O Descobrimento do Brasil () is the sixth studio album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. Released in November 1993, it sold more than a half million copies and was certified double platinum by ABPD. Background O Descobrimento do Brasil was the band's first album without Jorge Davidson as artistic manager of EMI-Odeon - he was then working at Sony Music and was replaced by João Augusto. The album was created in a moment of tension between the band and the label. By then, EMI had sold its album factory and was using Fonobras, which belonged to their competitor PolyGram. Coincidentally, the band's producer Mayrton Bahia was working there and knew from an incoming request that EMI-Odeon intended to release a compilation without the band's consent. Furious, the members tagged the walls of the company's management department. Vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo particularly wrote some sentences in English, including "You treat us like trash! You'll never do it anymore!". Unaware of what the label would do to them, they suspended the album sessions until the company made a move. In the end, EMI cancelled the compilation. That was one of the reasons João Augusto proceeded with caution when initiating his relationship with the band. Recording The band got into the studio in August 1993 and the album was ready by October. The members experimented with new instruments, besides playing each others'. Drummer Marcelo Bonfá played the keyboards, while guitarist Dado Villa-Lobos experimented with the dobro and the mandolin and Russo recorded a performance with the sitar. Working on the album, they became one of the first Brazilian groups to use Pro Tools in studio to do minor sound fixes. Content Cover art The cover was supposed to convey the moment of lightness and optimism that the band was experiencing by the time of the album's release. It depicts the members in a flowery field especially set for the shot, each of them wearing a different attire: Russo is dressed like a medieval knight, Villa-Lobos as a hunter with a mandolin and Bonfá as a peasant. The photograph was taken by Flávio Colker. On the day of the photo sessions, Villa-Lobos had his car and his mandolin stolen in front of the studio and the band had to replace the instrument. Booklet The booklet had in its last page the sentence "Ah, but I was so much older then,