V (Legião Urbana album)

V
Studio album by Legião Urbana
Released December 15, 1991
Recorded October/December 1991
Genre Alternative rock, experimental
Length 49:50
Label EMI-Odeon
Producer Mayrton Bahia
Legião Urbana chronology

As Quatro Estações
(1989)		 V
(1991)		 Música P/ Acampamentos
(1992)
"Vento no Litoral"
from the album V. Recorded in 1991.
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V is the fifth studio album by the Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. It was released in December 15, 1991.

History

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 publicly revealed 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", a serene instrumental that 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 instrumental cover 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.

Track listing

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

No. TitleEnglish title Length
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 the Temple 4:26
4. "A Montanha Mágica"  The Magic Mountain 7:48
5. "O Teatro dos Vampiros"  The Theatre of the Vampires 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

Personnel

Legião Urbana
Additional personnel

Trivia