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Que País É Este 1978/1987 the third album of the brazilian rock band Legião Urbana, released in 1987. It was recorded in a period of tension within the band, and as a consequence mainly of the sudden success of the band's previous album, Dois (1986), and the lack of new material. As a result, it's largely a collection of famous songs from Renato Russo's previous band, Aborto Elétrico, some dating back to 1978. Since that band was a punk outfit, the four of the five first songs are Punk songs, influenced mainly by the British punk bands, with "Depois Do Começo" being a Ska song. "Faroeste Caboclo", in spite of its nine minute length, it became one of the band's most famous hits. Its style of storytelling lyrics was heavily influenced by one of Russo's personal heroes, Bob Dylan, and by Northeastern repente. Only the two last songs are new compositions.
Lyrically, part of it deals with political affairs, while most of the rest deals with usual teenage issues, most of it in the usual Punk way. The song "Conexão Amazônica" was banned from the radio, due to the lyrics's references to drug dealing routes in the Amazon rainforest, while "Faroeste Caboclo" had its swear words edited out for radio play - the album retains the original version.
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- "Que País É Este" ("What Country Is This") (Russo) – 2:54
- "Conexão Amazônica" ("Amazonic Connection") (Russo, Lemos) – 4:37
- "Tédio (Com Um T Bem Grande Pra Você)" ("Boredom (With A Huge B For You)") (Russo) – 2:30
- "Depois Do Começo" ("After The Beginning") (Russo) – 3:13
- "Química" ("Chemistry") (Russo) – 2:20
- "Eu Sei" ("I Know") (Russo) – 3:07
- "Faroeste Caboclo" ("Caboclo Western") (Russo) – 9:03
- "Angra Dos Reis" (Russo, Rocha, Bonfá) – 4:58
- "Mais Do Mesmo" ("More Of The Same") (Villa-Lobos, Russo, Rocha, Bonfá) – 3:20
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