Domingo (Titãs album)

Domingo
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1995[1]
RecordedSeptember 1995[2]
StudioBe Bop Sound (São Paulo, Brazil)
GenreAlternative rock
Length63:58
LabelWEA
ProducerJack Endino[2]
Titãs chronology
Titanomaquia
(1993)
Domingo
(1995)
Acústico MTV
(1997)
Singles from Domingo
  1. "Domingo"
    Released: 1995

Domingo (Sunday) is the eighth studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. The album became a gold record in Brazil.[3] It is the second Titãs album produced by Jack Endino.

Context and production

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Domingo came after a period of solo projects by most of the band's members. Vocalists Branco Mello and Sérgio Britto (the latter also the keyboardist) had released Con el Mundo a Mis Pies under the moniker Kleiderman; the also vocalists Paulo Miklos and Nando Reis (the latter also the bassist) had made their solo debuts (Paulo Miklos and 12 de Janeiro, respectively) and guitarist Tony Bellotto had published his first book, Bellini e a Esfinge.[1][4]

The solo releases were of different styles and exposed the fact that Titãs was formed by different minds and ideas. The band itself admits the albums always ended up leaving a member disappointed. Bellotto didn't felt represented by the electronic elements of Õ Blésq Blom. Reis only sang in one song of each of the two next albums (Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora and Titanomaquia). The solo efforts did not sell well and Bellotto stated in a 1997 interview that, if any of them experienced a commercial breakthrough, they would hardly go back to the band, which didn't perform well on the radio at that time. Even returning from periods in which they could make their own decisions, the seven members gathered to try and create their eight Titãs album.[5] Years later, when promoting the release of the album Volume Dois, Britto called Domingo a "reconciliation album", claiming that Tudo ao Mesmo Tempo Agora and Titanomaquia sparked conflicts among the members. Domingo may have reconciled the septet "with diversity, which was always a way for us to acomodatício all tastes."[6]

By the time of the album's release, Bellotto described it as "a more opened and varied album, with a bigger diversity of musical textures, more happy and relaxed".[1] He also said the album came to prove the band was still alive, since the press allegedly considered the band to be over following so many solo efforts.[7] Reis established comparisons between this album and its predecessor Titanomaquia, which, according to him, "is a shadowier album. The new album is shinier, has more color, is more rhythmically diversified. Like a Sunday after a dark Saturday night".[1] The band also considers its diversity to reflect the musical heterogeneity within the group.[4]

Jack Endino considered Domingo as his favorite Titãs album.[8] About the creation of it, he commented:[8]

When we started to discuss the recording of 'Domingo', I told them: 'there are always good pop and rock songs in your albums. You are not a heavy metal band, but a rock band with good songs. Let's make a solid rock album that everyone can like. Let's try something different, but with the confidence that it will be good'. They were already thinking the same thing.

It was pre-produced at Nota Por Nota Studios in São Paulo, between April and August 1995; then recorded at Be Bop Sound Studios, also in São Paulo, in September of the same year; mixed at Hanzek Audio, in Seattle in October of the same year and mastered at Starling Sound, in New York City, in the same month.[2]

The album's promotional tour started on 22 December 1995 at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo.[7] In 1996, it was re-released with some bonus tracks, including remixed versions of "Eu Não Vou Dizer Nada (Além do que Estou Dizendo)" and "Tudo o que Você Quiser" and a new song: "Pela Paz", composed as the theme song for the campaign "Caminhada 89 pela Paz" (89 Walk for Peace), by radio 89 FM.[9]

Track listing

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Songwriting credits and lead vocal information adapted from the album booklet.[2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Eu Não Aguento" (I Can't Stand)Banda TiroteioSergio Britto and Sérgio Boneka4:35
2."Domingo" (Sunday)Tony Bellotto and BrittoPaulo Miklos4:05
3."Tudo O Que Você Quiser" (Everything You Want)Branco Mello, Britto and Charles GavinMello2:30
4."Rock Americano" (American Rock)Britto, Mauro and QuitériaBritto4:06
5."Tudo Em Dia" (Everything up to Date)Mello, Arnaldo Antunes and BrittoMello2:50
6."Vámonos" (Let's go (in Spanish))BrittoBritto2:30
7."Eu Não Vou Dizer Nada (Além do Que Estou Dizendo)" (I'm not gonna say anything (Besides what I'm saying))Marcelo Fromer, Bellotto, Nando Reis, Britto, Gavin and MiklosPaulo Miklos3:29
8."O Caroço da Cabeça" (The Stone of the Head)Fromer, Reis and Herbert ViannaReis3:55
9."Ridi Pagliaccio" (You laugh at the clown (Italian)))Mello, Bellotto and BrittoMello2:50
10."Qualquer Negócio" (Any Business)Mello, Fromer, Bellotto, Britto, Gavin and MiklosMiklos3:43
11."Brasileiro" (Brazilian)Mello, Bellotto, Britto and GavinMello4:20
12."Um Copo de Pinga" (A glass of pinga)BrittoBritto1:21
13."Turnê" (Tour)Mello, Reis, Britto and GavinMello2:40
14."Uns Iguais Aos Outros" (Some are like the others)Britto and GavinBritto and Miklos5:10
1996 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
15."Pela Paz" (For Peace)Mello, Reis, Britto, Gavin and MiklosMiklos3:45
16."Eu Não Vou Dizer Nada (Além do Que Estou Dizendo) (remixed by Liminha)" (I'm not gonna say anything (Besides what I'm saying) (remixed by Liminha))Fromer, Bellotto, Reis, Britto, Gavin and MiklosMiklos4:12
17."Tudo O Que Você Quiser (remixed by Raul Ralphes)" (Everything You Want)Mello, Britto and GavinMello3:59
18."Tudo O Que Você Quiser (remixed by DJ Cuca)" (Everything You Want (remixed by DJ Cuca))Mello, Britto and GavinMello3:45

Single

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Domingo single cover

The album's title-track was released as its only single, the band's tenth one, in 1995. The song later appeared as an acoustic version on the Volume Dois album.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Domingo" (Sunday)Tony Bellotto, Sérgio BrittoPaulo Miklos4:05

Personnel

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Adapted from the album booklet.[2]

Titãs

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Guest performances

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Technical staff

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  • Marco Antonio Cordeiro (Buru) and Edu Vianna - recording technicians
  • Paulo Martins - pre-production assistant
  • Fátima da Conceição - hostess
  • Jack Endino - recording and mixing engineering
  • Laura Brantes e Beto Machado - recording and mixing assistants
  • Sombra Jones e Mario Amaral - roadies
  • Nelson Damascena - executive production
  • George Marino e Paulo Junqueiro - mastering
  • Sérgio Britto - cover and picture of the swimming pool
  • Fábio Afonso - cover and electronic publication
  • Vânia Toledo - Titãs picture
  • Juliana Toledo - drain picture

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Ryff, Luiz Antônio (21 November 1995). "Titãs voltam com disco mais diversificado". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). No. 24338. Grupo Folha. p. 5. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e (1995). "Domingo liner notes". In Domingo [CD booklet]. São Paulo: WEA.
  3. ^ "ABPD certification database". ABPD. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  4. ^ a b Gil, Marisa Adán (17 December 1995). ""não somos Raimundos"". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). No. 24364. Grupo Folha. p. G12. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. ^ Ryff, Luiz Antônio; Loures, Alexandre (29 August 1997). "'Acústico' tira Titãs da crise". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). No. 24985. Grupo Folha. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. ^ França, Jamari (7 October 1998). "O Volume Dois dos Titãs". Jornal do Brasil. 00182. Retrieved 25 September 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  7. ^ a b Plasse, Marcel (22 December 1995). "Turnê de "Domingo" mostra Titãs em fase pop". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). No. 24369. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  8. ^ a b Sarkis, Thiago Pinto Corrêa (4 January 2004). "Jack Endino - Entrevista exclusiva com o produtor do Nirvana". Whiplash.net. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Titãs relançam "Domingo"". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). No. 24728. Grupo Folha. 15 December 1996. p. Especial 2. Retrieved 8 July 2017.