''Cansei de Ser Sexy'' is the first full-length album by Brazilian

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. It was released on October 9, 2005 by Trama in Brazil, where it reportedly sold 5,000 copies and failed to chart. It was released in the United States on July 11, 2006 on the

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label, and in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2007 by

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. A limited edition version of the album included a

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. The purpose of this was that the buyer could burn a copy of the album onto the CD-R to give to someone else as a gift, paying homage to the effects of digital technology upon the dissemination and popularization of music. The song "

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multimedia player, released in November 2006. The songs "Alala" and "Off the Hook" are featured in the

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''. The song "

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advertisement in 2007. The song "Alala" was featured in an episode of the

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Reception

The album received mainly positive reviews—it was featured on ''

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''s list of the 50 best records of 2006 at number eighteen, ''

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''s list of the 50 best records of 2006 at number five and '' Q''s list of the 100 best records of 2006 at number eighty-nine. The album won the 2007 PLUG Independent Music Award for Best Punk Album.

Track listing

International version

The international version excluded five tracks from the Brazilian version (two of which appeared as bonus tracks on the US

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edition of the album), while including two tracks from the Brazilian-released EP ''

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Personnel

Credits for the international version of ''Cansei de Ser Sexy''. CSS * Adriano Cintra – drums (1–4, 6–9, 11); guitar (2, 5, 6, 10, 11); lead vocals (2, 9); keyboards (3); bass (4, 11); backing vocals (5); harmonica (9); mixing, producer (all tracks) *

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– lead vocals (all tracks); backing vocals (4, 6); artwork, photography *

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– guitar (1–4, 6–9, 11); drums (5, 10), keyboards (3); mixing (all tracks) * Ana Rezende – guitar (2–5, 7–9, 11) * Clara Ribeiro – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11) *

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– guitar (1, 3, 6–8, 10) * Iracema Trevisan – bass (1–3, 5–10) * Maria Helena Zerba – keyboards (1, 5) Additional personnel * João Marcello Bôscoli – executive producer * Emanuela Carvalho – image direction * Ricardo Garcia – mastering * Tony Kiewel – A&R (international) * Clayton Martin – drum engineer *

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– A&R (Brazil) * Sabrina Roistacher – image coordinator * Rodrigo Sanches – mixing * Eduarda de Souza – photography * André Szajman – executive producer * Cláudio Szajman – executive producer * Tatiana Zanini – image coordinator

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2005 debut albums CSS (band) albums Sire Records albums Sub Pop albums