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{{Infobox album
| name       = Os Maiores Sucessos de João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados]]
| cover      = Os_Maiores_Sucessos_de_João_Penca.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1983
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[New wave music|New wave]], [[rockabilly]], [[doo-wop]], [[comedy rock]], [[surf music]], [[rock and roll]]
| length     =
| label      = [[Barclay Records]]
| producer   = Ronaldo Bastos
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Okay My Gay]]
| next_year  = 1986
}}
'''''Os Maiores Sucessos de João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados''''' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for "'''''The Greatest Hits of João Penca [Banana-Bunch Joe] and His Tamed Apes'''''") is the debut studio album by the [[João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados|eponymous]] [[Brazil]]ian [[New wave music|new wave]] band, despite being billed on its cover and title as a [[greatest hits album]]. It was released in 1983<ref>[http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/joao-penca-e-seus-miquinhos-amestrados/discografia Discografia de João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501172557/http://dicionariompb.com.br/joao-penca-e-seus-miquinhos-amestrados/discografia |date=2019-05-01 }} - dicionariompb.com.br</ref> by [[Barclay Records]].<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Jo%C3%A3o-Penca-E-Seus-Miquinhos-Amestrados-Os-Maiores-Sucessos-De/release/6152549 ''Os Maiores Sucessos...'' – Discogs]</ref>
It was the band's only release to feature keyboard player Cláudio Killer, who died on December 1, 1983, due to an accidental poisonous gas leakage in his apartment while he was taking a shower,<ref>[http://setedoses.blogspot.com.br/2012/07/discos-historicos-2-os-maiores-sucessos.html Sete Doses de Cachaça: João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados] {{in lang|pt}}</ref> and guitarist [[Léo Jaime]], who parted ways with João Penca in 1984 to gave a solo career.<ref>{{cite book |url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=C93qPmUe9GEC |page=32 }} |title=1985, O Ano em Que o Brasil Recomeçou |work= |accessdate=April 25, 2012}}</ref>
The album features guest appearances by [[Ney Matogrosso]], [[Lulu Santos]] and [[Chacrinha]].
==Covers/parodies==
Every João Penca album features Portuguese-language covers/parodies of old 1940s/1950s [[rock and roll]]/[[rockabilly]] and 1960s [[surf music]] songs.
;"Edmundo"
A parody of [[Glenn Miller]]'s "[[In the Mood]]", originally written by [[Aloísio de Oliveira]] in the 1950s.
;"O Ursinho"
A cover of [[Elvis Presley]]'s "[[(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear]]".
;"Calúnias (Telma, Eu Não Sou Gay)"
A parody of [[Light Reflections]]' "Tell Me Once Again".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmsc-OaQeY0 TELL ME ONCE AGAIN - LIGHT REFLECTIONS]</ref>
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| title1          = M
| lyrics1         = Leandro Verdeal, [[Léo Jaime]]
| length1         = 4:37
| title2          = Você Roubou Meu Coração
| lyrics2         = Leandro Verdeal, Selvagem Big Abreu
| note2           = You Stole My Heart
| length2         = 2:09
| title3          = O Sincero
| lyrics3         = Leandro Verdeal, Léo Jaime, Selvagem Big Abreu
| note3           = Sincere Guy
| length3         = 3:06
| title4          = Edmundo
| lyrics4         = [[Aloísio de Oliveira]]
| length4         = 2:36
| title5          = O Kaos (A Dança)
| lyrics5         = Leandro Verdeal
| note5           = The [[Chaos (cosmogony)|Kaos]] [The Dance]
| length5         = 2:00
| title6          = Psicodelismo em Ipanema
| lyrics6         = Leandro Verdeal
| note6           = [[Psychedelia]] in [[Ipanema]]
| length6         = 2:26
| title7          = O Ursinho
| lyrics7         = Léo Jaime
| note7           = Teddy Bear
| length7         = 2:32
| title8          = Menina Fútil
| lyrics8         = Leandro Verdeal, Léo Jaime
| note8           = Futile Girl
| length8         = 4:45
| title9          = Calúnias (Telma, Eu Não Sou Gay)
| lyrics9         = Leandro Verdeal, Léo Jaime, Selvagem Big Abreu
| note9           = Lies [Telma, I'm Not Gay] — feat. [[Ney Matogrosso]]
| length9         = 3:36
| title10         = Keki Rolou
| lyrics10        = Léo Jaime, Tavinho Paes
| note10          = Whazzup
| length10        = 2:17
}}
==Personnel==
;João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados
* Selvagem Big Abreu (Sérgio Ricardo Abreu) — vocals, electric guitar
* Avellar Love (Luís Carlos de Avellar Júnior) — vocals, bass
* Bob Gallo (Marcelo Ferreira Knudsen) — vocals, drums
* [[Léo Jaime]] — electric guitar
* Cláudio Killer — keyboards
;Guest musicians
* [[Lulu Santos]] — guitars in "M", "O Ursinho" and "Psicodelismo em Ipanema"
* [[Ney Matogrosso]] — additional vocals in "Calúnias"
* [[Chacrinha]] — voice in "Edmundo"
* [[Léo Gandelman]] — sax in "Calúnias"
* [[Cleberson Horsth]] — synth programming
;Miscellaneous staff
* Ronaldo Bastos — production
* Eduardo Ramalho — mixing
* Léo Jaime — musical direction
==References==
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