''Okay My Gay'' is the second studio album by

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ian new wave band

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. It was released in 1986 by

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. It was the band's most commercially successful album, selling over 250,000 copies;Cadê? – ''Okay My Gay''
another source states it had decent radio airplay but sold poorly. It spawned some of their most famous hits, such as "Popstar" (which acquired even bigger fame after being covered by

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), "Lágrimas de Crocodilo", "Romance em Alto-Mar" and "Universotário". The album cover, signed by Rico Mendes, shows a

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diving into a wave. The car was inspired by the Cadillacs seen in some

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album covers and the wave was a page from a calendar that Selvagem Big Abreu had at home. The pictures inside the booklet were taken by Flávio Colker in Ipanema at 4am following a show. It was the only possible time of the day in which they would find the beach empty and sufficiently light. The album's title is the answer the band would give to producer Ronaldo Bastos whenever he suggested they named the effort ''Pencomania''.

Background

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, originally for

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; he made a guest appearance on the track by providing guitars. "Romance em Alto-Mar" references in its lyrics the famous Lorelei legend and comic book character Namor the Sub-Mariner.

Covers/parodies

Every João Penca album features Portuguese-language covers/parodies of old 1940s/1950s

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and 1960s surf music songs. ;"Sou Fã" A version of

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' "

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". ;"Os Amantes Nunca Dizem Adeus" A cover of

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' "Lovers Never Say Goodbye". ;"Cachet" A version of

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's " Heartbreak Hotel".

Track listing

Personnel

;João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados * Selvagem Big Abreu (Sérgio Ricardo Abreu) — vocals, electric guitar * Avellar Love (Luís Carlos de Avellar Júnior) — vocals, bass * Bob Gallo (Marcelo Ferreira Knudsen) — vocals, drums ;Guest musicians *

— guitars in "Ricota" ;Miscellaneous staff * Ronaldo Bastos — production

Notes

A. Untranslatable pun with the words "universitário" ("college student") and "otário" ("sucker").

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Okay My Gay 1986 albums RCA Records albums Portuguese-language albums João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados albums