''Corredor Polonês'' ( Portuguese for ''

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'') is the only studio album by

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band Patife Band. It was released in 1987 via

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, and reissued on CD in 2001. The track "Poema em Linha Reta" is a poem written by Portuguese poet

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under the pseudonym

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set to music; both it and "Pregador Maldito" were re-recorded from the soundtrack of the 1986 film ''Cidade Oculta''. "Vida de Operário" is a cover of Brazilian punk band Excomungados; Pato Fu would more famously cover it as well, on their 1995 album '' Gol de Quem?'' "Chapéu Vermelho" is a Portuguese-language adaptation/translation of the song " Li'l Red Riding Hood", written by Ronald Blackwell and originally performed by

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. Hamilton Di Giorgio provided the translation into Portuguese.

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covered the track "Tô Tenso", while

Cássia Eller Cássia Rejane Eller ( Portuguese: /ˈkasjɐ ʁeˈʒɐni ˈɛleʁ/) (December 10, 1962 – December 29, 2001) was a Brazilian singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, regarded as one of the greatest representatives of Brazilian rock in ...

covered "Teu Bem".

Track listing

Personnel

* Paulo Barnabé – vocals * André Fonseca – guitars * Cidão Trindade – drums * Sidney Giovenazzi – bass * Paulo Mello – piano * Pena Schmidt – production, mastering * Liminha – art direction

References

External links

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