''Rock'n Geral'' is the fifth album by

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band

Barão Vermelho Barão Vermelho () is a Brazilian rock band. Formed in 1981 in Rio de Janeiro, it was originally led by songwriting duo Cazuza (singer) and Roberto Frejat (guitarist), who assumed the vocals after Cazuza's departure in 1985. Frejat left the band ...

, released in 1987. It's the second album with

Roberto Frejat Roberto Frejat (born May 21, 1962) is a musician, composer, singer and co-founder of the band Barão Vermelho. Frejat, who was born in Rio de Janeiro, is considered one of the most important people in the Brazilian Rock scene. He co-founded the ...

as vocalist. Like the previous one, this album didn't sell well.

Track listing

# "Amor de Irmão" (Brotherly Love) # "Sonhos que Dinheiro Nenhum Compra" (Dreams That No Money Can Buy) # "Tá Difícil de Aturar" (It's Getting Hard to Put Up with It) # "Completamente Nova" (Completely Young) # "Blues do Abandono" (Abandon Blues) # "Me Acalmo, Me Desespero" (I Calm Down, I Despair) # "Copacabana" # "Dignidade" (Dignity) # "Agora Tudo Acabou" (It's All Over Now) # "Quem Me Olha Só" (Those Who See Me Alone) # "Contravenção" (Misdemeanor)

Personnel

;Barão Vermelho *

– lead and background (1, 11) vocals, guitars, harmonica * Dé Palmeira – bass, background vocals * Guto Goffi – drums * Maurício Barros – keyboards, background vocals ;Additional musicians * Ezequiel Neves (credited as Zeca Jagger and O Abominável Ezequiel Neves) – background vocals (1, 11) * Peninha – percussion (2, 3, 7), tambourine (on "Dignidade" and "Contravenção"), cowbell (on "Contravenção") * Liminha – percussive guitar (on "Blues do Abandono"), percussion (on "Tá Difícil de Aturar"), rhythm guitar (on "Tá Difícil de Aturar" and "Quem Me Olha Só"), tambourine (on "Me Acalmo, Me Desespero" and "ContravençãoC"), background vocals (on "Contravenção") * Zé Luís – tenor saxophone and solo (on "Me Acalmo, Me Desespero"♧ * Serginho Trombone – trombone (on "Copacabana" and "Quem Me Olha Só"), conductor and horn arrangement (on "Quem Me Olha Só") * Fernando Magalhães – rhythm guitar and first solo (on "Agora Tudo Acabou") * Raul Mascarenhas – alto saxophone (on "Quem Me Olha Só") * Chico Sá – baritone saxophone (on "Quem Me Olha Só") * Zé Carlos – tenor saxophone (on "Quem Me Olha Só") * Bidinho, Don Harris – trumpet (on "Quem Me Olha Só") ;Production * Ezequiel Neves – production * Liminha – production * Adriana Hudson – production assistance * Paulo Junqueiro – recording, mixing * Vitor Farias – recording * Ricardo Garcia – mastering * Antoine Midani, Arthur Bello, Bernardo Muricy, Mauro Bianchi – assistant engineers

References

Barão Vermelho albums 1987 albums {{1980s-pop-rock-album-stub