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Nheengatu (album)

Nheengatu is the fourteenth studio album by Brazilian rock band Titãs, released on May 12, 2014.[2][3][4] It is their first studio album with session drummer Mario Fabre, who replaced Charles Gavin, their last with vocalist and guitarist Paulo Miklos, who left the then quartet in 2016,[5] and also their first release through Som Livre and producer Rafael Ramos.[2][3][4] The album was dedicated to Rachel Salém,[1] Miklos' wife who died on July 23, 2013, of lung cancer.[6]

Nheengatu
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 12, 2014
Recorded2014 at Estúdio Trama in São Paulo, Brazil. Mixed at Estúdio Tambor and mastered at Magic Master (both in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)[1]
GenreRock, punk rock
LabelSom Livre
ProducerRafael Ramos
Titãs chronology
Singles from Nheengatu
  1. "Fardado"
    Released: April 28, 2014

The album is considered a back-to-the-roots work, with Titãs departing from the soft, romantic and electronic arrangements from the previous album, Sacos Plásticos, and returning to the heavier sound of their Cabeça Dinossauro and Titanomaquia times.[7][8][9] The lyrics are also more bitter, dealing with topics such as pedophilia, police brutality, violence against women, sexual, racial and social discrimination.[7][8][9][10]

In 2014, the album was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Brazilian Rock Album.[11]

Background edit

 
Titãs in 2013 shooting some images of them recording "Cabeça Dinossauro" for Vai que Dá Certo in São Paulo. The continuous performances of Cabeça Dinossauro's songs would strongly influence Nheengatu's sound.

The first mention of the album dates back to as early as May 2010, just after Charles Gavin left the band. When asked about the future projects of the band, keyboardist, vocalist and bassist Sérgio Britto stated that Titãs would prepare a new album in 2011.[12]

Since then, nothing was said. In the 2012-14 period, Titãs carried out their Futuras Instalações (Future Installments) and Titãs Inédito (Titãs Unseen) Tours, in which, apart from hits, they performed several new songs, for testing purposes.[13][14] Some of those songs would be featured in a new album then expected for a 2012-13 release.[15] Indeed, ten out of the 14 tracks off the album were already performed live during the aforementioned tours.[16] Some tracks, such as "Morto Vivo" (Living Dead), which had influences of ska and guitarrada,[17] were left out of the album. That tour was succeeded by the Cabeça Dinossauro ao Vivo 2012 Tour and the celebration of the band's 30th anniversary.

In March 2013, new comments suggested that the band was indeed preparing new material. While recording a new video for their song "Cabeça Dinossauro" as part of the soundtrack for the Brazilian film Vai que Dá Certo, they informed Mônica Bergamo that they would start essaying for their new album, then expected for the second half of that year.[18] The Cabeça Dinossauro anniversary tour played a major role in defining the direction of the album.[18] At the time, Britto commented:[18]

It'll be a mixture between Cabeça [Dinossauro] (1986) and Õ Blésq Blom (1989), as it was possible, for us to guide ourselves, for us to have a aesthetic target. The fact that we played songs from Cabeça in its entirety obviously helps us to recover a kind of aesthetic that we worked so much and did so well back then, and I think it'll help us build this new thing.

In that interview, the band also informed they had the intention of releasing an independent album.[18]

In November 2013, vocalist and guitarist Paulo Miklos confirmed the band would begin works on a new album in April or May 2014.[14] At the occasion, he said the album would be "heavy, dirty, and mean".[14] Around the same time, Sérgio Britto stated that the band asked Andreas Kisser to produce the album, but he couldn't accept for conflicting schedules with Sepultura.[19] Later, Britto confirmed the album would be released in early May and that the band was already recording songs on studio.[20]

In March, radio Globo FM informed that the album would be released in April via Som Livre and would feature 14 tracks.[21] On April 16, the band announced at their official Facebook page that the album was ready and would be released in May.[22] On 28 April, they announced the title, cover and release date for the album.[2]

Concept edit

 
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel's painting that inspired the album cover art.

The name of the album means "General Language"[3] and is a reference to the Nheengatu language.[2] As for the cover, it is based on the painting De "Kleine" Toren van Babel, by Pieter Bruegel.[2][3][4] It depicts the Tower of Babel, a mythical tower built by men to reach the heavens, but destroyed by God's rage, which resulted in they being spread over the Earth, causing new languages to develop, thus making it difficult for different peoples to understand each other.[2] The cover art was chosen after the album was done, via a research made by Britto.[23]

At their official Facebook announcement, the band explained:[24]

By attempting to take an instant picture of current Brazil, both ideas oppose well: one word (and a language) of understanding to try to explain a world of misunderstanding.

In one of the first occasions in which the band sessioned with its new formation (four members, session drummer and no other supporting musicians), Miklos came up with a manifesto of sorts, explaining how Titãs should be from that moment on.[16] Each member "understood it in a different way", but the band ended up finding a common point.[16] From there on, according to Britto, the band started to work on two ideas: "that we were going to make a raw rock album and that it should contain an explicit brazilianity".[16]

Commenting on the influence of Cabeça Dinossauro on the album, guitarist Tony Bellotto explained that the moment of Brasil at the time of the album's preparation could be compared to the moment Brasil experienced at the time of Cabeça Dinossauro (1986):[25]

At that time, the country experienced a period of inquietude, which gave us a feeling that things were getting a little out of control. The fact that the 2012 Cabeça Dinossauro tour was so successful ended up bringing the certainty that we should make a heavy album. We decided to radicalize, not to make radio-friendly songs.

However, he rejects that Nheengatu is a "back to the roots" album. "People speak through stereotypes. We didn't get back to the roots, much to the contrary. What they mean is that we did an album as relevant and seminal as some of our best past works, like Cabeça Dinossauro and Titanomaquia."[26]

Lyrical themes and composing edit

"Mensageiro da Desgraça" was based on impressions of the band about homeless and indigenous people, seen as pariahs by society. Episodes such as the assassination of the native Galdino Jesus dos Santos were sources of inspiration as well.[27][28] "República dos Bananas" was co-written by bassist/vocalist Branco Mello, cartoonist Angeli, o actor and director Hugo Possolo and Titãs' ex-session guitarist Emerson Villani. Its lyrics cover many characters that form Brazilian society.[29] The song received a promotional video made with illustrations by Angeli himself, including depictions of himself, Titãs' members and the people mentioned in the lyrics.[30][31]

In order to write "Fala, Renata", Bellotto conceived a fictional female character inspired by early MPB songs that were named after the women covered in their own lyrics. In this case, the lyrics are about a woman that talks too much - according to Britto, who also wrote the song, it criticizes times in which "people talk a lot but little is said". Miklos, the third and final author of the song, says the lyrics pay some "tributes".[32] One of its verses says "João Luiz... Cala essa boca, porra!" (Portuguese for "João Luiz... Shut the fuck up!"). João Luiz is the real name of singer and guitarist Lobão. When asked if he believed that was a message for him, Lobão wrote the following note on his tumblr:[33]

I don't have the slightest musical/artistic interest nor personal link with these gentlemen. And if they want to shut me up, they won't make it with little songs of pseudo-angry fefecas.[a] Only in Brazil can we conceive a tiny little band composed of senile and flatter universilosers[b] with a flimsy and precarious musical varnish selfname itself: titans....[c]

"Cadáver Sobre Cadáver" resulted from a partnership between Miklos and the band's ex-vocalist Arnaldo Antunes. It deals with the finiteness of life. It was based on two different texts in which they were working. It was the last song to be worked on in studio. Musically, the song features some elements of indigenous music which, according to Britto, were also present in Cabeça Dinossauro's title track.[34]

"Canalha", the only cover, was made with approval of its author, Walter Franco, who asked "the heaviest possible guitar".[35] The suggestion to cover it came from Britto at the backstage of a show. Since the track was created when the Brazilian military government faced its decline, the band felt it would fit the album's purpose. Mello, who sings in this track, opted for doing it in a softer way than the original one, as if it was a "veiled pain".[36]

"Pedofilia" and "Flores Para Ela" are about violence against children and women, respectively. The first was another suggestion of Britto, and it found its inspiration in American singer Suzanne Vega's hit "Luka". In both of them, the band wanted to write the lyrics as if the people directly involved in such issues were speaking.[37][38]

"Chegada ao Brasil" was created through a partnership between Mello and theater director Aderbal Freire, with whom he and Newton Moreno (another director) worked on a play called Jacinta, which had a passage about an arrival in Brazil.[d] The track also features some Brazilian elements that the band wanted to add to the album.[39] "Eu Me Sinto Bem" features lyrics that fall out of the general scope of the album, so the band "compensated" this by adding frevo and ska rhythms to keep its brazilianity.[40] "Não Pode" was inspired by orders given by Britto to his children and his dog, many of which he admits to have no meaning at all, being mere exercises of power.[41]

"Senhor" is a "reverse prayer" in which a man asks God for things that aren't normally asked for in prayers. It is a criticism to the exploitation of people from certain religious groups, and to their interference on scientific matters.[42] "Baião de Dois" was named like this by Bellotto because it was based on two sentences related to samba: "O Mundo é um Moinho" (The World is a Windmill), a verse by Cartola; and "A Vida é um Buraco" (Life is a Hole), the title of a Pixinguinha show. The track also cites other Brazilian songs.[43] "Quem São os Animais" deals with the habit of using animal names to offend other people, such as "veado" or "macaco".[e][44]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling Stone Brasil     [9]
Omelete     [45]
O Globo(favorável)[7]
UOL Música(favorable)[46]
O Estado de S. Paulo(favorable)[47]
Regis Tadeu(favorable)[48]
89 FM a Rádio Rock(favorable)[49]

Nheengatu received generally positive reviews from music critics, with all of them drawing comparisons with the band's older albums (specially Cabeça Dinossauro, Jesus Não Tem Dentes no País dos Banguelas and Titanomaquia).

Bernardo Araujo from O Globo labeled the album as "great" and called it "one of the most well performed Titãs' albums, and certanily the best in many years".[7] He also praised the album's sound, which is, according to him, reminiscent of Cabeça Dinossauro, Jesus não Tem Dentes no País dos Banguelas, Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora and Titanomaquia.[7] Commenting on the lyrics, he said: "Pedophilia, prejudice, racism, poverty, drugs... there's no thorny topic that doesn't pass through this Nheengatu album's lyrics."[7]

Leonardo Rodrigues from UOL Música said the album "might be the last great Titãs album - or just the first of a new phase".[46] Commenting on the band's line-up, he stated the group found in it "their best studio album since the 1995 Domingo."[46] He praised the heaviness of "Fardado" (which he saw as an upgrade on "Polícia"), "Pedofilia", "Baião de Dois" and "Senhor".[46]

Julio Maria of O Estado de S. Paulo labeled the album as "strong" and praised the album for its unobvious metrics, while the melodies "demand two auditions, when they penetrate forever".[47] He also stated that "here, Titãs take down a prejudice that was growing strong with every album released by an eighties' band: the idea that the strength or rock and roll had its days numbered, and that nobody above their 35s could make it as they did at their twenties."[47] Claudio Dirani, at 89 FM a Rádio Rock, called Nheengatu the "best national rock album in the last 20 years".[49]

André Rrodrigues of the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone considered Nheengatu Titãs' best album in years[9] and also heard similarities with Cabeça Dinossauro and Titanomaquia. He concluded his reviews by saying: "Nheengatu is a punch in the face from the beginning to the end".[9]

Regis Tadeu at Yahoo! News Brazil called Nheengatu a "beautiful album, specially coming from a group that had reached the bottom of the well in artistic terms with their two previous albums".[48] He also pointed the absence of ballads and called its words "straight and aggressive".[48]

Omelete's Kaluan Bernardo called the album "good, sincere and urgent" and stated that Titãs are the "true survivors" (in reference to the line "quem vive sobrevive", from the track "Cadáver Sobre Cadáver", which translates as "who lives survives") for them being still active even after losing half its members and being neglected after Sacos Plásticos.[45]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Fardado" (Uniformed)Britto, Paulo MiklosSérgio Britto2:28
2."Mensageiro da Desgraça" (Messenger of Disgrace)Miklos, Tony Bellotto, BrittoMiklos3:29
3."República dos Bananas" (Republic of the Fools[f])Mello, Angeli, Hugo Possolo, Emerson VillaniBranco Mello2:02
4."Fala, Renata" (Speak, Renata)Bellotto, Miklos, BrittoBritto3:01
5."Cadáver Sobre Cadáver" (Corpse on Top of Corpse)Miklos, Arnaldo AntunesMiklos2:55
6."Canalha (Walter Franco cover)" (Scumbag)Walter FrancoMello3:16
7."Pedofilia" (Pedophilia)Britto, Miklos, BellottoBritto2:02
8."Chegada ao Brasil (Terra à Vista)" (Arrival in Brazil (Land in Sight))Mello, Villani, Aderbal FreireMello2:22
9."Eu Me Sinto Bem" (I Feel Good)Bellotto, Britto, MiklosBritto2:04
10."Flores Pra Ela" (Flowers for Her)Britto, Mario FabreMiklos3:31
11."Não Pode" (It's Not Permitted To)BrittoBritto2:14
12."Senhor" (Lord)BellottoMello2:51
13."Baião de Dois[g]"MiklosMiklos2:43
14."Quem São os Animais?" (Who Are the Animals?)BrittoBritto2:21
Total length:37:12 [50]

Personnel[1] edit

Session member
  • Mario Fabre - Drums on all tracks

Technical staff edit

  • Rafael Ramos - producing
  • Jorge Guerreiro - recording
  • Vitor Farias - mixing
  • Ricardo Garcia - mastering
  • Cristina Doria - executive producer
  • André Rola - graphic design

Notes edit

  1. ^ the adjective "fefeca" does not actually exist in Portuguese; thus, there is no possible translation for that.
  2. ^ The original word here is "universotários", a portmanteau of "universitário" (university student) and "otário" (loser).
  3. ^ "titans" is the translation of the band's name Titãs.
  4. ^ "Chegada ao Brasil" translates as arrival in Brazil.
  5. ^ "veado" (deer) and "macaco" (monkey) are common words used in Brazil to offend homosexual men and black people, respectively.
  6. ^ A word play on "República das Bananas" (Republic of the Bananas) and the fact that "banana" in Portuguese means both the fruit or a fool, a loser.
  7. ^ Lit. "Baião of Two", a Northeastern Brazil typical dish

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  50. ^ Nheengatu on iTunes

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Nheengatu is the fourteenth studio album by Brazilian rock band Titas released on May 12 2014 2 3 4 It is their first studio album with session drummer Mario Fabre who replaced Charles Gavin their last with vocalist and guitarist Paulo Miklos who left the then quartet in 2016 5 and also their first release through Som Livre and producer Rafael Ramos 2 3 4 The album was dedicated to Rachel Salem 1 Miklos wife who died on July 23 2013 of lung cancer 6 NheengatuStudio album by TitasReleasedMay 12 2014Recorded2014 at Estudio Trama in Sao Paulo Brazil Mixed at Estudio Tambor and mastered at Magic Master both in Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1 GenreRock punk rockLabelSom LivreProducerRafael RamosTitas chronologyCabeca Dinossauro ao Vivo 2012 2012 Nheengatu 2014 Nheengatu ao Vivo 2015 Singles from Nheengatu Fardado Released April 28 2014 The album is considered a back to the roots work with Titas departing from the soft romantic and electronic arrangements from the previous album Sacos Plasticos and returning to the heavier sound of their Cabeca Dinossauro and Titanomaquia times 7 8 9 The lyrics are also more bitter dealing with topics such as pedophilia police brutality violence against women sexual racial and social discrimination 7 8 9 10 In 2014 the album was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Brazilian Rock Album 11 Contents 1 Background 2 Concept 3 Lyrical themes and composing 4 Critical reception 5 Track listing 6 Personnel 1 6 1 Technical staff 7 Notes 8 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp Titas in 2013 shooting some images of them recording Cabeca Dinossauro for Vai que Da Certo in Sao Paulo The continuous performances of Cabeca Dinossauro s songs would strongly influence Nheengatu s sound The first mention of the album dates back to as early as May 2010 just after Charles Gavin left the band When asked about the future projects of the band keyboardist vocalist and bassist Sergio Britto stated that Titas would prepare a new album in 2011 12 Since then nothing was said In the 2012 14 period Titas carried out their Futuras Instalacoes Future Installments and Titas Inedito Titas Unseen Tours in which apart from hits they performed several new songs for testing purposes 13 14 Some of those songs would be featured in a new album then expected for a 2012 13 release 15 Indeed ten out of the 14 tracks off the album were already performed live during the aforementioned tours 16 Some tracks such as Morto Vivo Living Dead which had influences of ska and guitarrada 17 were left out of the album That tour was succeeded by the Cabeca Dinossauro ao Vivo 2012 Tour and the celebration of the band s 30th anniversary In March 2013 new comments suggested that the band was indeed preparing new material While recording a new video for their song Cabeca Dinossauro as part of the soundtrack for the Brazilian film Vai que Da Certo they informed Monica Bergamo that they would start essaying for their new album then expected for the second half of that year 18 The Cabeca Dinossauro anniversary tour played a major role in defining the direction of the album 18 At the time Britto commented 18 It ll be a mixture between Cabeca Dinossauro 1986 and O Blesq Blom 1989 as it was possible for us to guide ourselves for us to have a aesthetic target The fact that we played songs from Cabeca in its entirety obviously helps us to recover a kind of aesthetic that we worked so much and did so well back then and I think it ll help us build this new thing In that interview the band also informed they had the intention of releasing an independent album 18 In November 2013 vocalist and guitarist Paulo Miklos confirmed the band would begin works on a new album in April or May 2014 14 At the occasion he said the album would be heavy dirty and mean 14 Around the same time Sergio Britto stated that the band asked Andreas Kisser to produce the album but he couldn t accept for conflicting schedules with Sepultura 19 Later Britto confirmed the album would be released in early May and that the band was already recording songs on studio 20 In March radio Globo FM informed that the album would be released in April via Som Livre and would feature 14 tracks 21 On April 16 the band announced at their official Facebook page that the album was ready and would be released in May 22 On 28 April they announced the title cover and release date for the album 2 Concept edit nbsp The Tower of Babel Pieter Bruegel s painting that inspired the album cover art The name of the album means General Language 3 and is a reference to the Nheengatu language 2 As for the cover it is based on the painting De Kleine Toren van Babel by Pieter Bruegel 2 3 4 It depicts the Tower of Babel a mythical tower built by men to reach the heavens but destroyed by God s rage which resulted in they being spread over the Earth causing new languages to develop thus making it difficult for different peoples to understand each other 2 The cover art was chosen after the album was done via a research made by Britto 23 At their official Facebook announcement the band explained 24 By attempting to take an instant picture of current Brazil both ideas oppose well one word and a language of understanding to try to explain a world of misunderstanding In one of the first occasions in which the band sessioned with its new formation four members session drummer and no other supporting musicians Miklos came up with a manifesto of sorts explaining how Titas should be from that moment on 16 Each member understood it in a different way but the band ended up finding a common point 16 From there on according to Britto the band started to work on two ideas that we were going to make a raw rock album and that it should contain an explicit brazilianity 16 Commenting on the influence of Cabeca Dinossauro on the album guitarist Tony Bellotto explained that the moment of Brasil at the time of the album s preparation could be compared to the moment Brasil experienced at the time of Cabeca Dinossauro 1986 25 At that time the country experienced a period of inquietude which gave us a feeling that things were getting a little out of control The fact that the 2012 Cabeca Dinossauro tour was so successful ended up bringing the certainty that we should make a heavy album We decided to radicalize not to make radio friendly songs However he rejects that Nheengatu is a back to the roots album People speak through stereotypes We didn t get back to the roots much to the contrary What they mean is that we did an album as relevant and seminal as some of our best past works like Cabeca Dinossauro and Titanomaquia 26 Lyrical themes and composing edit Mensageiro da Desgraca was based on impressions of the band about homeless and indigenous people seen as pariahs by society Episodes such as the assassination of the native Galdino Jesus dos Santos were sources of inspiration as well 27 28 Republica dos Bananas was co written by bassist vocalist Branco Mello cartoonist Angeli o actor and director Hugo Possolo and Titas ex session guitarist Emerson Villani Its lyrics cover many characters that form Brazilian society 29 The song received a promotional video made with illustrations by Angeli himself including depictions of himself Titas members and the people mentioned in the lyrics 30 31 In order to write Fala Renata Bellotto conceived a fictional female character inspired by early MPB songs that were named after the women covered in their own lyrics In this case the lyrics are about a woman that talks too much according to Britto who also wrote the song it criticizes times in which people talk a lot but little is said Miklos the third and final author of the song says the lyrics pay some tributes 32 One of its verses says Joao Luiz Cala essa boca porra Portuguese for Joao Luiz Shut the fuck up Joao Luiz is the real name of singer and guitarist Lobao When asked if he believed that was a message for him Lobao wrote the following note on his tumblr 33 I don t have the slightest musical artistic interest nor personal link with these gentlemen And if they want to shut me up they won t make it with little songs of pseudo angry fefecas a Only in Brazil can we conceive a tiny little band composed of senile and flatter universilosers b with a flimsy and precarious musical varnish selfname itself titans c Cadaver Sobre Cadaver resulted from a partnership between Miklos and the band s ex vocalist Arnaldo Antunes It deals with the finiteness of life It was based on two different texts in which they were working It was the last song to be worked on in studio Musically the song features some elements of indigenous music which according to Britto were also present in Cabeca Dinossauro s title track 34 Canalha the only cover was made with approval of its author Walter Franco who asked the heaviest possible guitar 35 The suggestion to cover it came from Britto at the backstage of a show Since the track was created when the Brazilian military government faced its decline the band felt it would fit the album s purpose Mello who sings in this track opted for doing it in a softer way than the original one as if it was a veiled pain 36 Pedofilia and Flores Para Ela are about violence against children and women respectively The first was another suggestion of Britto and it found its inspiration in American singer Suzanne Vega s hit Luka In both of them the band wanted to write the lyrics as if the people directly involved in such issues were speaking 37 38 Chegada ao Brasil was created through a partnership between Mello and theater director Aderbal Freire with whom he and Newton Moreno another director worked on a play called Jacinta which had a passage about an arrival in Brazil d The track also features some Brazilian elements that the band wanted to add to the album 39 Eu Me Sinto Bem features lyrics that fall out of the general scope of the album so the band compensated this by adding frevo and ska rhythms to keep its brazilianity 40 Nao Pode was inspired by orders given by Britto to his children and his dog many of which he admits to have no meaning at all being mere exercises of power 41 Senhor is a reverse prayer in which a man asks God for things that aren t normally asked for in prayers It is a criticism to the exploitation of people from certain religious groups and to their interference on scientific matters 42 Baiao de Dois was named like this by Bellotto because it was based on two sentences related to samba O Mundo e um Moinho The World is a Windmill a verse by Cartola and A Vida e um Buraco Life is a Hole the title of a Pixinguinha show The track also cites other Brazilian songs 43 Quem Sao os Animais deals with the habit of using animal names to offend other people such as veado or macaco e 44 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingRolling Stone Brasil nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 Omelete nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 45 O Globo favoravel 7 UOL Musica favorable 46 O Estado de S Paulo favorable 47 Regis Tadeu favorable 48 89 FM a Radio Rock favorable 49 Nheengatu received generally positive reviews from music critics with all of them drawing comparisons with the band s older albums specially Cabeca Dinossauro Jesus Nao Tem Dentes no Pais dos Banguelas and Titanomaquia Bernardo Araujo from O Globo labeled the album as great and called it one of the most well performed Titas albums and certanily the best in many years 7 He also praised the album s sound which is according to him reminiscent of Cabeca Dinossauro Jesus nao Tem Dentes no Pais dos Banguelas Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora and Titanomaquia 7 Commenting on the lyrics he said Pedophilia prejudice racism poverty drugs there s no thorny topic that doesn t pass through this Nheengatu album s lyrics 7 Leonardo Rodrigues from UOL Musica said the album might be the last great Titas album or just the first of a new phase 46 Commenting on the band s line up he stated the group found in it their best studio album since the 1995 Domingo 46 He praised the heaviness of Fardado which he saw as an upgrade on Policia Pedofilia Baiao de Dois and Senhor 46 Julio Maria of O Estado de S Paulo labeled the album as strong and praised the album for its unobvious metrics while the melodies demand two auditions when they penetrate forever 47 He also stated that here Titas take down a prejudice that was growing strong with every album released by an eighties band the idea that the strength or rock and roll had its days numbered and that nobody above their 35s could make it as they did at their twenties 47 Claudio Dirani at 89 FM a Radio Rock called Nheengatu the best national rock album in the last 20 years 49 Andre Rrodrigues of the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone considered Nheengatu Titas best album in years 9 and also heard similarities with Cabeca Dinossauro and Titanomaquia He concluded his reviews by saying Nheengatu is a punch in the face from the beginning to the end 9 Regis Tadeu at Yahoo News Brazil called Nheengatu a beautiful album specially coming from a group that had reached the bottom of the well in artistic terms with their two previous albums 48 He also pointed the absence of ballads and called its words straight and aggressive 48 Omelete s Kaluan Bernardo called the album good sincere and urgent and stated that Titas are the true survivors in reference to the line quem vive sobrevive from the track Cadaver Sobre Cadaver which translates as who lives survives for them being still active even after losing half its members and being neglected after Sacos Plasticos 45 Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength1 Fardado Uniformed Britto Paulo MiklosSergio Britto2 282 Mensageiro da Desgraca Messenger of Disgrace Miklos Tony Bellotto BrittoMiklos3 293 Republica dos Bananas Republic of the Fools f Mello Angeli Hugo Possolo Emerson VillaniBranco Mello2 024 Fala Renata Speak Renata Bellotto Miklos BrittoBritto3 015 Cadaver Sobre Cadaver Corpse on Top of Corpse Miklos Arnaldo AntunesMiklos2 556 Canalha Walter Franco cover Scumbag Walter FrancoMello3 167 Pedofilia Pedophilia Britto Miklos BellottoBritto2 028 Chegada ao Brasil Terra a Vista Arrival in Brazil Land in Sight Mello Villani Aderbal FreireMello2 229 Eu Me Sinto Bem I Feel Good Bellotto Britto MiklosBritto2 0410 Flores Pra Ela Flowers for Her Britto Mario FabreMiklos3 3111 Nao Pode It s Not Permitted To BrittoBritto2 1412 Senhor Lord BellottoMello2 5113 Baiao de Dois g MiklosMiklos2 4314 Quem Sao os Animais Who Are the Animals BrittoBritto2 21Total length 37 12 50 Personnel 1 editPaulo Miklos Lead vocals on tracks 2 5 10 and 13 backing vocals on tracks 1 3 4 6 9 11 12 and 14 rhythm guitar on all tracks Branco Mello Lead vocals on tracks 3 6 8 and 12 backing vocals on tracks 1 2 4 5 7 9 11 13 and 14 bass on all tracks except 3 6 8 12 Sergio Britto Lead vocals on tracks 1 4 7 9 11 and 14 backing vocals on tracks 2 5 8 10 and 13 keyboards on all tracks bass on tracks 3 6 8 12 graphic project and conception art and project Tony Bellotto Lead guitar on all tracks Session member Mario Fabre Drums on all tracks Technical staff edit Rafael Ramos producing Jorge Guerreiro recording Vitor Farias mixing Ricardo Garcia mastering Cristina Doria executive producer Andre Rola graphic designNotes edit the adjective fefeca does not actually exist in Portuguese thus there is no possible translation for that The original word here is universotarios a portmanteau of universitario university student and otario loser titans is the translation of the band s name Titas Chegada ao Brasil translates as arrival in Brazil veado deer and macaco monkey are common words used in Brazil to offend homosexual men and black people respectively A word play on Republica das Bananas Republic of the Bananas and the fact that banana in Portuguese means both the fruit or a fool a loser Lit Baiao of Two a Northeastern Brazil typical dishReferences edit a b c 2014 Nheengatu liner notes In Nheengatu CD booklet Sao Paulo Som Livre a b c d e f Novo disco dos Titas se chama Nheengatu e tem pintura de Bruegel na capa Virgula in Portuguese Universo Online 28 April 2014 Archived from the original on 29 April 2014 Retrieved 28 April 2014 a b c d Souza Henrique Inglez de 28 April 2014 Titas novo album chama se Nheengatu e sera lancado em maio Guitar Player in Portuguese Universo Online Archived from the original on 29 April 2014 Retrieved 28 April 2014 a b c Vieira Joao Victor 28 April 2014 Novo album do Titas esta pronto e sera lancado em maio Reduto do Rock in Portuguese Archived from the original on 29 April 2014 Retrieved 28 April 2014 Paulo Miklos deixa o Titas e Beto Lee entra para a banda G1 in Portuguese Sao Paulo Grupo Globo 11 July 2016 Retrieved 12 July 2016 Morre Rachel Salem mulher do cantor Paulo Miklos Caras in Portuguese Grupo Abril 24 July 2013 Retrieved 12 May 2014 a b c d e f Araujo Bernardo 14 May 2014 Critica Nheengatu a hidra de quatro cabecas dos Titas O Globo in Portuguese Rio de Janeiro Organizacoes Globo Retrieved 15 May 2014 a b Menezes Thales de 16 May 2014 Titas misturam Cabeca Dinossauro e Titanomaquia em album de ineditas Folha de S Paulo in Portuguese Sao Paulo Grupo Folha Retrieved 16 May 2014 a b c d e Andre Rodrigues 16 June 2014 Guia de CDs nheengatu Rolling Stone Brasil in Portuguese Spring Retrieved 27 June 2014 Del Re Adriana 21 May 2014 Titas criam cronicas da sociedade atual conduzidas pelo rock pesado O Estado de S Paulo in Portuguese Grupo Estado Retrieved 22 May 2014 Wang Andrea Brown Tracy 24 September 2014 Latin Grammys 2014 Complete list of nominees Los Angeles Times Retrieved 29 September 2014 Campanharo Carol 25 May 2010 TITAS Sergio Britto fala sobre a saida de Charles Gavin Extra in Portuguese Infoglobo Retrieved 28 April 2014 Voltar Titas Inedito Metropolis 15 10 2013 Metropolis TV Cultura 16 October 2013 Retrieved 13 November 2013 a b c Bernardo Kaluan Amado Miguel Luz Camila 3 November 2013 Perdidos entrevista Paulo Miklos Titas Archived from the original on 14 November 2013 Retrieved 29 April 2014 Titas apresenta o show Futuras Instalacoes nesta sexta em SP in Portuguese UOL Musica 2011 10 28 Retrieved 2 November 2011 a b c d Essinger Silvio 14 May 2014 Em novo disco a furia renovada dos Titas O Globo in Portuguese Sao Paulo Organizacoes Globo Retrieved 15 May 2014 Santo Jose Julio do Espirito October 2011 Vontade Titanica Rolling Stone Brasil 61 Archived from the original on 24 December 2017 Retrieved 24 December 2017 a b c d Bergamo Monica 24 March 2014 Com 30 anos de estrada Titas se unem a nova geracao do humor em filme e preparam disco Folha de S Paulo in Portuguese Grupo Folha Retrieved 28 April 2014 Garcia 4 November 2013 Rock Brasil Cast Edicao 10 Rock Brasil Cast in Portuguese Archived from the original on 29 July 2014 Retrieved 23 July 2014 O rock dos Titas Tribuna do Norte 14 February 2014 Retrieved 14 February 2014 Titas vai lancar novo album em abril Globo FM in Portuguese Organizacoes Globo 10 March 2014 Archived from the original on 11 March 2014 Retrieved 11 March 2014 Announcement Titas official Facebook page Facebook 16 April 2014 Retrieved 16 April 2014 Titas Faixa a Faixa Sobre o Album Nheengatu Canal oficial dos Titas in Portuguese YouTube 19 May 2014 Archived from the original on 2021 12 15 Retrieved 20 September 2015 Anuncio do album Tita s official page Facebook 28 April 2014 Retrieved 28 April 2014 Peixoto Mariana 18 May 2014 Titas para quem precisa Titas for the ones who need it Estado de Minas in Portuguese 26 396 7 Archived from the original on 23 May 2014 Retrieved 23 May 2014 Eduardo Bruno Titas fala ao Rock On Board sobre novo disco e show no Circo Voador Rock on Board Retrieved 28 December 2014 Nanini Lucas 2 November 2013 Morte de indio Galdino em Brasilia inspira musica dos Titas G1 in Portuguese Grupo Globo Retrieved 23 June 2017 Titas Faixa a Faixa Mensageiro da Desgraca Album Nheengatu Canal oficial dos Titas in Portuguese YouTube 19 May 2014 Archived from the original on 2021 12 15 Retrieved 20 September 2015 Titas Faixa a Faixa Republica dos Bananas Album Nheengatu Canal oficial dos Titas in Portuguese YouTube 19 May 2014 Retrieved 20 September 2015 dead link Titas lancam clipe da musica Republica dos bananas O Globo Grupo Globo 19 March 2015 Retrieved 21 March 2015 Titas lanca clipe para Republica dos Bananas com ilustracoes de Angeli Rolling Stone Brasil Grupo Spring de Comunicacao Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 21 March 2015 Titas Faixa a Faixa Fala Renata Album Nheengatu Canal oficial dos Titas in Portuguese YouTube 19 May 2014 Retrieved 20 September 2015 Lobao Anonymous asked Blog del Lobon Tumblr Retrieved 20 September 2015 Titas Faixa a Faixa Cadaver Sobre Cadaver Album Nheengatu Canal oficial dos Titas in Portuguese YouTube 19 May 2014 Retrieved 20 September 2015 Simoes Lucas 19 June 2015 O retorno dos bichos escrotos O Tempo Sempre Editora Retrieved 5 August 2015 Titas Faixa a Faixa Canalha Album 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