Lado B Lado A Explained

Lado B Lado A (Portuguese: Side B Side A) is the third album by Brazilian band O Rappa.^[1] It was released in 1999 through Warner Music.^[2] Rolling Stone Brasil listed it as the 93rd best Brazilian music album.^[3]

In 2007, the title song was featured in the Brazilian film Tropa de Elite.

Track listing

1. "Tribunal De Rua" - 4:21
2. "Me Deixa" - 4:08
3. "Cristo E Oxalá" - 4:26
4. "O Que Sobrou Do Céu" – 3:53
5. "Se Não Avisar O Bicho Pega" – 5:15
6. "Minha Alma (A Paz Que Eu Não Quero)" - 5:04
7. "Lado B Lado A" - 5:05
8. "Favela" - 3:21
9. "Homem Amarelo" - 4:17
10. "Nó De Fumaça" - 3:45
11. "A Todas As Comunidades Do Engenho Novo" - 6:18
12. "Na Palma Da Mão" - 7:02

Personnel

O Rappa

• Lauro Farias - bass guitar, keyboard bass in "Cristo e Oxalá", vocals
• Marcelo Falcão - vocals, acoustic guitar in "Tribunal de Rua" and "A Todas As Comunidades Do Engenho Novo", electric guitar, tamborim in "Me Deixa" and "Cristo e Oxalá", flute in "A Todas As Comunidades Do Engenho Novo"
• Marcelo Lobato - keyboards, cuíca, vibraphone, talk box and congas in "O Que Sobrou do Céu", melodica, MPC programming, derbak, flute, vocal
• Marcelo Yuka - drums; vocals in "Tribunal de Rua", derbak, cowbell and harmonium in "Minha Alma", keyboards, timbales in "Homem Amarelo", purrinhola in "Nó de Fumaça", vocals
• Xandão - electric guitar, derbak in "Nó de Fumaça", vocals in "Se Não Avisar, o Bicho Pega"

Músicos adicionais

• Bill Laswell - bass in "Na Palma da Mão"
• Carlos Eduardo Hack - violin in "Na Palma da Mão"
• DJ Negralha - scratch, metal quotes in "Me Deixa" and "Cristo e Oxalá", percussion and vocals
• Armando Marçal - pandeiro in "Favela", djembê, cuica, derbak, congas, timbale, agogô and tambourine
• Aline, Amilaque, Felipe, Fernando, Gustavo, Núbia and Pedro - children's choir in "A Todas as Comunidades do Engenho Novo"
• Carlinhos Vaca Prenha, Carlos Henrique Groid, Eduardo Fifi, Rodrigo Molusco and O Rappa - "wronged" handclaps in "Na Palma da Mão"

Notes and References

1. Web site: O Rappa . 2008-12-21 . 2008-12-21.
2. Web site: Store . . 2008-12-20 . 2008-12-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011211438/http://www.warnermusicstore.com.br/artista.aspx?id=7834 . 2008-10-11 .
3. Web site: Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira. Rolling Stone. https://web.archive.org/web/20170203140652/http://rollingstone.uol.com.br/listas/os-100-maiores-discos-da-musica-brasileira/. 2017-02-03. dead.