Õ Blésq Blom

Õ Blésq Blom
Studio album by Titãs
Released	1989
Recorded	1989
Genre	Alternative rock, electronic rock, new wave, funk rock, world music
Label	WEA
Producer	Liminha
Titãs chronology
Jesus não Tem Dentes no País dos Banguelas (1987) Õ Blésq Blom (1989) Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora (1991)
Singles from Õ Blésq Blom
"Flores" Released: 1989

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Õ Blésq Blom is the fifth studio album released by Brazilian rock band Titãs. The name of the album means "The first men who walked on the Earth" in the language created by Mauro and Quitéria, two repentistas from the state of Pernambuco.^[2] The language is a mixture of Portuguese, English, Italian and Greek. Mauro and Quitéria are married and they met Titãs in a beach in Pernambuco.^[3] The also composed and performed the opening and ending tracks for this album.

It was elected by Rolling Stone Brasil as the 74th best Brazilian music album.^[4]

Track listing

#	Title	Length	Music
1	Introdução por Mauro e Quitéria ("Introduction by Mauro and Quitéria")	0:42	Mauro and Quitéria
2	Miséria ("Misery")	4:28	Arnaldo Antunes, Sérgio Britto and Paulo Miklos
3	Racio Símio (Untranslatable. It's a word play with "Raciocínio" (Reasoning) and "Símio" (Simian))	3:19	Marcelo Fromer, Nando Reis and Arnaldo Antunes
4	O Camelo e o Dromedário ("The Camel and the Dromedary")	5:22	Marcelo Fromer, Toni Bellotto, Nando Reis and Paulo Miklos
5	Palavras ("Words")	2:34	Marcelo Fromer and Sérgio Britto
6	Medo ("Fear")	2:05	Toni Bellotto and Arnaldo Antunes
7	Natureza Morta ("Dead Nature")	3:18	Branco Mello, Marcelo Fromer, Liminha, Arnaldo Antunes, Sérgio Britto and Paulo Miklos
8	Flores ("Flowers")	3:27	Tony Bellotto, Sérgio Britto, Charles Gavin and Paulo Miklos
9	O Pulso ("The Pulse")	2:44	Marcelo Fromer, Toni Bellotto and Arnaldo Antunes
10	32 Dentes ("32 Teeth")	2:28	Branco Mello, Marcelo Fromer and Sérgio Britto
11	Faculdade ("College")	3:13	Branco Mello, Marcelo Fromer, Nando Reis, Arnaldo Antunes and Paulo Miklos
12	Deus e o Diabo ("God and the Devil")	3:28	Nando Reis, Sérgio Britto and Paulo Miklos
13	Vinheta Final por Mauro e Quitéria ("Final Jingle by Mauro and Quitéria")	0:34	Mauro and Quitéria

Personnel

• Tony Bellotto - Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar on "Flores", Twelve string guitar on "32 Dentes"
• Arnaldo Antunes - vocals on "Medo", "O Pulso" and "Natureza Morta"
• Charles Gavin - drums
• Marcelo Fromer - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar on "32 Dentes" and "Medo"
• Nando Reis - Bass, vocals in "Raciosimio" and "Faculdade"
• Branco Mello - vocals on "Flores" and "32 Dentes"
• Paulo Miklos - vocals in "O Camelo e o Dromedário", "Miséria" and "Deus e o Diabo", Saxophone on "Flores"
• Sérgio Britto - Keyboards, vocals in "Palavras", "Miséria" and "Deus e o Diabo", keyboard programming on "Miséria" and "Deus e o Diabo".
• Liminha - Electronic drums in "Miséria", "Deus e o Diabo" and "Faculdade", guitar in "O Pulso" and "Deus e o Diabo", electronic percussion in "O Camelo e o Dromedário", keyboard programming in "O Pulso", "Miséria" and "Deus e o Diabo"

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Hangarnet - Forum - Discos que moldaram meu caráter
3. ^ Titãs history at their official website
4. ^ "Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira" (in Portuguese). Umas Linhas. 2007-12-20. http://grandeabobora.com/rolling-stone-brasil-elege-os-100-melhores-discos-de-musica-brasileira.html. Retrieved 2009-04-20.