''Bloco do Eu Sozinho'' is the second album by

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ian band

Los Hermanos Los Hermanos is a rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The group was formed in 1997 by Marcelo Camelo (vocals/guitar), Rodrigo Amarante (guitar/vocals), Rodrigo Barba (drums), and Bruno Medina (keyboards/keyboard bass). Currently they are on ...

, released in

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. To escape the tension caused by the requirement of new hits from the

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, the band took refuge at a site in the mountainous region of the state of Rio de Janeiro and began to compose. During this period, bassist Patrick Laplan decided to depart from the group, apparently dissatisfied with the new sound of the band. The producer and collaborator Alexandre Kassin replaced him during the recording of the album. When the

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was delivered to the label in April Music, it was rejected on the grounds that there were no potential hits, and the production was considered amateurish. The April Music demanded that the album be remastered. In an agreement, the producer Marcelo Sussekind would remix the album. However, he liked the original version and produced an almost identical version, delivered to the record company. The album had low sales compared to the previous one. This might be partially caused by the record company April Music not promoting the album very much for the lack of a potential big hit. Only a long tour managed to keep the band active, generating new fans and giving a certain "cult" status to the group.

Track listing

Personnel

Marcelo Camelo Marcelo de Souza Camelo (Rio de Janeiro, February 4, 1978) is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, and poet. He is best known as composer and lead guitarist of the Brazilian band Los Hermanos. Since the end of the band, he continues composing ...

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Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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Rodrigo Amarante Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves (born September 6, 1976) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger. He is part of the bands Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial, and Little Joy, and released his first solo reco ...

– Vocals,

*Rodrigo Barba – Drums *Bruno Medina –

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*Rafael Ramos – Producer

Additional musicians

* Alexandre Kassin – Bass * Felipe Abrahão – Vocals on "Cher Antoine" and "Mais uma Canção" * Daniel Garcia – Tenor Saxophone * Eduardo Morelenbaum – Clarinet, Clarone * Bidinho – Trumpet * Bubu – Trumpet, Flugehorn * Vitor Santos – Trombone * Eliézer Rodrigues – Tuba * Lenna Beauty – Spanish Vocals on "Sentimental"

References

Los Hermanos albums 2001 albums {{Brazil-album-stub