| Ar de Rock | ||||
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| Released | July 1980 | |||
| Studio | RPE Studios, Lisbon | |||
| Genre | Rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 35:10 | |||
| Label | EMI–Valentim de Carvalho | |||
| Producer | António Pinho | |||
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Ar de Rock (literally Air of Rock, meaning "a rock look/appearance"; a pun on hard rock) is the debut album by Portuguese musician Rui Veloso, released in July 1980 by EMI-Valentim de Carvalho.
The album, produced by António Pinho, contains eleven songs. The songs "Chico Fininho" and "Rapariguinha do Shopping" were released as singles.
Ar de Rock was commercially successful in Portugal immediately after its release and is retrospectively considered a landmark album of Portuguese pop-rock music. Its success is considered to have triggered the so-called "boom of Portuguese rock" in the 1980s. [1][2][3]
- ^ "BLITZ – 40 anos do boom do rock português. 40 canções que fizeram história". Jornal blitz (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-31.
- ^ PÚBLICO. ""Blitz" elege os 25 melhores álbuns portugueses das últimas quatro décadas". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-31.
- ^ Blitz Review, no. 1074, 28/12/2004, 50 Greatest Portuguese Discs