As Quatro Estações ao Vivo

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As Quatro Estações ao Vivo
Live album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 2004
RecordedAugust 11 and 12, 1990
June 9, 1990 ("Se Fiquei Esperando Meu Amor Passar" only)
VenuePalestra Itália Stadium in São Paulo
Mineirinho Gymnasium in Belo Horizonte ("Se Fiquei Esperando Meu Amor Passar" only)
GenreAlternative rock, post-punk
Length1:24:08 (total)
51:50 (disc 1)
73:08 (disc 2)[1]
LabelEMI
ProducerDado Villa-Lobos
Legião Urbana chronology
Como é Que Se Diz Eu te Amo

(2001)
As Quatro Estações ao Vivo
(2004)
Legião Urbana e Paralamas Juntos
(2004)

As Quatro Estações ao Vivo is the third live album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana, released in 2004. It is the fifth posthumous album by the band following vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo's death in 1996.

It was recorded in São Paulo, at Palestra Itália Stadium on August 11 and 12, 1990, during their As Quatro Estações tour, except for "Se Fiquei Esperando Meu Amor Passar", recorded at the Mineirinho gymnasium in Belo Horizonte a couple of months before as part of the same tour.[2]

Both shows' audios were recorded straight from the sound table, something new and rare at the time. The tapes were recovered by journalist Marcelo Froés only a decade later and the project was managed by Jorge Davidson, who returned to

EMI Music as artistic manager. The living members of the band (Dado Villa-Lobos (guitar) and Marcelo Bonfá (drums), as well as the band's manager Rafael Borges, reunited to direct the creation of the album.[3]

The album was released without Russo's family authorization; his father, also called Renato, died in the middle of production.[4]

Song and show information

During the performances, Russo made several critical comments about then president of Brazil,

Brazilian military dictatorship at the end of "O Reggae" and a critical comment about the then recently started Gulf War at the opening of the album, right before "Fábrica".[5] According to Froés, the family didn't approve of the removal of such comments, since they considered such interaction with he public his most peculiar element on stage.[4]

Before playing "Pais e Filhos", Russo answered to a comment from Paulinho Moska, who had said the day before that "Uma Barata Chamada Kafka" (A Cockroach Called Kafka), a song by his band Inimigos do Rei, was as good as "Pais e Filhos": "[...] this song is dedicated to all the people who think cockroaches are more important than the person we love".[6]

The second disc opens with Russo commanding the band's sound check and ends with ""Índios"", followed by ten minutes of silence and an encore of "Faroeste Caboclo".[2]

Track listing

Disc 1

Writing credits per source:[7]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Fábrica"
Lennon/McCartney
3:58
8."Feedback Song for a Dying Friend"Dado Villa-Lobos, Renato Russo and Marcelo Bonfá4:05
9."1965 (Duas Tribos)"Dado Villa-Lobos, Renato Russo and Marcelo Bonfá5:14
10."Monte Castelo"Renato Russo4:28
11."Se Fiquei Esperando Meu Amor Passar"Dado Villa-Lobos, Renato Russo and Marcelo Bonfá4:37
Total length:51:50[7]

Disc 2

Writing credits per source:[8]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Ainda É Cedo/
Willie Mae Thornton
9:26
7."Quase Sem Querer"Dado Villa-Lobos, Renato Russo and Renato Rocha4:05
8."Será"Dado Villa-Lobos, Renato Russo and Marcelo Bonfá2:49
9.""Índios"/Faroeste Caboclo"Renato Russo28:27
Total length:73:08[8]

Personnel

Source:[2]

Legião Urbana

  • Renato Russo - vocals
  • Dado Villa-Lobos - guitars
  • Marcelo Bonfá - drums and percussion

Supporting musicians

Sales and certifications

Country Certification
 Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)

Platinum[9]

References

  1. ^ Fuscaldo 2016, p. 146-147.
  2. ^ a b c Fuscaldo 2016, p. 144.
  3. ^ Fuscaldo 2016, p. 142.
  4. ^ a b Fuscaldo 2016, p. 145.
  5. ^ Fuscaldo 2016, p. 143.
  6. ^ Fuscaldo 2016, p. 143-144.
  7. ^ a b Fuscaldo 2016, p. 146.
  8. ^ a b Fuscaldo 2016, p. 147.
  9. ^ "Legião Urbana". ABPD. Retrieved 28 March 2010.