Severino (album)

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Severino
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Studio album by
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Released1994
RecordedDecember 1993–January/February 1994
Genre Pop rock
Label EMI
Producer Phil Manzanera
Os Paralamas do Sucesso chronology
Os Grãos
(1991)		Severino
(1994)		 Vamo Batê Lata
(1995)
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Severino is the seventh studio album by Brazilian rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso. It was released in 1994 and produced by famous record producer Phil Manzanera. It was their most experimental album.

Contents

The sonority and lyrical themes of Severino were heavily influenced by the popular music and the culture of Northeast Brazil, and the poetry of famous writer João Cabral de Melo Neto (most notably his masterpiece Morte e Vida Severina ). However, like the previous album Os Grãos , it received mostly mixed to negative reviews at the time of its release, and suffered from extremely poor sales: it sold only 55,000 copies. However, the album was better received in Argentina.

Severino spawned minor hits such as "El Vampiro Bajo el Sol", "Vamo Batê Lata", "Navegar Impreciso", "Varal", "Go Back" (a Spanish-language cover of Titãs' song of the same name), and "Casi un Segundo" (a Spanish-language translation of the Paralamas' song "Quase um Segundo" from their 1988 album Bora Bora ).

Queen guitarist Brian May made a special appearance on this album, providing guitars for the track "El Vampiro Bajo el Sol".

The album's cover was drawn by the famous schizophrenic artist from Northeast Brazil Arthur Bispo do Rosário. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Herbert Vianna, expect where noted

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Não Me Estrague o Dia" (Don't Ruin My Day) Bi Ribeiro, Herbert Vianna 2:18
2."Navegar Impreciso" (Imprecise Sailing)Herbert Vianna3:23
3."Varal" (Clothes Line)Herbert Vianna3:40
4."Réquiem do Pequeno" (The Small One's Requiem)Herbert Vianna2:53
5."Vamo Batê Lata" (Let's Hit Some Tin Cans)Herbert Vianna2:56
6."El Vampiro Bajo el Sol" (The Vampire Under the Sun) Fito Páez, Herbert Vianna4:14
7."Músico" (Musician) Tom Zé 3:14
8."Dos Margaritas" (Two Daisies)Herbert Vianna3:06
9."O Rio Severino" (The Severino River)Herbert Vianna2:54
10."Cagaço" ( [3] )Herbert Vianna3:38
11."O Amor Dorme" (Love Sleeps)Herbert Vianna3:09
12."Go Back" (Titãs cover) Sérgio Britto, Torquato Neto (adaptation by Martim Cardoso)3:05
13."Casi un Segundo" (Almost a Second)Herbert Vianna (adaptation by Martim Cardoso)5:23

Personnel

Os Paralamas do Sucesso

Additional musicians

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References

  1. ↑ Álvaro Neder. "Severino - Os Paralamas do Sucesso". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Os Paralamas do Sucesso – Severino (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ "Cagaço" is a Portuguese-language slang term that means "diarrhea" or "excessive fear of something".
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