band to EMI-Odeon, working at Sony at the time, was invited by Russo for a visit to listen to the finished album. He recommended that Russo re-recorded his voice, but the vocalist refused again. It was the last time they met. Russo would be updated about progress on the album by Villa-Lobos, who called him every day. Besides, he would receive tapes from roadie Reginaldo Ferreira, who also returned them to the guitarist afterwards. Russo disapproved most of his band mates' work. After listening to the almost-finished material, he said "the only useful thing there was the metronome click". He even had an argument with Trilha for calling him late every night to express disapproval of his performances. Bonfá also commented he avoided staying in the studio longer than necessary since the atmosphere there was sad. In his last contact with Russo, Ferreira called him to ask him what he thought of the final product, to which Russo replied: "I'm yet to define the male and female of the album", a sentence Ferreira never understood. Reception Critical reception The AllMusic review by Alvaro Neder awarded the album 4 stars, stating "Sad and melancholic, it sold 500,000 copies right after Russo's demise, with the group selling five million copies in their 12 years of existence. They recorded 36 songs for this album, originally intended to be double. But several songs remained unpublished, including 'A Tempestade', vetoed by Renato himself because was much too depressed, talking about suicide—this describes the last love affair's end, with a guy called Cristiano. 'Clarice', another of the unpublished songs, talks about a 14-year-old girl who attempts suicide. The album had the hits 'Leila' (a good-humored revision of 'Eduardo e Mônica'), 'L'Avventura', the melancholic 'A Via Láctea' ('essa febre que não passa/this fever that doesn't end'), 'Dezesseis' (another adolescent account like 'Faroeste Caboclo'), and 'Aloha' (revision of 'Geração Coca-Cola' after one decade)". Commercial reception The album sold 1,1 million copies, being one of the best-selling albums of 1996 and of the band. The tracks with most airplay were "A Via Láctea" and "Dezesseis"; with "L'Avventura", "Esperando por mim"and other enjoying limited success. Track listing Covers Ricky Martin made a Spanish-language cover of "A Via Láctea", named "Gracias por Pensar en Mi" ("Thanks for Thinking of Me"). Personnel Legião Urbana Renato Russo – lead vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar Dado Villa-Lobos – electric guitar, vocals Marcelo Bonfá –