Dois (album)

Dois
Studio album by Legião Urbana
Released	July 1986
Recorded	January/March 1986
Genre	Post-punk, alternative rock, folk rock, art rock
Length	47:01
Label	EMI-Odeon
Producer	Mayrton Bahia
Legião Urbana chronology
Legião Urbana (1985) Dois (1986) Que País É Este (1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Dois (English: Two) is the second studio album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. It was released in July 1986.

Release history

Renato Russo originally intended Dois as a double-disc album named "Mitologia e Intuição" ("Mythology and Intuition"), including some material later recorded for Que País É Este, but EMI-Odeon denied the proposal. Unlike Legião's previous album, heavily influnced by post-punk instrumentation and themes, Dois shows a wider palette of styles and influences such as folk rock and blues, including "Eduardo e Mônica", a ballad said by Russo to be largely inspired by Bob Dylan; "Música Urbana 2", a spiritual sequel to one of Russo's Aborto Elétrico composition ("Música Urbana" was recorded by Capital Inicial on their debut album); "Fábrica", a classic concert-opener; "Quase sem Querer"; and "Índios", according to Russo, a "suicide song".

In 2007, the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine featured Dois in the 21st position on a list of the 100 greatest Brazilian albums.^[2] On September 2012, it was elected by the audience of Radio Eldorado FM, of Estadao.com e of Caderno C2+Música (both the latter belong to newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo) as the third best Brazilian album ever.^[3] By the time of the album's release, the newspaper also said: "You bite it and see there is meat there. Bleeding. The little taste of Smiths on side A, with lyricist and vocalist Renato Russo singing a lot on Daniel na Cova dos Leões or Tempo Perdido, actually just prepares the ground for the punch of side B, as in Metrópole and Fábrica."^[4]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Renato Russo, all music composed by Legião Urbana.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Daniel na Cova dos Leões"	4:00
2.	"Quase sem Querer"	4:40
3.	"Acrilic on Canvas"	4:40
4.	"Eduardo e Mônica"	4:31
5.	"Central do Brasil" (instrumental)	1:34
6.	"Tempo Perdido"	5:02
7.	"Metrópole"	2:49
8.	"Plantas Embaixo do Aquário"	2:54
9.	"Música Urbana 2"	2:40
10.	"Andrea Doria"	4:53
11.	"Fábrica"	4:56
12.	""Índios""	4:17

Covers

Argentine punk band Attaque 77 covered "Fábrica". They would also later cover another Legião Urbana song, "Perfeição", from O Descobrimento do Brasil.

Trivia

• During the initial seconds of opening track "Daniel na Cova dos Leões", a badly tuned radio can be heard. Excerpts of Legião's song "Será", as well as the anthem of the Socialist International, can be faintly heard playing.
• "Andrea Doria" is named in reference to the homonymous Italian warship which shipwrecked near the shores of New York in July 25, 1956. 51 people died in the disaster, and many Italian paintings were lost in the sea.
• An alternate version of the track "Química" appears in the cassette edition of the album as a bonus track.
• The title of '"Índios"' features quotes, in reference to "Heroes" by David Bowie.

Personnel

• Dado Villa-Lobos: Guitars
• Renato Russo: Vocals, keyboards, bass guitar (tracks 3 and 4), acoustic guitar (track 4)
• Renato Rocha: Bass guitar
• Marcelo Bonfá: Drums and percussion

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Legião Urbana: Dois > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
2. Lista dos 100 maiores discos da música brasileira pela Rolling Stone Brasil (Portuguese)
3. Bomfim, Emanuel (7 September 2012). "'Ventura' é eleito o melhor disco brasileiro de todos os tempos". Combate Rock (in Portuguese). Grupo Estado. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
4. Leite, Edmundo (31 August 2012). "Alguns discos clássicos já nascem grandes". Acervo Estadão (in Portuguese). Grupo Estado. Retrieved 28 January 2016.