As Dez Mais

As Dez Mais
Studio album by Titãs
Released 1999
Recorded June, July and August 1999
Genre Alternative rock
Length 37:04
Label WEA
Hollywood (US)
Producer Jack Endino
Titãs chronology
Volume Dois
(1998)
As Dez Mais
(1999)
A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana
(2001)
Singles from As Dez Mais
  1. "Pelados em Santos"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Aluga-se"
    Released: 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

As Dez Mais (Portuguese for The Top Ten) is the tenth studio album by Brazilian rock band Titãs, and their first cover album. It was released in 1999, selling more than 400,000 copies.[2] It was their last album with guitarist Marcelo Fromer, who died in 2001 just a few days before the first days of recordings of As Dez Mais' successor. Regarding criticism of the album being pop-oriented, producer Jack Endino said there are elements of pop in the band's two previous albums, the well-sold Acústico MTV and Volume Dois, and in all their seven albums released before Titanomaquia (first Titãs album produced by him).[3] He added:[3]

I'm a rocker, but I like good songs very much. If a song has a good feeling and good lyrics, rhythms, energy, intelligence and emotion, then it's not necessary that it has a 'wall of guitars'. Anyway, the concept for 'As Dez Mais' was not my idea. I did the best album I could, considering these were not Titãs songs. And I tell you I get very happy with the way this album sounds. I didn't want the 'strings' added to the songs, it wasn't my idea, but Eumir Deodato did a good job, specially on 'Fuga 2'. As a Titãs fan, I would have preferred new compositions by them, but that wasn't what the band wanted at that time.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Original artist Length
1. "Gostava Tanto de Você" (I Used to Like You So Much)Edson TrindadeTim Maia 3:59
2. "Sete Cidades" (Seven Cities)Renato RussoLegião Urbana 3:26
3. "Circo de Feras" (Circus of Beasts)TimXutos & Pontapés 3:50
4. "Rotina" (Routine)Clemente NascimentoInocentes 3:19
5. "Querem Acabar Comigo" (They Want to Finish Me Off)Roberto CarlosRoberto Carlos 3:39
6. "Fuga nº II" (Escape nº II [4])Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee, Sérgio DiasOs Mutantes 4:35
7. "Pelados em Santos" (Naked in Santos)DinhoMamonas Assassinas 3:29
8. "Um Certo Alguém" (A Certain Someone)Lulu SantosLulu Santos 3:21
9. "Ciúme" (Jealousy)Roger MoreiraUltraje a Rigor 4:06
10. "Aluga-se" (For Rent)Cláudio Roberto, Raul SeixasRaul Seixas 3:20

Single

"Aluga-se" was released in 1999 as the thirteenth single by the band. The original song was composed and performed by Brazilian rock singer Raul Seixas, and it was featured on his 1980 album Abre-Te Sésamo.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Original artist Length
1. "Aluga-se" (For Rent)Cláudio Roberto, Raul SeixasSeixas 3:20

Music video

The music video for the song shows the band performing it inside a night club crowded with young people drinking, dancing and smoking. At certain point, some of the band members are seen playing a card game of some sort, and then playing pool.

Personnel

Titãs
Additional personnel

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Titãs history at Bravus.net
  3. 1 2 Sarkis, Thiago Pinto Corrêa (4 January 2004). "Jack Endino - Entrevista exclusiva com o produtor do Nirvana". Whiplash.net. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  4. Also a pun on "fugue" — in Portuguese, "fuga" may mean "fugue" or "escape".
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