Released 2003 Como Estão Vocês?
(2003) Sacos Plásticos
(2009) Release date 2003 Label BMG | Length 44:33 Artist Titãs Producer Liminha | |
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Recorded From June 16 to September 21, 2003 Genres Rock music, Pop rock, Alternative rock Similar Titãs albums, Rock music albums | ||
Como Estão Vocês? (Portuguese for How Are You?) is the twelfth studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. It was the first album by the band without vocalist/bassist Nando Reis and also the first without any contribution by guitarist Marcelo Fromer. Fromer died after being hit by a motorcycle on 11 June 2001, but his ideas were still used for their then upcoming album A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana which would be recorded a few days later. Reis left the group in 2002 stating he wasn't prepared to record another album due to still being shaken by the deaths of both Fromer and his friend Cássia Eller. It is also their first release via BMG, following Abril Music's bankrupt.
Contents
Concept, recording and themes
Commenting on the absence of Fromer and Reis, vocalista/keyboardis Sérgio Britto said:
The name of the album was inspired by Confucius, via an idea that he used to support: "I asked with fire letters. How are you? How are all of us? The path is lost, we should judge."
When asked about the possibility of the opening track "Nós Estamos Bem" (We Are Fine) being a message to the fans and the press, Britto said "yes, could be. But in the song we ask "how are you", and this can be understood in a wider sense. How is Brazil, how are the things through which we are going through. This sentence defines the intention of the album".
The song "Enquanto Houver Sol" was included in the soundtrack of the 2003 Rede Globo telenovela Celebridade, which had guitarist Tony Bellotto's wife Malu Mader in the lead role. The song "Pelo Avesso" was also used in another Rede Globo telenovela, 2009 Cama de Gato, appearing as the opening track.
"As Aventuras do Guitarrista Gourmet Atrás da Refeição Ideal" marks the second consecutive time an album by the band brings a tribute to Fromer.
Titãs
Additional personnel
Songs
1Nós estamos bem2:28
2Você é minha2:47
3Gina superstar2:30