Mingos & Os Samurais

Mingos & Os Samurais, or Mingos e Os Samurais, is the fifth studio album by Rui Veloso, released in 1990.[1] It is a concept album that tells the story of a small suburban band during the 1960s and the 1970s.

Mingos & Os Samurais
Studio album by Rui Veloso
Released	1990
Recorded	January – June 1990
Studio	Paço d'Arcos Studio, Paço de Arcos
Genre	Rock, rock and roll, soft rock
Length	79:06
Label	EMI - Valentim de Carvalho
Producer	Rui Veloso, Carlos Tê
Rui Veloso chronology
Rui Veloso Ao Vivo (1988) Mingos & Os Samurais (1990) Auto da Pimenta (1991)

The album reached number-one in Portuguese album charts and was charted for 24 weeks.[2] It is Veloso's most commercially successful album, being certified 7x platinum by the AFP and having sold 280,000 copies by early 1992.[3] This was, at the time, a record for a Portuguese artist.[4] The songs "Não Há Estrelas no Céu" and "A Paixão (Segundo Nicolau da Viola)" become hugely successful.

History

The idea for the album was formed in 1982. After the financial independence achieved from his self-titled 1986 album, Veloso got the means to record a double-album about the life of a small suburban band in the 1960s and the 1970s.

"Não há estrelas no céu" was the last song recorded for the album and became a huge success in Portugal.

Track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Irmãos de Sangue"	3:27
2.	"O que eu quero ser quando for grande"	4:20
3.	"No dia da Comunhão Solene"	3:41
4.	"O prometido é devido"	4:09
5.	"Não há estrelas no céu"	3:22
6.	"Twist é Sedução I"	2:32
7.	"Conceição"	2:34
8.	"No extremo do Salão"	3:54
9.	"Mago do BIlhar"	4:38
10.	"Sámapatti"	3:31
11.	"Tuna Recreativa"	2:51
12.	"A Gente vai na digressão"	3:17
Total length:		41:16

Disc 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fio de Beque"	3:14
2.	"Morena de Azul"	4:20
3.	"Psicadélico Desesperado"	2:51
4.	"Zira"	4:46
5.	"Baile de Paróquia"	4:53
6.	"A Paixão (Segundo Nicolau da Viola)"	3:46
7.	"Twist é Sedução II"	3:28
8.	"No dia em que o Meno Rock morreu"	2:30
9.	"Um trolha d'areosa"	3:48
10.	"Embalagem de damas (epilogo)"	4:14
Total length:		37:50

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Portugal (AFP)[2]	7× Platinum	280,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Rui Veloso". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
2. Tenente, Fernando (11 April 1991). "CD Spurs Sales Growth In Portugal" (PDF). Billboard. p. 38. Retrieved 30 September 2020 – via World Radio History.
3. Tenente, Fernando (11 April 1992). "CD Spurs Sales Growth in Portugal But Units Decrease 8% From '90" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 18 December 2021. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
4. Roriz, Emanuel (2018-05-03). "Rui Veloso - Carreira a pente fininho". Revista RUA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-18.

External links

• Rui Veloso at Rate Your Music
• Mingos e Os Samurais at moo.pt (in Portuguese)