O Adeus de Fellini

O Adeus de Fellini (Portuguese for Fellini's Farewell) is the debut album by Brazilian post-punk band Fellini. It was released in 1985 via the independent record label Baratos Afins and re-released in CD form in 1995, with an additional live track.

O Adeus de Fellini
Studio album by Fellini
Released	1985 (re-released in 1995)
Recorded	late 1984/early 1985
Genre	Post-punk
Label	Baratos Afins
Producer	Luiz Calanca
Fellini chronology
O Adeus de Fellini (1985) Fellini Só Vive 2 Vezes (1986)
Cadão Volpato chronology
O Adeus de Fellini (1985) Fellini Só Vive 2 Vezes (1986)

According to the band's frontman Cadão Volpato, the album's name is a nod to the English post-punk band The Durutti Column's 1980 debut, The Return of the Durutti Column.^[1]

The track "Outro Endereço, Outra Vida" features samples of English disc jockey John Peel's voice.^[1]

"Zäune" is sung by Thomas Pappon, entirely in German.

Track listing

No.	Title	English title	Length
1.	"Funziona Senza Vapore"	It Works without Steam	2:26
2.	"Rock Europeu"	European Rock	3:44
3.	"História do Fogo"	The History of Fire	3:23
4.	"Cultura"	Culture	2:41
5.	"Outro Endereço, Outra Vida"	Another Address, Another Life	3:16
6.	"Bolero" (instrumental)		1:47
7.	"Bolero 2"		3:01
8.	"Shiva! Shiva!"		2:44
9.	"Nada"	Nothing	2:36
10.	"Zäune" (Thomas Pappon)	Fences	2:48

All lyrics are written by Cadão Volpato (except where noted); all music is composed by Jair Marcos, Thomas Pappon, Ricardo Salvagni and Cadão Volpato

1995 CD re-release bonus track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Nada" (live)	2:46

Notes

• "Funziona Senza Vapore" is also present in the compilation Não Wave, alongside another Fellini track, "Teu Inglês". It is also the name of a side project formed by Fellini's frontman Cadão Volpato in 1992.
• "Rock Europeu" is also present in the compilation The Sexual Life of the Savages, alongside another Fellini track, "Zum Zum Zum Zazoeira".

Personnel

Fellini

• Cadão Volpato — lead vocals (on tracks 1–9)
• Jair Marcos — acoustic and electric guitars
• Ricardo Salvagni — drums
• Thomas Pappon — bass, other instruments, lead vocals (on track 10)

Additional personnel

• Guinho — trumpet (on tracks 2, 6)
• Leonor — cello (on track 10)
• Teresa Berlink — female backing vocals (on track 3)

Miscellaneous staff

• Recorded in autumn 1985 in the Ônix project (8 channels), São Paulo, Brazil
• Fellini and Walter Silva — cover
• Luiz Carlos Calanca — phonographic production
• Fellini and Pappon — production, arrangement and mixing
• Luiz Carlos Calanca and Paulo Torres — remastering (cd version)
• Peter Price — mix-aid

References

1. Interview with Cadão Volpato, 2008 (in Portuguese)

External links

• O Adeus de Fellini at Fellini's official Bandcamp
• O Adeus de Fellini at Deezer
• Fellini on Baratos Afins' website (in Portuguese)
• O Adeus de Fellini at Discogs
• O Adeus de Fellini at Rate Your Music
• O Adeus de Fellini at MusicBrainz