{{Infobox album | name = Expresso 2222 | type = studio | artist = Gilberto Gil | cover = Expresso_2222_album_cover.jpg | alt = | released = 1972 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Tropicália, MPB | length = 34:01 | label = Philips Records | producer = | prev_title = Barra 69: Caetano e Gil Ao Vivo na Bahia | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = Gilberto Gil Ao Vivo | next_year = 1974 }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/expresso-2222-mw0000530579 |title=Expresso 2222 – Gilberto Gil &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2017-03-20}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Tom Hull – on the Web'' | rev9Score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm2}})<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|authorlink=Tom Hull (critic)|date=April 26, 2021|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2939-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|accessdate=April 27, 2021}}</ref> }} '''Expresso 2222''' is the fifth studio album by Brazilian artist Gilberto Gil, released in June 1972 by Philips Records (currently Universal Music).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/expresso-2222-album-de-gilberto-gil-que-completa-40-anos-relancado-em-versao-remasterizada-6694007|title='Expresso 2222', álbum de Gilberto Gil que completa 40 anos, é relançado em versão remasterizada|website=O Globo|language=pt-BR|access-date=2016-05-11}}</ref> In October 2007, the magazine ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s Brazilian edition published a list of the 100 Greatest Albums of Brazilian Music, in which ''Expresso 2222'' featured at number 26.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rollingstone.uol.com.br/listas/os-100-maiores-discos-da-musica-brasileira/biexpresso-2222i-gilberto-gil-1972-philipsb/|title=Listas – Os 100 Maiores Discos da Música Brasileira – '''''Expresso 2222'' – Gilberto Gil (1972, Philips)''' – Rolling Stone Brasil|website=rollingstone.uol.com.br|access-date=2016-05-11}}</ref>

The album name is a homage to a train that Gil used to take to head out of his native town in the direction of Salvador, Bahia. The album marks the return of Gil to Brazil after a three-year exile in London.<ref name=":0" />

== Track listing== # "Pipoca Moderna" (Sebastião C. Biano) – 01:57 # "Back in Bahia" (Gilberto Gil) – 04:35 # "O Canto da Ema" (João do Valle / Aires Viana / Alventino Cavalcanti) – 06:20 # "Chiclete com Banana" (Almira Castilho/Gordurinha) – 03:23 # "Ele e Eu" (Gilberto Gil) – 02:17 # "Sai do Sereno" (Onildo Almeida) – 03:20 # "Expresso 2222" (Gilberto Gil) – 02:38 # "O Sonho Acabou" (Gilberto Gil) – 03:32 # "Oriente" (Gilberto Gil) – 05:59

; CD bonus tracks # "Cada Macaco no seu Galho" (Riachão) – 04:23 # "Vamos Passear no Astral" (Gilberto Gil) – 02:54 # "Está na Cara, Está na Cura" (Gilberto Gil) – 02:38

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