 1968, as creative director and record producer. In 1971, tired of writing and producing records by bland, commercial artists, he took advantage of a label director's vacations and produced Sociedade da Grã-Ordem Kavernista Apresenta Sessão das Dez, an avant-garde album featuring himself, singer Sergio Sampaio, samba artist Miriam Batucada and Edy Star. The record's mix of Tropicalia, rock and roll and anarchic surrealistic experiments launched Raul Seixas as an icon of Brazilian counterculture.
In the 1970s, Seixas became popular in urban centers such as Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
and São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. Music broadcast on TV and radio was satirical, sarcastic with esoteric themes. References to a wide range of historical and fictional personalities are found within his lyrics: Al Capone
Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early...
, Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
, Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
and Shakespeare, for example. Seixas was subject to censorship
Censorship
thumb|[[Book burning]] following the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|1973 coup]] that installed the [[Military government of Chile |Pinochet regime]] in Chile...
during Brazil's period of military dictatorship. Like the music of his contemporaries such as Chico Buarque
Chico Buarque
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...
and others, Seixas's lyrics hide political messages within double meanings.
1971 also saw the beginning of a relationship with esoteric author Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist.-Biography:Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He attended a Jesuit school. As a teenager, Coelho wanted to become a writer. Upon telling his mother this, she responded with "My dear, your father is an engineer. He's a logical,...
, beginning with Krig-Há-Bandolo in 1973. Through Coelho, Seixas was introduced to the work of controversial English mystic Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...
, which influenced their collaboration. The influence extended not only to music, but also to plans for the creation of the "Alternative Society," which was to be an anarchist community in the state of Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
based on Crowley's premise: "'Do what thou wilt' shall be the whole of the Law." The project was considered subversive by members of the Brazilian military, which imprisoned all prospective members of the group. Seixas and Coelho are reported to have been tortured during their imprisonment.
Seixas got into self-exiling himself in the United States following the presumed detention by government repressive agents, where his American wife of the time was living. (Seixas was married five times.) He would later claim that during his exile he had met his childhood heroes John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
and Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...
, although this claim has been disputed.
Perhaps as a result of his drug addiction and alcoholism
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
, the rate and quality of Seixas' releases slowed through the late-1970s and throughout the 1980s. In later life Seixas suffered from diabetes and pancreatitis
Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. It occurs when pancreatic enzymes that digest food are activated in the pancreas instead of the small intestine. It may be acute – beginning suddenly and lasting a few days, or chronic – occurring over many years...
. On 21 August 1989 Seixas died of cardiac arrest, the result of acute pancreatitis brought on by his diabetes and not having taken insulin the night before. His final album, A Panela do Diabo, a partnership with fellow Bahian rocker Marcelo Nova
Marcelo Nova
Marcelo Nova is a Brazilian singer born in the state of Bahia.He began his career in the group Camisa de Vênus in the 1980s and had recorded several hit songs such as "Bete Morreu", "Eu Não Matei Joana D'Arc" and "Silvia"...
(former leader of punk rock band Camisa de Vênus
Camisa de Vênus
Camisa de Vênus was a Brazilian rock group from Bahia whose peak of popularity was in the mid 1980s. Former lead singer, Marcelo Nova would be the producer and partner of Raul Seixas in his last years...
) was released two days before his death.
It is very common to hear people screaming "Toca Raul!" (Play Raul!) in the middle of concerts, regardless of the artist or genre, just like the requests for Free Bird
Free Bird
"Free Bird" is a song by the American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd...
.
Studio albums
- 1968 - Raulzito e os PanterasRaulzito e os Panteras- Personnel :* Raulzito - Lead vocals, guitar, vocal arrangement* Eládio - Backing vocals, guitar, vocal arrangement* Mariano - Bass guitar, backing vocals, vocal arrangement* Carleba - drums, vocal arrangement- References :...
- 1971 - Sociedade da Grã-Ordem Kavernista Apresenta Sessão das 10Sociedade da Grã-Ordem Kavernista Apresenta Sessão das 10- Personnel :* Raul Seixas – vocal, guitar* Carlos Eládio – guitar* Mariano Lanat – bass* Carleba – drum...
(with Sérgio Sampaio, Míriam Batucada and Edy Star) - 1973 - Os 24 Maiores Sucessos da Era do RockOs 24 Maiores Sucessos da Era do RockOs 24 Maiores Sucessos da Era do Rock! is an album of late 1950s and early 1960s-era rock songs and Jovem Guarda covered by Brazilian singer and guitarist Raul Seixas.- History :...
- 1973 - Krig-Há, Bandolo!
- 1974 - O Rebu (Original soundtrack - Raul Seixas & Paulo CoelhoPaulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist.-Biography:Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He attended a Jesuit school. As a teenager, Coelho wanted to become a writer. Upon telling his mother this, she responded with "My dear, your father is an engineer. He's a logical,...
) - 1974 - GitaGita (album)Gita! is the fourth album of Brazilian singer and guitarist Raul Seixas. It is his second album credited to himself only.-Track listing:#"Super-Heróis" – 3:11#"Medo da Chuva" – 3:00...
- 1975 - 20 Anos de Rock (Reissue of Os 24 Maiores Sucessos da Era do Rock)
- 1975 - Novo AeonNovo AeonNovo Aeon is an album of Brazilian singer and guitarist Raul Seixas release in 1975 vinyl format and in 2002 CD format by Universal Music.It was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history.-Track listing:...
- 1976 - Há 10 Mil Anos Atrás
- 1977 - Raul Rock Seixas
- 1977 - O Dia Em Que a Terra Parou
- 1978 - Mata Virgem
- 1979 - Por Quem Os Sinos Dobram
- 1980 - Abre-Te Sésamo
- 1983 - Raul Seixas
- 1984 - Metrô Linha 743
- 1985 - 30 Anos de Rock (Reissue of Os 24 Maiores Sucessos da Era do Rock)
- 1985 - Let Me Sing My Rock And Roll (Compilation with previously unreleased tracks)
- 1986 - Raul Rock Seixas Volume 2 (Compilation with previously unreleased tracks)
- 1987 - Caroço de Manga (Reissue of Let Me Sing My Rock And Roll)
- 1987 - Uah-Bap-Lu-Bap-Lah-Béin-Bum!
- 1988 - A Pedra do Gênesis
- 1989 - A Panela do Diabo (with Marcelo NovaMarcelo NovaMarcelo Nova is a Brazilian singer born in the state of Bahia.He began his career in the group Camisa de Vênus in the 1980s and had recorded several hit songs such as "Bete Morreu", "Eu Não Matei Joana D'Arc" and "Silvia"...
)
Posthumous studio albums
- 1992 - O Baú do Raul
- 1998 - Documento
- 2009 - 20 Anos sem Raul Seixas (Reissue of Documento with a previously unreleased track)
Live albums
- 1984 - Ao Vivo - Único e Exclusivo (Concert in São PauloSão PauloSão Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
1983) - 1991 - Eu, Raul Seixas (Concert at Gonzaga Beach, Santos/SP 1982)
- 1993 - Raul Vivo (Reissue of Ao Vivo - Único e Exclusivo with extras tracks)
- 1994 - Se o Rádio Não Toca... (Concert in BrasíliaBrasíliaBrasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...
1974)
Compilation albums
- 1985 - Let Me Sing My Rock And Roll
- 1986 - Raul Rock Seixas Volume 2
- 1987 - Caroço de Manga
- 1991 - As Profecias (With a previously unreleased track)
- 2003 - Anarkilópolis (With a previously unreleased track)
Box Sets
- 1995 - Série Grandes Nomes: Raul (Box containing 4 CDs and Illustrated Booklet)
- 2002 - Maluco Beleza (Box containing 6 CDs and Illustrated Booklet)
- 2009 - 10.000 Anos à Frente (Reissue of Maluco Beleza)