Veneno (stylized as ''VENENO)'' is the second

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ian band

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. It was released on September 4, 2015, by

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. The album has twelve tracks, besides the hit song "Catraca", featuring Mr. Catra. The lead single is "É da Rádio," with a production inspired by The Offspring's "

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Background and development

The band's previous album, ''

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'', earned the attention from the internet and was very well received by critics. Mateus Carrilho said in an interview that the band's new album would have more less

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music and more

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, reaching larger audiences with radio-friendly songs. He further stated that the new album would be different from the band's previous releases. In search of new sonorities, the band got to collaborate with different producers, including Boss in Drama, Rodrigo Gorky, Pedrowl and Bernardo Martins. The band co-wrote all of the songs: "It was a delight to do this second album, ideas bubbled up and we put everything out," Davi Sabbag said.

Critical reception

In its first review, ''Veneno'' was praised for its production, since it maintains the good humor that marked the

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of the band, but with a vast sweep of inspirations, mainly from what was being successful in Brazil in the 90s. For Brazilian website ''It Pop'', the album "demonstrates that

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still has a lot to explore within their influences" and "while they play with songwriting that revives the national pop, awakening in us a more determined appetite for this genre so underestimated

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(...) they go through references to past decades, however looking forward." The website still compared the sound to artists such as

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, Bonde do Rolê and Blitz. ''Portal Famosos Brasil'' also provided the album a favorable review, stating that "''Veneno'' ends with an auricular injection of adrenaline, extroversion and

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that leave the bittersweet taste of 'I want more'" and "with the wonderful trashy cover art to the commercial yet risky content they prove, once again, that

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doesn't need to be taken seriously to have quality."

Copyright claims

The music video for ''Arregaçada'' was removed from the band's YouTube channel after alleged accusations that they didn't have permission to use the sample of MC Hammer's ''

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'' – which in turn samples Rick James's '' Super Freak'' – in the video. Before being removed the video had only 4,8 million views. As of November 2017, the video has been made available on the channel.

Track listing

Notes *"É da Rádio" contains samples of "

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, and written by William Adams, Stacy Ferguson, Jaime Gomez, Allan Pineda, Chris Peters, Drew Peters and Ricky Walters. *"Boneca" contains samples of "

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" performed by

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, and written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, John Austin, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Bristol Darrell, Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten and Sandra Suly. *"Arregaçada" contains samples of " Super Freak" performed by Rick James, and written by Stanley Burrell, Rick James and Alonzo Miller.

References

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