''Titãs'' is the debut album of

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band

Titãs Titãs (, Portuguese for Titans) are a Brazilian Rock music, rock band from São Paulo. Though they primarily are classified as a rock band, the band have also experimented with genres such as New wave music, new wave, punk rock, ska, grunge, M� ...

. It is the only album to feature André Jung on

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. The album also features Pena Schmidt's production and some contributions from vocalist

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, who founded the band only to quit before the album was released. Though the album sold poorly (less than 50,000 copies by the time of its release), it generated some hit singles and secured some performances at popular TV shows such as the ones presented by

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and Hebe Camargo. By August 1997, its total sales were at 109,000. In its cover, there is a picture of the members in which they appear to be slightly pending to their right, but in reality they were all standing straight. The photograph was taken in a ramp-like surface and later adjusted in the cover so that all members were aligned. Unlike what was common practice at that time, no single was released before the album since the band - composed of nine members up until shortly before the album recording - didn't want to be represented by a single song.

Song information

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's classic AOR hit "Patches" was reworked and renamed "Marvin", with a live version featuring on Titãs' 1997 live album '' Acústico MTV'' and becoming a hit single.

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's "The Harder They Come" was also reworked and named "Querem Meu Sangue". It was also performed live, with Cliff himself as a guest, in ''Acústico MTV''. A song called "Charles Chacal" (written by Britto and named after Venezuelan terrorist

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) was composed during the recording sections, but never made it to the album due to then-rampant government censorship by the Brazilian military government. It was only recorded once, when the band performed it live at a

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show called "Fábrica do Som". In 2013, the song was covered by Brazilian band Garotas Suecas, with the guest performance of

Paulo Miklos Paulo Roberto de Souza Miklos (known as Paulo Miklos , born on January 21, 1959) is a Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, musician and actor. He is best known for his tenure with the band Titãs, in which he was a vocalist, guitarist and occasional ...

, who commented:

Track listing

Personnel

Nando Reis Nando Reis (, born José Fernando Gomes dos Reis; January 12, 1963) is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and one of the lead singers of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own ...

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on tracks 2 and 6, co-lead vocals on tracks 5 and 8, backing vocals on tracks 3 and 8–11,

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on tracks 1, 4, 5 and 7 *

- Bass, lead vocals on tracks 1 and 7, co-lead vocals on tracks 5 and 11, keyboards on track 4 * André Jung -

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and

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Arnaldo Antunes Arnaldo Antunes (, born Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho, September 2, 1960) is a Brazilian singer, writer, and composer. He was a member of the rock band Titãs, which he co-founded in 1982 and left ten years later. After 1992, he embarked on ...

- Lead vocals on track 11, co-lead vocals on track 8, backing vocals on tracks 1–7, 9 and 10 *

Branco Mello Branco Mello (; born Claudio Corrêa de Mello Júnior on March 16, 1962) is a Brazilian musician and actor, best known as the vocalist and bassist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also played small but significant roles in films. Childho ...

- Lead vocals on tracks 3 and 9, co-lead vocals on track 5, backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–8, 10 and 11 *

Tony Bellotto Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto (; born 30 June 1960) is a Brazilian musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Titãs. He has also written and released several books. Childhood Bellotto spent his childhood in the city of A ...

- Lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

Sérgio Britto Sérgio de Britto Álvares Affonso (; born September 18, 1959), known as Sérgio Britto, is a Brazilian musician. He is a member of the rock band Titãs, for which he contributes lead vocals, keyboards and, more recently, bass guitar. He has als ...

- Keyboards, lead vocals on tracks 4 and 10 *

Marcelo Fromer Marcelo Fromer (3 December 1961 – 13 June 2001) was a Brazilian musician who was the guitarist of the rock band Titãs. One of the founding members and also the band's manager, he died in 2001 after being hit by a motorcycle while jogging. Ea ...

- Rhythm and lead guitar ;Additional personnel * Alberto Marcicano -

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on track 8 * Eduardo Souto Neto -

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and

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or Choir, choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary d ...

of metals on tracks 6 and 10 * George Freire

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on track 2 *

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* Proveta and Baldo - Saxophone *

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Titas (Album) 1984 debut albums Titãs albums Warner Music Group albums 1980s Portuguese-language albums