''Dias Melhores'' (

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for "''Better Days''") is a compilation album by

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, released in

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. It is composed of many songs and rarities Zero recorded during the beginning of their career, approximately between 1984 and 1985, and as such it is one of the few registers of their first ever line-up, comprising vocalist Guilherme Isnard, guitarists

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and Nelson Coelho, drummer Cláudio Souza, bassist Beto Birger and saxophonist Gilles Eduar. Isnard would be the band's only founding member to remain in Zero's many different line-ups.Mofo - Zero - Dias Melhores
The album was organized by Fabio Golfetti and Renato Donisete, owner of Zero's official fan-club located in

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, and produced by Golfetti.

Track listing

Notes

* Tracks 1–2 were taken from the single "Heróis" (1985). * Track 3 was taken from

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's debut studio album ''Remota Batucada'' (1985). * Tracks 4–8 were taken from a previously unreleased

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recorded by the band in 1984; "Os Olhos Falam" would be eventually re-recorded for Zero's EP ''

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'', and once again for their compilation '' Electro-Acústico''. "Heróis de Hamelin" is simply an alternate version of "Heróis", but with a different title. * Tracks 9–12 were taken from a rehearsal recorded by the band between 1984 and 1985.

Personnel

* Guilherme Isnard – vocals, backing vocals (on track 3), cover art *

– guitar, production, compiling * Cláudio Souza – drums * Alberto "Beto" Birger – bass, backing vocals (on track 3) * Gilles Eduar – sax (on tracks 4–12), backing vocals (on track 3) * Nelson Coelho – guitar, backing vocals (on track 3) *

– vocals (on track 3) * Ricardo Donisete – compiling

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dias Melhores 2004 compilation albums Zero (Brazilian band) albums Voiceprint Records albums