''As Dez Mais'' ( Portuguese for ''The Top Ten'') is the tenth

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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� ...

, and their first

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. It was released in

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, selling more than 400,000 copies. It was their last album with guitarist

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 ...

, who died in 2001 just a few days before the first days of recordings of ''As Dez Mais''' studio successor, ''

A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana ''A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana'' (''Last Week's Best Band Ever'') is the eleventh studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. It is the first album composed entirely of new material since 1995's '' Domingo''; the fi ...

''.

Track listing

Single

"Aluga-se" was released in 1999 as the thirteenth single by the band. The original song was composed and performed by Brazilian rock singer

Raul Seixas Raul Santos Seixas (; 28 June 1945 – 21 August 1989) was a Brazilian rock musician foundational to the genre.allmusic Biography/ref> ''Rolling Stone'' Brazil named Seixas among the greatest artists in Brazilian music. Throughout his career, S ...

, and it was featured on his 1980 album ''Abre-Te Sésamo''.

Music video

The music video for the song shows the band performing it inside a night club crowded with young people drinking, dancing and smoking. At certain point, some of the band members are seen playing a card game of some sort, and then playing pool.

Critical reception

Writing for '' Folha de S.Paulo'', Lúcio Ribeiro panned the album, stating it was another commercial play by the band that "seems to have permanently given up composing new material to fill an album". He also said the group "annihilated" all ten tracks, turning "Rotina" in a "boring ska" and depriving "Pelados em Santos" of its debauchery.

The band's position

Members

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 ...

(vocals),

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 ...

(vocals, bass) and

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 ...

(vocals, keyboards) commented: "Since 'Sonífera Ilha', a song made to be a hit, people mess around with us. We want to be TV stars ..The guy who makes music just for selling doesn't exist. First, we do music for our entertainment. ..This is independent from our will. We make a consuming product. Everyone has the right to say whatever they want, but, for us, the priority is artistic". Later, in 2022, no longer a member by then, Reis admitted that ''As Dez Mais'' came out in a moment of "saturation" of the group, who was surfing the success of the two previous efforts, and he reflected that he participated in the album in a "lazy" way. Producer

Jack Endino Jack Endino (born Michael M. Giacondino; 1964) is an American producer and musician based in Seattle, Washington. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands including Mudhoney, ...

said that there are elements of pop in the band's two previous albums, the well-sold '' Acústico MTV'' and ''

Volume Dois ''Volume Dois'' (''Volume Two'') is the ninth studio album released by the Brazilian rock band Titãs. Following the success of the previous album, ''Acústico MTV (Titãs album), Acústico MTV'', ''Volume Dois'' features unplugged arrangements of ...

'', and in all their seven albums released before '' Titanomaquia'' (first Titãs album produced by him). He added:

Personnel

;Titãs *

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on tracks 1 and 4, co-lead vocals on track 7 *

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 ...

- lead vocals on tracks 6 and 8, co-lead vocals on track 10,

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- lead vocals on tracks 3 and 9, co-lead vocals on track 7,

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- lead vocals on tracks 2 and 5, co-lead vocals on track 10,

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, backing vocals *

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 ...

- acoustic,

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and

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- acoustic and electric guitar *

Charles Gavin Charles de Souza Gavin (born 9 July 1960) is a Brazilian drummer and music producer, perhaps best known for his 25-year tenure with rock band Titãs. Before Titãs, he had brief stints at Ira! and RPM. Early life and first works At age 8, his ...

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;Additional personnel *

- bass on track 8,

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arrangement on track 6, electric guitar and backing vocals on track 10 * Edu Morelenbaum -

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Eumir Deodato Eumir Deodato de Almeida (; born 22 June 1943) is a Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger and record producer, primarily in jazz but who has been known for his eclectic melding of genres, such as Pop music, pop, Rock music, rock, disco, rhythm a ...

- conducting * Ricardo Imperatore -

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* Paschoal Perrota -

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and arrangement * Cassia Menezes -

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* Marcio Malard - cello * Paula Prates - violin * Ricardo Amado da Silva - violin * Antonella Pareschi - violin * Jesuina Passaroto -

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* Bernard Marie Bessler - viola * Daniel Garcia -

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, saxophone solo pn track 1 * Roberto Marques -

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* Altair Martins -

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* Ron Lawrence - viola * N. Cenovia Cummins - violin * Todd Reynolds - violin * Richard Lucker - cello * Maxine Neuman - cello *

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- violin * Robert Shaw - violin * Stuart Mac Donald -

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* Jim Sisko - trumpet * David Marriott, Jr. - trombone ;Technical personnel * Bae arrangements: Jack Endino and Titãs * String and brass arrangements:

(except "Rotina" and "Ciúmes", by Titãs and Jack Endino) * Studios: Iron Wood Studios (

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), Hanzeck Audio (Seattle),

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( NY), Ar Estúdio ( RJ), Blue Studio (RJ) e ARP Estúdio ( SP) * ExcExecutive production: Charles Gavin * Artistic direction: Tom Capone * Recording engineering (Seattle): Jack Endino e Kip Beelman * Recording assistants (Seattle): Donn Devore, Kip Beelman e Floyd Reitsma * Recording engineering (NY): Álvaro Alencar * Recording assistant (NY): Gregg Gasperino * Recording engineering (RJ): Álvaro Alencar * Recording assistants (RJ): André Rattones e Luciano Tarta * Recording engineering (SP): Roberto Marques * Recording assistant (SP): Nelson Damascena * Mixing:

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(Seattle) * Mixing engineering: Jack Endino * Mixing assistant: Sam Hofstedt * Mastering engineering: George Marino and Jack Endino (at Sterling Sound, NY) * Graphic coordination: Silvia Panella * Cover: Desenho Brasa * Photos:

Rochelle Costi Rochelle Costi (1961–2022) was a Brazilian photographer, painter, and installation artist. She was a prominent name in contemporary art in Brazil, and exhibited her work internationally. She photo-documented life in São Paulo in a systematic ap ...

* Photo assistant: Marcelo Zochio * Costume design: Cristiane Mesquita and Lilian Varella * Roadies: Sérgio Molina, Sombra Jones and Viça

References

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