| V | ||||
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| Studio album by Legião Urbana | ||||
| Released | December 15, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | October/December 1991 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, art rock | |||
| Length | 49:50 | |||
| Label | EMI-Odeon | |||
| Producer | Mayrton Bahia | |||
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V is the fifth studio album by the Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. It was released in December 15, 1991.
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The album reflects two situations: the economic crisis Brazil suffered during Fernando Collor de Mello's government and Renato Russo's drug dependence. In 1991, Russo discovered he had AIDS, just like Cazuza. Russo wrote a song in his honor named "Feedback Song for a Dying Friend", present in Legião's previous album. However, unlike Cazuza, Russo never assumed in public his disease.
V's songs are characterized by a dark, medieval influence: the first track, "Love Song", is an adaptation of a love poem written in Galician-Portuguese by Nuno Fernandes Torneol in the 13th century. The eerie setting continues in "Metal Contra as Nuvens", the longest song of the band, and "A Ordem dos Templários", who uses samples of Guillaume de Machaut's "Douce Dame Jolie".
"A Montanha Mágica" speaks about drug dependence. "O Teatro dos Vampiros" references the economic crisis of Brazil at the time and its intro was adapted from Pachelbel's Canon.
However, the last tracks of the album are slightly happier, such as "Sereníssima", "L'Âge d'Or", "O Mundo Anda Tão Complicado" and "Vento no Litoral", that was later re-recorded by Cássia Eller. The last track of the album, "Come Share My Life", is an adaptation of an American folk song.
V sold a little less than the previous album As Quatro Estações: only 700,000 copies. The tour that promoted the album was the shortest of the band, lasting only from July to September 1992, due to Russo's alcoholic crisis.
All lyrics written by Renato Russo (except where noted), all music composed by Legião Urbana.
| No. | Title | English title | Length |
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| 1. | "Love Song" (Nuno Fernandes Torneol) | 1:18 | |
| 2. | "Metal Contra as Nuvens" | Metal Against the Clouds | 11:28 |
| 3. | "A Ordem dos Templários" (instrumental) | The Order of Knights Templar | 4:26 |
| 4. | "A Montanha Mágica" | The Magic Mountain | 7:48 |
| 5. | "O Teatro dos Vampiros" | The Vampires' Theatre | 3:37 |
| 6. | "Sereníssima" | Most Serene | 4:01 |
| 7. | "Vento no Litoral" | Wind on the Shores | 6:06 |
| 8. | "O Mundo Anda Tão Complicado" | The World Has Been So Complicated Lately | 3:45 |
| 9. | "L'Âge d'Or" | The Golden Age | 5:06 |
| 10. | "Come Share My Life" (instrumental) | 2:02 |
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