O Monstro Precisa de Amigos

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O Monstro Precisa de Amigos
Studio album by
Ornatos Violeta
Released22 November 1999[1]
GenreAlternative rock
Length48:30
Label
ProducerMário Barreiros[1]
Ornatos Violeta chronology
Cão!
(1997) 		O Monstro Precisa de Amigos
(1999)
Singles from O Monstro Precisa de Amigos
  1. "Ouvi Dizer"
  2. "Capitão Romance"
  3. "Chaga"

O Monstro Precisa de Amigos is the second studio album by Portuguese band Ornatos Violeta, released on 22 November 1999 by Polydor. Two music videos were filmed, for the songs "Ouvi Dizer" and "Capitão Romance".

Recording and production[edit]

The recording of Ornatos' second studio album was a difficult one. The band rejected "dozens of songs" during the album's development sessions with producer Mário Barreiros, with the band's members becoming so frustrated that they expressed a sudden desire of giving up on the project completely after just two months of production.[1] Some of these rejected songs, such as "Como Afundar", "Há-de Encarnar", "Rio de Raiva" and "Devagar" were later included in the 2011 release of a CD box containing both studio albums and a third CD, named Inéditos/Raridades, with previously unreleased songs.[2][3]

Years later, Barreiros said he had identified that frustration as merely the "permanent insatisfaction of the great artists" that allowed them to push their art further away.[4]

Composition[edit]

O Monstro Precisa de Amigos is noted to be a much more mature and versatile album than the band's debut Cão!, offering a more meditative and polished sound.[5]

For their second album, the band could count with the guest participation of Gordon Gano of Violent Femmes and Portuguese musician and actor Vítor Espadinha. The Violent Femmes were a long-time reference for Ornatos,[6] and their lead singer Gano shared vocal duties with Manel Cruz in the single "Capitão Romance", in which he sang in Portuguese.[1] Espadinha contributed with the recitation of a poem that can be heard at the end of "Ouvi Dizer",[7] another of the album's singles which has been called a "post-modern classic" by some media outlets.[5][8]

Reception[edit]

The album was considered by the Portuguese music magazine Blitz as the best album of the year in 1999, with Cruz being awarded the best vocalist prize and Ornatos Violeta the best Portuguese ensemble of that year.[9] O Monstro Precisa de Amigos had sold 15 586 copies as of October 2002, which allowed the album to be certified as a silver record in Portugal.[10]

Years later, the album is considered to have turned Ornatos Violeta into one of the most successful rock bands in Portugal.[11] In June 2017, the album was included in Blitz's list of the 30 best Portuguese albums of the last 30 years.[12]

To signal the band's 20 years anniversary, O Monstro Precisa de Amigos was re-released on 5 December 2011 along with Cão! and a CD with previously unreleased work.[3][13] This CD box release was certified as a platinum record in Portugal.[1]

O Monstro Precisa de Amigos was released for the first time as a vinyl record on 5 February 2012,[14] with Rastilho Records providing a limited and numbered edition of 500 copies of both O Monstro and Cão!.[15]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tanque"
  • Ornatos Violeta
4:05
2."Chaga"
  • Manel Cruz
  • Peixe
3:04
3."Dia Mau"
  • Manel Cruz
2:54
4."Para Nunca Mais Mentir"
  • Manel Cruz
3:06
5."Ouvi Dizer" (featuring Vítor Espadinha)
  • Manel Cruz
3:52
6."Capitão Romance (Aventuras No Mundo, Cap. I - Rumo À Verdade)" (featuring Gordon Gano)
  • Manel Cruz
  • Peixe
3:51
7."Pára de Olhar Para Mim"
  • Manel Cruz
3:31
8."O.M.E.M. (Operação Minimização Do Ego Maximizado)"
  • Manel Cruz
4:01
9."Coisas"
  • Manel Cruz
  • Kinörm
5:57
10."Nuvem"
  • Manel Cruz
2:48
11."Deixa Morrer"
  • Manel Cruz
  • Peixe
3:40
12."Notícias do Fundo"
  • Manel Cruz
4:45
13."Fim da Canção"
  • Manel Cruz
3:07
Total length:48:30

Personnel[edit]

The following people are credited on the album:[15]

Performance credits

Other credits

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "O Monstro Precisa de Amigos faz 15 anos: leia aqui texto da BLITZ 30 Anos". Blitz (in Portuguese). 24 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Música: Reedições, inéditos e raridades para os vinte anos dos Ornatos Violeta". Jornal i (in Portuguese). 10 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Reedições e inéditos para os 20 anos dos Ornatos Violeta". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 10 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  4. ^ Frota, Gonçalo (9 December 2011). "Ornatos Violeta: morte por amizade". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b Sá, Gonçalo (5 December 2011). "Ornatos Violeta: O cão, o monstro e outras histórias". Sapo Magazine (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  6. ^ ""Hoje em dia, ser alternativo é ser mainstream"". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. ^ Pereira, Lia (17 August 2012). "Festival EDP Paredes de Coura: reportagem do 5º dia (17/08) com Ornatos Violeta e The Go! Team". Blitz (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  8. ^ Morais, Nuno (21 July 2015). "80 Anos - 80 Canções". Antena 1 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Ornatos Violeta vão tocar "O Monstro precisa de amigos" em três festivais". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 12 December 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Ornatos Violeta acabam". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 2 October 2002. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  11. ^ "O monstro nasceu há 15 anos e continua a fazer amigos" (in Portuguese). Observador. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Os 30 melhores álbuns portugueses dos últimos 30 anos" (in Portuguese). Blitz. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Ornatos Violeta: discos re-editados em dezembro com CD de inéditos e raridades; vinis em 2012 (at.)" (in Portuguese). Blitz. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Ornatos Violeta: vinis de Cão! e O Monstro Precisa de Amigos em fevereiro" (in Portuguese). Blitz. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  15. ^ a b "O Monstro Precisa de Amigos - Descrição do Álbum" (in Portuguese). Rastilho Records. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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