As Dez Mais

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As Dez Mais
As Dez Mais.jpg
Studio album by
Released1999
RecordedJune, July and August 1999
Genre Alternative rock
Length37:04
Label WEA
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

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. [1] 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' studio successor, A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Gostava Tanto de Você" (I Used to Like You So Much) Edson Trindade Tim Maia 3:59
2."Sete Cidades" (Seven Cities) Renato Russo Legião Urbana 3:26
3."Circo de Feras" (Circus of Beasts) Tim Xutos & Pontapés 3:50
4."Rotina" (Routine) Clemente Nascimento Inocentes 3:19
5."Querem Acabar Comigo" (They Want to Finish Me Off) Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos3:39
6."Fuga nº II" (Escape nº II [2] ) Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee, Sérgio Dias Os Mutantes 4:35
7."Pelados em Santos" (Naked in Santos) Dinho Mamonas Assassinas 3:29
8."Um Certo Alguém" (A Certain Someone) Lulu Santos Lulu Santos3:21
9."Ciúme" (Jealousy) Roger Moreira Ultraje a Rigor 4:06
10."Aluga-se" (For Rent) Cláudio Roberto, Raul Seixas Raul Seixas3:20

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.

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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Folha de S.Paulo Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Writing for Folha de S.Paulo , Lúcio Ribeiro panned the album, stating it was another commercial play by the band that "seems to have permanently given up composing new material to fill an album". He also said the group "annihilated" all ten tracks, turning "Rotina" in a "boring ska" and depriving "Pelados em Santos" of its debauchery. [4]

The band's position

Members Branco Mello (vocals), Nando Reis (vocals, bass) and Sérgio Britto (vocals, keyboards) commented: "Since 'Sonífera Ilha', a song made to be a hit, people mess around with us. We want to be TV stars [...] The guy who makes music just for selling doesn't exist. First, we do music for our entertainment. [...] This is independent from our will. We make a consuming product. Everyone has the right to say whatever they want, but, for us, the priority is artistic". [5]

Producer Jack Endino said that 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). [6] He added: [6]

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.

Personnel

Titãs
Additional personnel
Technical personnel

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References

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  2. Also a pun on "fugue" — in Portuguese, "fuga" may mean "fugue" or "escape".
  3. Allmusic review
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