''The Beginning of the End of the World'' is a

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian

post-punk Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-roc ...

band

Mercenárias Mercenárias (Portuguese language, Portuguese for "Mercenaries"), sometimes erroneously referred to as As Mercenárias, are a Brazilian all-female band, all-female rock band formed in São Paulo in 1982, by bassist Sandra Coutinho, vocalist Rosál ...

, released in 2005 by British record label Soul Jazz Records. It features a selection of tracks of their two studio albums, ''

Cadê as Armas? ''Cadê as Armas?'' (Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Where Are the Weapons?'') is the debut album by Brazilian post-punk band Mercenárias. It was released in 1986 in music, 1986 via famous independent record label Baratos Afins and re-releas ...

'' (1986) and ''

Trashland ''Trashland'' is the second and last studio album by Brazilian post-punk band Mercenárias. It was released in 1988 via EMI, and produced by Edgard Scandurra (of Ira! and Ultraje a Rigor, and a long-time friend and former member of Mercenárias) ...

'' (1988). The album's name alludes to the Brazilian

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O Começo do Fim do Mundo, that happened in 1982 and promoted many underground punk bands such as Ratos de Porão,

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and Cólera, among others.

External links

Page for the album at Soul Jazz's official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beginning Of The End Of The World, The 2005 compilation albums Mercenárias albums Compilation albums by Brazilian artists Post-punk compilation albums Portuguese-language compilation albums 2000s Portuguese-language albums Soul Jazz Records compilation albums