Déjà-Vu (Metrô album)

Déjà-Vu
Studio album by Metrô
Released	2002
Recorded	2002
Genre	Synthpop, MPB, bossa nova, jazz, lounge music
Label	Trama
Producer	Dany Roland, Yann Laouenan
Metrô chronology
A Mão de Mao (1987) Déjà-Vu (2002)
Virginie Boutaud chronology
Crime Perfeito (1988) Déjà-Vu (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Omelete	link

Déjà-Vu is the third and currently last studio album by Brazilian synthpop band Metrô, released in 2002 by independent label Trama. Their first album of new material in 15 years after they first broke up, it reunited them with former vocalist Virginie Boutaud, who had been fired from the band in 1986. Original guitarist Alec Haiat decided not to partake in the band's reunion though due to his involvement with other projects at the time and other personal reasons, and so was replaced by André Fonseca.^[1] Xavier Leblanc, who was also very busy with his then-newly-founded French restaurant, La Tartine, only acted as a session member on the track "Achei Bonito", being subsequently replaced by Pedro Albuquerque until the band separated again in 2004.

Contrasting with the new wave sound the band had developed during its heyday in the mid-1980s, Déjà-Vu heads toward a much slower direction influenced by jazz and traditional Brazilian genres such as samba, bossa nova and MPB, and contains numerous covers of popular singers of such genres such as Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben Jor, Ary Barroso and Ataulfo Alves. Re-recordings of some of their hits from the 1980s, "Sândalo de Dândi", "Johnny Love" and "Beat Acelerado", are also included.

The album counts with many guest musicians, such as Waly Salomão (in one of his last credited works prior to his death one year after the album's release), Preta Gil, Otto, Lucas Santtana, Jorge Mautner and Nélson Jacobina.^[2] Remixes of four of the album's tracks by different DJs are included as bonus tracks.

Music videos were made for the tracks "Mensagem de Amor"^[3] and "Achei Bonito";^[4] both were directed by drummer Dany Roland's wife, filmmaker Bia Lessa.

Critical reception

Writing for Omelete, Alexandre Nagado gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, calling it "pleasant" – however, he also stated that "rockers might not enjoy the [album's] repertoire due to its MPB-influenced sonority".^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	English title	Length
1.	"Mensagem de Amor" (Os Paralamas do Sucesso cover)	Herbert Vianna	Herbert Vianna	Love Message	4:44
2.	"Achei Bonito"	Traditional	Arr. by Dany Roland, Virginie Boutaud, Xavier Leblanc, Yann Laouenan	I Think It's Beautiful	3:13
3.	"Que Nega É Essa?" (Jorge Ben Jor cover; feat. Preta Gil)	Jorge Ben Jor	Jorge Ben Jor	Who's That Black Girl?	4:23
4.	"Coração Vagabundo" (Caetano Veloso cover)	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso	Wandering Heart	3:12
5.	"Aquarela do Brasil" (Ary Barroso cover; feat. Preta Gil)	Ary Barroso	Ary Barroso	Aquarelle of Brazil	4:30
6.	"Johnny Love"	Alec Haiat, Joe Euthanazia, Yann Laouenan	Alec Haiat, Yann Laouenan		4:16
7.	"Resemblances" (Arto Lindsay cover)	Arto Lindsay	Andres Levin, Arto Lindsay, Melvin Gibbs		5:15
8.	"Missing You"	Yann Laouenan	Yann Laouenan		3:44
9.	"Rapaz da Moda" (Jair Rodrigues cover)	Evaldo Gouveia, Jair Amorim	Evaldo Gouveia, Jair Amorim	Fashion Boy	3:43
10.	"Everyone Is Wrong but Me" (Ella Fitzgerald cover)	Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin	Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin		0:59
11.	"Beat Acelerado"	Alec Haiat, Vicente França, Yann Laouenan	Vicente França, Yann Laouenan	Fast Beat	4:36
12.	"Sândalo de Dândi"	Tavinho Paes	Alec Haiat, Yann Laouenan	Dandy's Sandalwood	4:12
13.	"Leva Meu Samba" (Ataulfo Alves cover; feat. Jorge Mautner)	Ataulfo Alves	Ataulfo Alves	Take My Samba Away	2:53
14.	"Silence" (Charlie Haden cover)	Instrumental	Charlie Haden		5:37
15.	"Déjà-Vu" (feat. Otto and Waly Salomão)	Dany Roland, Yann Laouenan	Dany Roland, Yann Laouenan		5:53

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Coração Vagabundo" (remix by DJ Vu and Maga Bo)	3:04
17.	"Beat Acelerado" (remix by Bruno Leite and Gustavo Garcia)	4:16
18.	"Achei Bonito" (remix by DJ Vu)	4:54
19.	"Déjà-Vu" (remix by Apollo 9)	5:00

Personnel

• Virginie Boutaud – vocals
• Daniel "Dany" Roland – drums, production
• Yann Laouenan – keyboards, production
• André Fonseca – guitar
• Pedro Albuquerque – bass
• Preta Gil – additional vocals in "Que Nega É Essa?" and "Aquarela do Brasil"
• Lucas Santtana – acoustic guitar
• Jorge Mautner – violin, additional vocals in "Leva Meu Samba"
• Otto – vocals in "Déjà-Vu"
• Waly Salomão – vocals in "Déjà-Vu"
• Nélson Jacobina – acoustic guitar
• Xavier Leblanc – bass in "Achei Bonito"

References

1. Metrô – Biografia (Portuguese)
2. Metrô - Déjà-Vu (Portuguese)
3. Metrô - mensagem de amor
4. Metrô - Achei Bonito
5. Metrô - Déjà vu | Omelete (Portuguese)

External links

• Déjà-Vu on Metrô's unofficial website