Titãs (album)
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Titãs is the debut album of Brazilian rock
band Titãs
. It is the only album to feature André Jung
on drums
. The album also features Pena Schmidt's (an underground producer known for his bare-bone works) production, polishing the edges to the vanishing clear-cut point and burying instruments over layers of synths and electronic drumming typical of the age, which gives the album a Reggae and New Wave sound.
became a hit single, still one of the most played Titãs compositions, a Nando Reis
early signature tune. Another attempt on a Reggae-crossover hit, Jimmy Cliff
's The Harder They Come was translated as They Want My Blood, in Portuguese, "Querem Meu Sangue". However, this track would become a success only when performed live with the very Jimmy Cliff
in Acústico MTV. Sérgio Britto
tried his hand on Tropicália turning into a Pop song a poem by renowned outsider poet Torquato Neto
and the resulting "Go Back" waited 4 years to become a hit single through a live version, alongside Marvin.
The classic Sonífera Ilha remains the band's calling card even without founding member and composer Ciro Pessoa
onboard. Arnaldo Antunes
' juncture of Concrete Poetry
and Funk
are easy to see ("Pule") before they mutate into ballads ("Demais"). Branco Mello
's affiliations with São Paulo's underground scene are shown in ("Babi Índio"). Paulo Miklos
' fondness for Brazilian Pop is hidden underneath New Wave numbers ("Mulher Robot") and social commentary alongside Arnaldo Antunes
("Seu Interesse"). A remaining Ciro Pessoa
number ("Toda Cor") was slightly more successful, in a New Wave way of sorts.
The record sold few copies: only 22.000. The early release of Sonífera Ilha's original version as a single reached gold status with 100.000-plus copies sold.
Brazilian rock
Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese.-Overview:Rock entered the Brazilian music scene in 1956, with the screening of the film The Blackboard Jungle, featuring Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", which would later be covered in Portuguese by Nora...
band Titãs
Titãs
Titãs are a rock band from São Paulo, Brazil. Their best-known line up is the one in the album Cabeça Dinossauro : Nando Reis , Branco Mello , Marcelo Fromer , Arnaldo Antunes , Tony Bellotto , Paulo Miklos , Charles Gavin and Sérgio Britto...
. It is the only album to feature André Jung
André Jung
André Jung is a Brazilian drummer and journalist, best known for his performances in the band Ira!. He has also been a member of Titãs, although he has released only one album with them. Curiously, the drummer that he replaced in Ira! went to play with Titãs, with whom he played with until 2010...
on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
. The album also features Pena Schmidt's (an underground producer known for his bare-bone works) production, polishing the edges to the vanishing clear-cut point and burying instruments over layers of synths and electronic drumming typical of the age, which gives the album a Reggae and New Wave sound.
Background
Ron Dunbar's classic AOR hit Patches was turned into synthetized Reggae and renamed Marvin. It would be remembered among most of the fans, when a completely reworked live version featured on Titãs' 1997 Acústico MTVTitãs - Acústico MTV
Acústico MTV is the second live album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. The album features Arnaldo Antunes , Liminha, Marisa Monte, Fito Páez, Jimmy Cliff, Rita Lee and Marina Lima as guests artists...
became a hit single, still one of the most played Titãs compositions, a Nando Reis
Nando Reis
Nando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
early signature tune. Another attempt on a Reggae-crossover hit, Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff, OM is a Jamaican musician, singer and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences...
's The Harder They Come was translated as They Want My Blood, in Portuguese, "Querem Meu Sangue". However, this track would become a success only when performed live with the very Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff, OM is a Jamaican musician, singer and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences...
in Acústico MTV. Sérgio Britto
Sérgio Britto
Sérgio Britto is a Brazilian musician. He is best known as the keyboardist and vocalist for the band Titãs, and also for his solo albums, in which he played the acoustic guitar...
tried his hand on Tropicália turning into a Pop song a poem by renowned outsider poet Torquato Neto
Torquato Neto
Torquato Pereira de Araújo Neto was a Brazilian journalist and poet. He is perhaps best known as a lyricist for the Tropicalismo counterculture movement, which later expanded its influence to Música Popular Brasileira. He worked with Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Edu Lobo, and Waly Salomão...
and the resulting "Go Back" waited 4 years to become a hit single through a live version, alongside Marvin.
The classic Sonífera Ilha remains the band's calling card even without founding member and composer Ciro Pessoa
Ciro Pessoa
Ciro Pessoa Mendes is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, journalist and poet. Formerly a member of rock band Titãs and the founder and lead vocalist of the now-defunct post-punk band Cabine C, he currently follows a solo career, releasing two albums as of yet.-Early life:Ciro Pessoa was born in São...
onboard. Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes , is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first...
' juncture of Concrete Poetry
Concrete poetry
Concrete poetry or shape poetry is poetry in which the typographical arrangement of words is as important in conveying the intended effect as the conventional elements of the poem, such as meaning of words, rhythm, rhyme and so on....
and Funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
are easy to see ("Pule") before they mutate into ballads ("Demais"). Branco Mello
Branco Mello
Branco Mello is a Brazilian musician and actor, best known as the vocalist and bassist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also played small but significant roles for the movies.- Childhood :...
's affiliations with São Paulo's underground scene are shown in ("Babi Índio"). Paulo Miklos
Paulo Miklos
Paulo Roberto de Souza Miklos is a multi-instrumentalist, musician and actor from Brazil. He is best known for his works for the band Titãs, which he is a member since its beginning, in 1981. Singing and playing the harmonica and the sax are some of his most notable contributions for the band. As...
' fondness for Brazilian Pop is hidden underneath New Wave numbers ("Mulher Robot") and social commentary alongside Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes , is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first...
("Seu Interesse"). A remaining Ciro Pessoa
Ciro Pessoa
Ciro Pessoa Mendes is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, journalist and poet. Formerly a member of rock band Titãs and the founder and lead vocalist of the now-defunct post-punk band Cabine C, he currently follows a solo career, releasing two albums as of yet.-Early life:Ciro Pessoa was born in São...
number ("Toda Cor") was slightly more successful, in a New Wave way of sorts.
The record sold few copies: only 22.000. The early release of Sonífera Ilha's original version as a single reached gold status with 100.000-plus copies sold.
Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonífera Ilha Sonífera Ilha "Sonífera Ilha" is the first single by Titãs, released on 1984. The song, like its b-side, "Toda Cor", was composed by Ciro Pessoa. Sonífera Ilha is among a few of Ciro's contributions to Titãs... ("Sleepy Island") |
2:56 | Branco Mello, Marcelo Fromer, Tony Bellotto, Ciro Pessoa and Carlos Barmack |
| 2 | Marvin (Patches) Marvin (Patches) "Marvin " is the eighth single by Titãs, released in 1988. The song is a rearranged version of Ron Dunbar's hit "Patches", and it tells the story of Marvin, a young agriculturist whose father dies, and leaves him a difficult mission: to support his family... |
4:15 | R. Dunbar, G. N. Johson, Nando Reis and Sérgio Britto |
| 3 | Babi Índio ("Baby Indian") | 3:42 | Branco Mello and Ciro Pessoa |
| 4 | Go Back | 3:41 | Sérgio Britto and Torquato Neto |
| 5 | Pule ("Jump") | 2:23 | Arnaldo Antunes and Paulo Miklos |
| 6 | Querem Meu Sangue ("They Want My Blood") | 3:11 | Nando Reis and Jimmy Cliff |
| 7 | Mulher Robô ("Robot Woman") | 2:25 | Toni Bellotto |
| 8 | Demais ("Too Much") | 2:51 | Arnaldo Antunes |
| 9 | Toda Cor ("Every Color") | 3:24 | Marcelo Fromer, Ciro Pessoa and Carlos Barmack |
| 10 | Balada Para John E Yoko ("Ballad for John and Yoko") | 2:38 | Sérgio Britto, Lennon/McCartney Lennon/McCartney The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history... |
| 11 | Seu Interesse ("Your Interest") | 3:11 | Arnaldo Antunes and Paulo Miklos |
Personnel
- Nando ReisNando ReisNando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
- lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
in "Sonífera Ilha", "Go Back", "Mulher Robot" and "Pule" - Paulo MiklosPaulo MiklosPaulo Roberto de Souza Miklos is a multi-instrumentalist, musician and actor from Brazil. He is best known for his works for the band Titãs, which he is a member since its beginning, in 1981. Singing and playing the harmonica and the sax are some of his most notable contributions for the band. As...
- Lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboardsElectronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:...
in "Go back" - André JungAndré JungAndré Jung is a Brazilian drummer and journalist, best known for his performances in the band Ira!. He has also been a member of Titãs, although he has released only one album with them. Curiously, the drummer that he replaced in Ira! went to play with Titãs, with whom he played with until 2010...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
and percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Arnaldo AntunesArnaldo AntunesArnaldo Antunes , is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first...
- Lead vocals - Branco MelloBranco MelloBranco Mello is a Brazilian musician and actor, best known as the vocalist and bassist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also played small but significant roles for the movies.- Childhood :...
- Lead vocals - Tony BellottoTony BellottoAntonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto is a Brazilian musician and writer, best known as the guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also written and released several books. Tony keeps a column called "Cenas Urbanas" at Brazilian magazine Veja.- Childhood :Bellotto decided to be a rock...
- Electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, backing vocals - Sérgio BrittoSérgio BrittoSérgio Britto is a Brazilian musician. He is best known as the keyboardist and vocalist for the band Titãs, and also for his solo albums, in which he played the acoustic guitar...
- Lead vocals and keyboards - Marcelo FromerMarcelo FromerMarcelo Fromer was the guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. One of the founding members and also the band's manager, he died in 2001, after being hit by a motorcycle while jogging.- Childhood :...
- Electric guitar - Alberto Marcicano - ZitherZitherThe zither is a musical string instrument, most commonly found in Slovenia, Austria, Hungary citera, northwestern Croatia, the southern regions of Germany, alpine Europe and East Asian cultures, including China...
in "Demais" - Eduardo Souto Neto - ArrangementArrangementThe American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
and ConductingConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
of metals in "Querem Meu Sangue" and "Balada Para John e Yoko") - George Freire Soprano SaxophoneSoprano saxophoneThe soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in...
in "Marvin" - Gil and Nono -TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Proveta and Baldo - Saxophone
- IvanIvan-Meteorology:* Tropical Storm Ivan - a number of tropical storms - Places:* Ivan Mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina* Iván, a village in Hungary* Ivaň, name common to two villages in Czech Republic...
- TromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...