Bora Bora (album) explained

Bora Bora
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Cover:	Os Paralamas Do Sucesso-Bora Bora.jpg
Released:	February 1988
Recorded:	1988
Genre:	Reggae rock, new wave, dub, soca
Label:	EMI
Producer:	Carlos Savalla, Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Prev Title:	D
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Big Bang
Next Year:	1989

Bora Bora is the fourth studio album by Brazilian rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso, released in February 1988. Characterized by a tropical, Caribbean-esque instrumentation, the album's main hits include "O Beco", "Uns Dias" and "Quase um Segundo". It sold more than 20,000 copies in Europe.

Jamaican reggae deejay Peter Metro (credited as Peter Clarke) made a special appearance on this album.

Track listing

Note

• The track "The Can" is not included in the vinyl version.

Personnel

Os Paralamas do Sucesso

• Bi Ribeiro – bass
• João Barone – drums, percussion
• Herbert Vianna – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• Charly García – piano in "Quase um Segundo"
• Don Harris – trumpet
• George Israel – saxophone in "O Fundo do Coração"
• Humberto Araújo – saxophone
• João Fera – keyboards
• Mattos Nascimento – trombone
• Peter Clarke – toast in "Don't Give Me That"