''As Dez Mais'' ( Portuguese for ''The Top Ten'') is the tenth

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Titãs Titãs () are a Brazilian rock band from São Paulo. Though they basically play pop/alternative rock, their music has touched a number of other styles throughout their 30-year career, such as new wave, punk rock, grunge, MPB and electronic mu ...

, and their first

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. It was released in

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, selling more than 400,000 copies. It was their last album with guitarist Marcelo Fromer, who died in 2001 just a few days before the first days of recordings of ''As Dez Mais''' studio successor, ''

A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana ''A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana'' (''Last Week's Best Band Ever'') is the eleventh studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. It is the first album composed entirely of new material since 1995's ''Domingo''; the fir ...

''.

Track listing

Single

"Aluga-se" was released in 1999 as the thirteenth single by the band. The original song was composed and performed by Brazilian rock singer

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, and it was featured on his 1980 album ''Abre-Te Sésamo''.

Music video

The music video for the song shows the band performing it inside a night club crowded with young people drinking, dancing and smoking. At certain point, some of the band members are seen playing a card game of some sort, and then playing pool.

Critical reception

Writing for '' Folha de S.Paulo'', Lúcio Ribeiro panned the album, stating it was another commercial play by the band that "seems to have permanently given up composing new material to fill an album". He also said the group "annihilated" all ten tracks, turning "Rotina" in a "boring ska" and depriving "Pelados em Santos" of its debauchery.

The band's position

Members

Branco Mello Branco Mello (; born Claudio Corrêa de Mello Júnior on March 16, 1962) is a Brazilian musician and actor, best known as the vocalist and bassist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also played small but significant roles for the movies. Ch ...

(vocals),

Nando Reis Nando Reis (, born José Fernando Gomes dos Reis; January 12, 1963) is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and one of the lead singers of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own ...

(vocals, bass) and Sérgio Britto (vocals, keyboards) commented: "Since 'Sonífera Ilha', a song made to be a hit, people mess around with us. We want to be TV stars ..The guy who makes music just for selling doesn't exist. First, we do music for our entertainment. ..This is independent from our will. We make a consuming product. Everyone has the right to say whatever they want, but, for us, the priority is artistic". Producer Jack Endino said that there are elements of pop in the band's two previous albums, the well-sold '' Acústico MTV'' and ''

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'', and in all their seven albums released before ''

Titanomaquia ''Titanomaquia'' (''Titanomachy'') is the seventh album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs, released on 10 July 1993. All songs are credited to the band as a whole (except for three tracks co-credited to the just-departed Arnaldo Antunes), as i ...

'' (first Titãs album produced by him). He added:

Personnel

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on "Gostava Tanto de Você" and "Rotina", co-lead vocals on "Pelados em Santos" *

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- lead vocals on "Fuga Nº 11" and "Um Certo Alguém", co-lead vocals on "Aluga-se",

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- lead vocals on "Circo de Feras" and "Ciúmes", co-lead vocals on "Pelados em Santos",

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* Sérgio Britto - lead vocals on "Sete Cidades" and "Querem Acabar Comigo", co-lead vocals on "Aluga-se",

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, backing vocals * Tony Bellotto - acoustic, electric and twelve string guitar * Marcelo Fromer - acoustic and electric guitar * Charles Gavin -

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;Additional personnel * Jack Endino - bass in "Um Certo Alguém", electronic drums arrangement in "Fuga n° II", guitar and backing vocals in "Aluga-se" * Edu Morelenbaum -

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* Eumir Deodato - conducting * Ricardo Imperatore -

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* Paschoal Perrota -

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and arrangement * Cassia Menezes -

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* Marcio Malard - cello * Paula Prates - violin * Ricardo Amado da Silva - violin * Antonella Pareschi - violin * Jesuina Passaroto -

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* Bernard Marie Bessler - viola * Daniel Garcia -

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, saxophone solo in "Gostava Tanto de Você" * Roberto Marques -

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* Altair Martins -

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- viola * N. Cenovia Cummins - violin * Todd Reynolds - violin * Richard Lucker - cello *

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- cello * Joyce Hammann - violin * Robert Shaw - violin * Stuart Mac Donald -

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* Jim Sisko - trumpet * David Marriott, Jr. - trombone ;Technical personnel * Bae arrangements: Jack Endino and Titãs * String and brass arrangements: Eumir Deodato (except "Rotina" and "Ciúmes", by Titãs and Jack Endino) * Studios: Iron Wood Studios (

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), Hanzeck Audio (Seattle),

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( NY), Ar Estúdio ( RJ), Blue Studio (RJ) e ARP Estúdio ( SP) * ExcExecutive production: Charles Gavin * Artistic direction: Tom Capone * Recording engineering (Seattle): Jack Endino e Kip Beelman * Recording assistants (Seattle): Donn Devore, Kip Beelman e

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* Recording engineering (NY): Álvaro Alencar * Recording assistant (NY): Gregg Gasperino * Recording engineering (RJ): Álvaro Alencar * Recording assistants (RJ): André Rattones e Luciano Tarta * Recording engineering (SP): Roberto Marques * Recording assistant (SP): Nelson Damascena * Mixing: Studio X (Seattle) * Mixing engineering: Jack Endino * Mixing assistant: Sam Hofstedt * Mastering engineering: George Marino and Jack Endino (at Sterling Sound, NY) * Graphic coordination: Silvia Panella * Cover: Desenho Brasa * Photos: Rochelle Costi * Photo assistant: Marcelo Zochio * Costume design: Cristiane Mesquita and Lilian Varella * Roadies: Sérgio Molina, Sombra Jones and Viça

References

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