''Déjà-Vu'' is the third and currently last studio album by Brazilian band Metrô, released in 2002 by independent label Trama. Their first album of new material in 15 years after they first broke up, it reunited them with former vocalist

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, who had been fired from the band in 1986. Original guitarist Alec Haiat decided not to partake in the band's reunion though due to his involvement with other projects at the time and other personal reasons, and so was replaced by André Fonseca. Xavier Leblanc, who was also very busy with his then-newly founded French

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, La Tartine, only acted as a session member on the tracks "Achei Bonito" and "Johnny Love", being subsequently replaced by Pedro Albuquerque until the band separated again in 2004. Contrasting with the new wave sound the band had developed during its heyday in the mid-1980s, ''Déjà-Vu'' heads toward a much slower direction influenced by

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and traditional Brazilian genres such as ''

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'', '' bossa nova'' and MPB, and contains numerous covers of popular singers of such genres like

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and Ataulfo Alves. Re-recordings of some of their hits from the 1980s ("Sândalo de Dândi", "Johnny Love" and "

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") are also included. The album counts with many guest musicians, such as

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(in one of his last credited works prior to his death one year after the album's release), Preta Gil,

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, Lucas Santtana, Jorge Mautner and Nélson Jacobina. Remixes of four of the album's tracks by different DJs are included as bonus tracks.

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s were made for the tracks "Resemblances", "Mensagem de Amor" and "Achei Bonito"; both were directed by producer Dany Roland's wife, filmmaker Bia Lessa.

Critical reception

Writing for

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, Alexandre Nagado gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, calling it "pleasant" – however, he also stated that " rockers might not enjoy the lbum'srepertoire due to its MPB-influenced sonority".Metrô - Déjà vu , Omelete

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals * Daniel "Dany" Roland – ambience, drums, production * Yann Laouenan – keyboards, production * André Fonseca – acoustic and electric guitar * Bruno LT – DJ loops * Pedro Albuquerque – acoustic bass * Preta Gil – additional vocals (tracks 3 and 5) * Lucas Santtana – acoustic guitar * Jorge Mautner – violin, additional vocals (track 13) *

– vocals (track 15) *

– vocals (track 15) * Nélson Jacobina – acoustic guitar * Xavier Leblanc – bass guitar (tracks 2 and 6) * Thiago Queiroz –

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and

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* Pedro Paulo Júnior – trumpet * Alexandre Fonseca –

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* Apollo 9 – remixing

References

External links

''Déjà-Vu'' on Metrô's semi-official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deja-Vu (Metro Album) 2002 albums Metrô (band) albums 2000s Portuguese-language albums