Tim Maia Racional

Tim Maia Racional is an album trilogy by Brazilian singer-songwriter Tim Maia. The first two volumes were released in early 1975 by Seroma, Maia's own record label, while Volume 3 was released posthumously. They were recorded in RCA Records studios between July and August 1974. The albums were largely ignored by the specialized press in its release and showed low sales, much of it due to its low commercial appeal – given the song lyrics which advertised an UFO religion with few followers – and the semi-amateur record distribution by Maia's independent label.

Over time, despite Maia's attempts to remove the album from the public consciousness, with the destruction of the records and a prohibition on re-issues and re-recordings, the trilogy became a cult classic, with the original vinyl discs becoming rare and expensive. Since the 1990s, with the revival of 1970s Brazilian black music, pressure grew for the re-release of the albums, which only happened after the artist's death. The trilogy is considered as one of the high points in Maia's career, due in part to its arrangements and his vocal quality.