Que País É Este

Que País É Este
Studio album by Legião Urbana
Released	November 1987
Recorded	October 1987
Genre	Alternative rock, punk rock, post-punk, folk rock, art rock
Length	36:27
Label	EMI-Odeon
Producer	Mayrton Bahia
Legião Urbana chronology
Dois (1986) Que País É Este (1987) As Quatro Estações (1989)

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Que País É Este (subtitled 1978/1987) is the third studio album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. Released in 1987, it has a heavier sonority than its predecessors, and most of the songs of the album were written by Renato Russo when he was still a member of his previous band Aborto Elétrico.

One of the most successful albums by Legião Urbana, it sold more than 1 million copies, and received a Diamond Certification by ABPD.^[2] It was also the last Legião Urbana album that featured bassist Renato Rocha — he would leave the band during the recording sessions of As Quatro Estações.

History

Que País É Este would be originally part of Legião Urbana's unsuccessful double-disc album "Mitologia e Intuição". Many of this album's tracks were composed during the 1970s, when Renato Russo was still a member of Aborto Elétrico. Only two tracks of it can be considered more "recent": "Mais do Mesmo" and "Angra dos Reis" (that references the construction of the Angra Nuclear Power Plant).

The tracks "Que País É Este" and "Conexão Amazônica" were written by Russo in 1978 and were originally performed by Aborto Elétrico.^[3] The title track was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the 81st greatest Brazilian song.^[3]

"Faroeste Caboclo" was written in 1979 and was performed during Russo's "Trovador Solitário" ("Lonely Troubadour") phase. One of the most famous songs performed by Legião, and their third longest one (the first being "Metal Contra as Nuvens" of the album V and the second being "Clarisse" of the posthumous album Uma Outra Estação), Renato Russo considered this song "his 'Hurricane'".

Also in the album are the tracks "Depois do Começo", the only track written by Russo that he did not like, for considering it to be too pretentious, and "Química", originally recorded by Os Paralamas do Sucesso in their debut album Cinema Mudo. During the tour that promoted this album, a tragedy occurred at the Mané Garrincha Stadium; fans got overexcited and were stomped to death. This incident increased Russo's stage fright, and Legião's following work would become more introspective.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Renato Russo (except where noted), all music composed by Legião Urbana.

Covers

• Brazilian bands Pato Fu, 14 Bis and Boca Livre have made cover versions of "Eu Sei".
• Heavy metal band Viper covered "Mais do Mesmo" on their album Tem pra Todo Mundo.
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso and Titãs have both covered the title-song; the first in their 1999 live album Acústico MTV, and the latter during a live Legião Urbana tribute by various artists.

Personnel

• Dado Villa-Lobos — guitar
• Marcelo Bonfá — drums and percussion
• Renato Rocha — bass
• Renato Russo — vocals, classical guitar, keyboard

Album certification

See also

• Faroeste Caboclo, a 2013 movie based on the song.

References