Dois (album)
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Dois is the second studio album by Brazil
ian rock
band Legião Urbana
. It was released in July 1986.
, Renato Russo
originally intended Dois to be a double-disc album named "Mitologia e Intuição" ("Mythology and Intuition"), that would also include some tidbits of Que País É Este, but EMI-Odeon
denied the proposal, due to economic reasons.
Unlike Legião's previous album
, who heavily focalized in post-punk
-esque instrumentation, Dois shows a wider palette of styles and influences such as folk rock
, blues
and synthpop
, and features the most memorable songs of the band, such as "Eduardo e Mônica
", a ballad largely inspired by Bob Dylan
, telling the story of youngsters in Brasília which fall in love despite having nothing in common; "Música Urbana 2", a sequel-of-sorts for an old Aborto Elétrico
song (the first part of "Música Urbana" is sung by Capital Inicial
); "Fábrica", an environmentalist song that would be used to open Legião's shows for many years; "Quase sem Querer"; and "Índios", that, according to Renato Russo, was written after a suicide attempt.
In 2007, the Brazilian version of the magazine Rolling Stone
made a list of the 100 most revolutionary Brazilian albums, and Dois was featured in the position #21.
punk
band Attaque 77
made a cover of "Fábrica". They would also cover another song by Legião, "Perfeição", of the album O Descobrimento do Brasil
.
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...
band Legião Urbana
Legião Urbana
Legião Urbana were a Brazilian rock band formed in 1982 in Brasília, Distrito Federal. The band primarily consisted of Renato Russo , Dado Villa-Lobos and Marcelo Bonfá...
. It was released in July 1986.
Release history
Because of the success of Legião Urbana's previous albumLegião Urbana (album)
-Personnel:Legião Urbana* Dado Villa-Lobos: electric guitar, classical guitar, sound effects* Renato Rocha: electric bass* Renato Russo: vocals, classical guitar, keyboards* Marcelo Bonfá: drums, percussion, glockenspiel...
, Renato Russo
Renato Russo
Renato Russo was a Brazilian singer and songwriter. His first band was a punk rock band called "Aborto Elétrico" . The band then broke up and split in two different ones: "Capital Inicial" and "Legião Urbana"...
originally intended Dois to be a double-disc album named "Mitologia e Intuição" ("Mythology and Intuition"), that would also include some tidbits of Que País É Este, but EMI-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....
denied the proposal, due to economic reasons.
Unlike Legião's previous album
Legião Urbana (album)
-Personnel:Legião Urbana* Dado Villa-Lobos: electric guitar, classical guitar, sound effects* Renato Rocha: electric bass* Renato Russo: vocals, classical guitar, keyboards* Marcelo Bonfá: drums, percussion, glockenspiel...
, who heavily focalized in post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
-esque instrumentation, Dois shows a wider palette of styles and influences such as folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
, blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
and synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
, and features the most memorable songs of the band, such as "Eduardo e Mônica
Eduardo e Mônica
"Eduardo e Mônica" is a song from Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana's 1986 album Dois, released as promo single. It was largely inspired by Bob Dylan, telling the story of youngsters in Brasília which fall in love, despite having nothing in common....
", a ballad largely inspired by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, telling the story of youngsters in Brasília which fall in love despite having nothing in common; "Música Urbana 2", a sequel-of-sorts for an old Aborto Elétrico
Aborto Elétrico
Aborto Elétrico was a Brazilian punk band formed in 1978 in Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil. The band primarily consisted of future Legião Urbana frontman Renato Russo , André Pretorius and future Capital Inicial drummer Fê Lemos...
song (the first part of "Música Urbana" is sung by Capital Inicial
Capital Inicial
Capital Inicial is a Brazilian rock band that flourished in the 1980s, saw a resurgence in the late '90s, and extended into the 2000s.-History:...
); "Fábrica", an environmentalist song that would be used to open Legião's shows for many years; "Quase sem Querer"; and "Índios", that, according to Renato Russo, was written after a suicide attempt.
In 2007, the Brazilian version of the magazine Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
made a list of the 100 most revolutionary Brazilian albums, and Dois was featured in the position #21.
Track listing
Covers
ArgentineArgentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Attaque 77
Attaque 77
Attaque 77 is an Argentine rock group formed in 1987.-History:Formed in 1987 as a group of friends who got together to play their favorite songs, most of them by The Ramones, their favorite band and the one that influenced them the most...
made a cover of "Fábrica". They would also cover another song by Legião, "Perfeição", of the album O Descobrimento do Brasil
O Descobrimento do Brasil (album)
-Covers:Argentinian punk rock band Attaque 77 made a cover of "Perfeição". They also made a cover of Legião's "Fábrica", of the album Dois.-Trivia:* Renato Russo said in 1994 that he considered the track "Giz" his masterpiece....
.
Trivia
- During the initial seconds of the track "Daniel na Cova dos Leões", a badly-tuned radio can be heard. Excerpts of Legião's song "Será", as well as the anthem of the Socialist InternationalSocialist InternationalThe Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...
, can be faintly heard playing. - The name of the track "Andrea Doria" is a reference to the homonymous Italian shipSS Andrea DoriaSS Andrea Doria[p] was an ocean liner for the Italian Line home ported in Genoa, Italy, most famous for its sinking in 1956, when 46 people died. Named after the 16th-century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, the ship had a gross register tonnage of 29,100 and a capacity of about 1,200 passengers and...
that shipwrecked near the shores of New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
in July 25, 1956. 51 people perished in the disaster, and many Italian paintings were lost in the sea. - An alternate version of the track "Química" appears in the cassetteCompact CassetteThe Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
edition of the album as a bonus track.
Personnel
- Dado Villa-LobosDado Villa-LobosDado Villa-Lobos is a Brazilian musician, best known as the ex-guitarist of post-punk band Legião Urbana. Along with singer Renato Russo and drummer Marcelo Bonfá, he was one of the founding members of that band, who formed in Brasilia in 1982...
– Guitars - Renato RussoRenato RussoRenato Russo was a Brazilian singer and songwriter. His first band was a punk rock band called "Aborto Elétrico" . The band then broke up and split in two different ones: "Capital Inicial" and "Legião Urbana"...
– Vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, counterpoint bass (track 3) all instruments (track 4) - Renato Rocha – Bass guitar
- Marcelo BonfáMarcelo BonfáMarcelo Augusto Bonfá , also known simply as Bonfá, is a Brazilian musician. Famous for being the drummer of the famous rock band Legião Urbana, after its disestablishment he started to follow solo career, releasing three albums as of yet.-Biography:Bonfá was born in the city of Itapira, in the...
– Drums and percussion