Fora da Grei (Portuguese for Outside the Flock) is the debut album by the Brazilian musician Rogério Skylab; self-released in 1992, it is the musician's only album to initially come out in vinyl formatRogério Skylab – Biografia as well as his only main studio release not to be part of a series. Its title is intended to be a pun on the Portuguese-language term "fora da lei" ("outlaw").
The album can be downloaded for free on Skylab's official website.Rogério Skylab – Fora da Grei
Background Prior to the album's release, Rogério Skylab (stage name of Rogério Tolomei Teixeira), a graduate in literature and philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, worked as a bank officer at a Banco do Brasil agency; even though he had performed with a short-lived punk rock group, Setembro Negro, during the mid- to late 1980s,Entrevista / Skylab Skylab once claimed that he originally never thought about pursuing a career as a musician, instead wanting to dedicate himself to literature or becoming a teacher.Bate-papo com Rogério Skylab | Bate-papo UOL
In 1991, "just for fun", Skylab travelled to Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, to partake at a well-known music festival which used to be held there.A história dos Festivais de Rock de Juiz de Fora na década de 1980 através da imprensa da cidade His entry, "Samba do Skylab" (from which he subsequently took his stage name), won the festival's first-place cash prize. He then used the money to finance the production of Fora da Grei. Despite the album's "dismal production quality", since "at the time independent records in Brazil were like aliens" in Skylab's words, Fora da Grei was critically acclaimed to the point of even being considered one of the best releases of the year by the Jornal do Brasil,Tratore - Rogério Skylab and the musician was invited many times by Jô Soares to promote it on his late-night talk shows, Jô Soares Onze e Meia and later the Programa do Jô, what would effectively launch his musical career. However, Skylab wouldn't work on a follow-up until 1999, when he released his first of ten eponymous albums.
Legacy The track "Naquela Noite" would be re-recorded for his next release, Skylab. "Blues do Para-Choque" was re-recorded for Skylab III, "Casas da Banha" for Skylab VIII and "Palavras São Voláteis" for Melancolia e Carnaval.
In 2023, "Naquela Noite" was chosen by music news website Esquina Musical as one of "MPB's scariest songs".
Track listing All tracks are written by Rogério Skylab.
Personnel Rogério Skylab – vocals Alexandre Guichard – charango, mandolin, ten-string guitar Raimundo Nicioli – keyboards João Ataíde – bass guitar, production Edson Cortes, Don Fla – percussion Ayrton Seixas Jr. – cover art Adriano Raimundo – photography Tita Albuquerque – mixing Ricardo Misutani – mastering Marcos Petrillo – executive production
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