''Transpiração Contínua Prolongada'' ( Portuguese for 'Prolonged Continuous Sweating') is the debut album by

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band

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, released on June 16, 1997 through

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. It was one of the band's many releases to be produced by the duo

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and Tadeu Patolla, and the latter's own band, Lagoa, made a guest appearance on the track "Escalas Tropicais" in one of their final credited works prior to their break-up. Other guest musicians include rappers P.MC and DJ Deco Murphy, famous for their partnership and their later work on

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group Jigaboo. According to the band's guitarist, Marcão, in a 2017 interview following the album's 20th anniversary, its name was an allusion to all the hard work they endured until they were able to record it. ''Transpiração Contínua Prolongada'' spawned five

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s and, despite initial mixed reception at the time of its release, it was a commercial success, selling over 250,000 copies and getting a Platinum certification by

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. As of 2013, the album had sold over 650,000 copies overall. Eight years later, "Aquela Paz" was re-recorded for their album '' Imunidade Musical''. The album was re-released twice; in 2013 by

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, following the death of vocalist

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, and in 2017 by

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, in a double-disc 20th-anniversary deluxe edition. The second disc serves as a

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, containing some of the band's most well known singles throughout their career.

Critical reception

In a retrospective review of the band's discography, Anderson Nascimento of Galeria Musical gave ''Transpiração Contínua Prolongada'' a positive review, rating it with 4 stars out of 5. He praised the band's originality, heavy sound and attitude. Conversely, a contemporary review by Cláudio Luís de Souza for newspaper ''Diário do Grande ABC'' from June 6, 1999 called the album's sonority (and the band's overall) "derivative" and criticized Chorão's songwriting as "crude and silly".

Track listing

Personnel

Charlie Brown Jr.

: vocals *

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: bass guitar, backing vocals, beatboxing *

Thiago Castanho Thiago Raphael Castanho (born February 8, 1975) is a Brazilian guitarist, record producer, painter and sculptor, best known for being a founding member of alternative rock bands Charlie Brown Jr. (band), Charlie Brown Jr., Aliados, A Banca and O L ...

: electric guitar, backing vocals * Marcão: electric guitar *

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: drums

Additional musicians

: electric guitar in "Aquela Paz", solo guitar in "Quinta-Feira", sampler in "Charlie Brown Jr." * Tadeu Patolla/Lagoa:

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s in "Escalas Tropicais" * P.MC: rapping in "Lombra" * DJ Deco Murphy: scratches in "Lombra" and "Charlie Brown Jr."

Production

* Charlie Brown Jr.: arrangements * Rick Bonadio: production, recording engineer, mastering, mixing * Rodrigo Castanho: mastering, mixing * Sergio Panda: roadie * Planeta Digital (Benê Armas and Suely de Carvalho): art direction * Mário Fontes: front cover art * Speto: back cover art * Shin Shikuma: photography

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Transpiracao Continua Prolongada 1997 debut albums Virgin Records albums Albums produced by Rick Bonadio Charlie Brown Jr. albums