A Tempestade

Infobox Album | Name = a Tempestade ou o Livro dos dias
Type = Album
Artist = Legião Urbana


Released = september 20, 1996
Recorded = January - June, 1996
Genre = Brazilian rock
Length = 67:03
Label = Emi-Odeon
Producer = Mayrton Bahia
Reviews =
Last album = "O Descobrimento do Brasil"
(1993)
This album = "A Tempestade (ou O Livro dos Dias)"
(1996)
Next album = "Uma Outra Estação"
(1997)

"A Tempestade" (or "O Livro dos Dias") is the eighth album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana, recorded during the first semester of 1996 and released on the Emi-Odeon label on September 20, 1996, few days before Renato Russo's death. By this time, Russo was living a mostly reclusive life because of his disease, avoided doing interviews and having his pictures taken. Probably reflecting this condition, the album features some of the saddest songs the band ever recorded, among them the hit "A Via Láctea". The album was intended to be a double one, but it was eventually trimmed down to one disc, mainly due to economic reasons. Some of the remaining material was eventually released on the posthumous album Uma Outra Estação, on the following year.

The band counts with the keyboard work of musician and producer Carlos Trilha, who worked in Russo's previous two solo albums, The Stonewall Celebration Concert and Equilibrio Distante. "Soul Parsifal" was co-written by singer Marisa Monte. "1° de Julho" was written by Russo for singer Cássia Eller, and here is performed by him on the acoustic guitar, aided by a drum machine. Hits include "Longe Do Meu Lado" and "Dezesseis".

Track listing

All lyrics by Russo. All music by Villa-Lobos, Russo and Bonfá, except where noted.

#"Natália" – 3:59
#"L'avventura" ("The Adventure") – 4:38
#"Música de Trabalho" ("Worksong" - a pun on "Song About Work") – 4:20
#"Longe do meu Lado" ("Far from my Side") (Russo, Bonfá) – 4:26
#"A Via Láctea" ("The Milky Way") – 4:40
#"Música Ambiente" ("Ambient Music") – 4:07
#"Aloha" – 5:25
#"Soul Parsifal" (Russo, Monte) – 4:54
#"Dezesseis" ("Sixteen") – 5:23
#"Mil Pedaços" ("A Thousand Pieces") – 3:23
#"Leila" – 5:22
#"1° de Julho" ("July 1st") (Russo) – 4:50
#"Esperando por Mim" ("Waiting for Me") – 4:21
#"Quando Você Voltar" ("When You Return") – 2:53
#"O Livro dos Dias" ("The Book of Days") – 4:17

Line-up

*Dado Villa-Lobos: Guitar;
*Renato Russo: Vocals, acoustic guitar; bass
*Marcelo Bonfá: Drums, rhythm track;with
*Carlos Trilha: Keyboards;