Os Dias da MadreDeus explained

Os Dias da MadreDeus
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Madredeus
Cover:	Madredeus os dias da madredeus.jpeg
Recorded:	July 1987
Genre:	Folk, world music
Label:	EMI, Valentim de Carvalho
Producer:	Pedro Ayres Magalhães
Next Title:	Existir
Next Year:	1990

Os Dias da MadreDeus (English: "The days of MadreDeus") is the debut studio album by Portuguese group Madredeus. It was released in December 1987 by EMI-Valentim de Carvalho.

Recording

Os Dias da MadreDeus was recorded between 28 and 30 July 1987, at the Teatro Ibérico facilities in the old Church of the Xabregas Convent, in Lisbon.

Legacy

In 2009, Portuguese music magazine Blitz placed Os Dias da MadreDeus as the 5th greatest Portuguese album of the 1980s, in a list ranking the greatest Portuguese albums of the previous four decades.^[1]

Track listing

LP release (1987)

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's inner notes.^[2]

Madredeus

• Teresa Salgueiro
• Pedro Ayres Magalhães
• Rodrigo Leão
• Gabriel Gomes
• Francisco Ribeiro

Production

• Pedro Ayres Magalhães – project concept, artistic production, arrangements, cover concept
• Rodrigo Leão – project concept
• Pedro Bidarra de Almeida – recording production assistance
• Pedro Vasconcelos – recording technician
• Miguel Gonçalves – recording technician
• Alexandre Gonefrey – cover art
• Luís Ramos – photography
• Álvaro Rosemão – photography

Charts

Weekly charts!Chart!Peak position

Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[3]

40

Notes and References

1. Web site: PÚBLICO. "Blitz" elege os 25 melhores álbuns portugueses das últimas quatro décadas. 2021-03-20. PÚBLICO. pt.
2. Os Dias da MadreDeus. Madredeus. LP inner notes. EMI-Valentim de Carvalho. 1987.
3. Web site: portuguesecharts.com - Madredeus - Os dias da Madredeus. 2021-03-18. portuguesecharts.com.