''De Mel, De Melão'' is CD EP by the band

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. It was released on the

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label in 2000. All five songs on the EP are covers of Brazilian musical artists from the tropicalia and

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movements. It was inspired by a trip Mac McCaughan made to Brazil with his other band Superchunk."MergeRecords.com"
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Track listing

# "Baby" (

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) # "Lamento Sertanejo" ( Dominguinhos,

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) # "I Fell In Love One Day" ( Arnaldo Baptista) # "Não Identificado" (

) # "Clareana" ( Joyce)

References

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