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{{Infobox album
| name       = Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Titãs]]
| cover      = Capa_7.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 1991
| recorded   = June–July 1991 at a home studio in [[Carapicuíba]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], Brazil
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]], [[punk rock]], [[grunge]]
| length     = 38:38
| label      = [[Warner Music Group|WEA]]
| producer   = [[Titãs]]
| prev_title = [[Õ Blésq Blom]]
| prev_year  = 1989
| next_title = [[Titanomaquia]]
| next_year  = 1993
}}
'''''Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora''''' (''Everything at the Same Time Now'') is the sixth album by [[Brazilian rock]] band [[Titãs]], released on 23 September 1991<ref name="folhaTAMTA">{{cite journal|last=Carvalho |first=Mario Cesar |title=Titãs usam a escatologia em manifesto de reinvenção |journal=[[Folha de S.Paulo]] |date=22 September 1991 |issue=11459 |pages=5 |url=https://acervo.folha.com.br/leitor.do?numero=11459&keyword=%22saia+de+mim%22&anchor=4096421&origem=busca&originURL=&pd=c622c3d68563fa772c794ab764a2385b |access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref> via Warner and produced by the band itself,<ref name="OESPcri">{{cite journal|last=Plasse |first=Marcel |title=Titãs no rumo do anti-sucesso |journal=[[O Estado de S. Paulo]] |publisher=[[Grupo Estado]] |date=24 September 1991 |volume=35773 |pages=Caderno 2, página 66 |url=https://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19910924-35773-nac-0066-cd2-4-not/busca/Tudo+Tempo+Agora |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> which also, for the first time, is credited as a whole for the songwriting and arrangements, instead of crediting individual members.<ref name="folhaTAMTA"/><ref name="ogloboTAMTA">{{cite journal|title=O soco mais pesado dos Titãs |journal=[[O Globo]] |publisher=[[Grupo Globo]] |date=18 August 1991 |issue=21088 |pages=Segundo Caderno, página 14 |url=https://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/busca/?tipoConteudo=pagina&pagina=2&ordenacaoData=dataAscendente&allwords=tudo+ao+mesmo+tempo+agora&anyword=&noword=&exactword= |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref>
It is also their last album to feature vocalist [[Arnaldo Antunes]], who left the group the year after.<ref name="oglobo30">{{cite web|last1=Reis|first1=Luiz Felipe|last2=Lichote|first2=Leonardo|title=Peça e livro celebram os 30 anos de 'Cabeça dinossauro', dos Titãs|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/peca-livro-celebram-os-30-anos-de-cabeca-dinossauro-dos-titas-20317034|website=[[O Globo]]|publisher=[[Grupo Globo]]|accessdate=21 June 2017|location=[[Rio de Janeiro]]|language=Portuguese|date=20 October 2016}}</ref> It marks another musical shift for the band, which now returned to a more straightforward rock with aggressive and even [[Scatology|scatological]] lyrics, as in "Isso Para Mim É Perfume" and "Saia de Mim".<ref name="oglobo30"/> Due to such lyrics, the album did not immediately please critics nor fans, who showed little enthusiasm towards it.<ref name="OESPmoleque">{{cite journal|last=Garcia |first=Lauro Lisboa |title=Titãs passam a bola para Moleque de Rua |journal=[[O Estado de S. Paulo]] |publisher=[[Grupo Estado]] |date=12 March 1992 |volume=35939 |pages=Caderno 2, página 63 |url=https://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19920312-35939-nac-0063-cd2-1-not/busca/Tudo+Tempo+Agora |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
== Production ==
=== Context and recordings ===
The album came after a fruitful period for the band, which had released the successful ''[[Õ Blésq Blom]]'' and returned from a performance at the second edition of [[Rock in Rio]].<ref name="JBvisceras">{{cite journal|last=Rodrigues |first=Aponean |title=As vísceras dos Titãs |journal=[[Jornal do Brasil]] |date=25 September 1991 |issue=Ano C Nº 170 |pages=43 (pdf) / Caderno B, página 8 (original) |url=http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/030015/per030015_1991_00170.pdf |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref>
After rehearsing at guitarist [[Marcelo Fromer]]'s house, the band gathered between June and July 1991 in an improvised studio on Invernada Street, in [[Granja Viana]] (western [[Greater São Paulo]]) to record the album "live" and semi-professionally.<ref name="OESPcri"/><ref name="ogloboTAMTA"/><ref name="JBvisceras"/>
Drummer [[Charles Gavin]] compared using a house (instead of a professional studio) to record the album to similar experiences by [[Deep Purple]] and [[the Rolling Stones]], who have recorded, respectively, in a castle and in hotel rooms.<ref name="JBvisceras"/>
=== Lyrics ===
According to vocalist and bassist [[Nando Reis]], the decision to credit the whole band for the songwriting was not consensual. He himself says he would have done it differently, and he also believes this may have contributed to Antunes leaving the band later.<ref name="NR50fatosT4"/> However, Reis believes it is possible to identify each author's "touch" in the songs, such as Antunes on "Uma Coisa de Cada Vez" and keyboardist/vocalist [[Sérgio Britto]] on "O Fácil É o Certo".<ref name="NR50fatosT4"/>
The track "Flat Cemitério Apartamento" originally contained a verse which questioned: "What if [[Knorr (brand)|Knorr]] released a rabbit-flavored dehydrated broth with new seasonings?". "Clitóris", according to its author Reis, is a manifestation of his habit of creating associations between symbols of the Church and body parts (in this case, he rhymes "[[Clitoris|clitóris]]" (klitˈɔɾiʃ) with "[[Misericord|genuflexório]]" (ʒenufleksˈɔɾju). "Isso Para Mim É Perfume" was created by Reis to express that when two people love each other deeply, they are willing to share all their intimacies, including defecation, which explains its chorus, which says: "Amor, eu quero te ver cagar" (Honey, I want to see you shit".<ref name="NR50fatosT4"/>
=== Cover===
The album cover was designed by artist [[Fernando Zarif]], using images from the [[Barsa (encyclopedia)|''Barsa'' encyclopedia]]. the booklet features radiographic images of members making poses<ref name="JBvisceras"/> (namely vocalists Antunes, [[Paulo Miklos]] and [[Branco Mello]]<ref name="NR50fatosT4">{{Cite video|date= 14 April 2021 | title= Nando Reis - 41 fatos sobre os Titãs (Parte IV): Tudo ao Mesmo Tempo Agora |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su7QvF2In44  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Su7QvF2In44 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|access-date= 10 August 2021|time= 7:24-11:11 (letras), 15:10-15:40 (autoria das faixas), 15:40-16:38 (a "mão" de cada membro), 17:32-18:05 (encarte), 19:04-21:24 (relação com a imprensa), 22:37-23:44 (público)|publisher= [[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>) obtained at Miklos's father's dentist clinic in downtown São Paulo.<ref name="NR50fatosT4"/>
== Release and promotion ==
According to Reis, the band released the album shortly before its promotional tour and they didn't hold any press conferences to discuss the new effort with journalists. According to him, the band decided to do so because they were disappointed with what they saw as "superficial" analysis of their previous output, which, still according to them, derived from reporters' hurry to publish [[Scoop (news)|scoops]]. However, he thinks this silence backfired and caused the press to see it as a mere sign of arrogance, which raised tensions between the band and the journalists.<ref name="NR50fatosT4"/>
The album was released at an initial price of [[Brazilian cruzeiro (1990–1993)|Cr$]] 3,500.00-4,500.00.<ref name="folhaTAMTA"/><ref name="OESPcri"/> Despite the poor critical reception, it was among the best-selling albums of the second week of October, according to a research by InformEstado (from ''[[O Estado de S. Paulo]]'') losing only to three international releases (''[[Use Your Illusion I]]'' and ''[[Use Your Illusion II|II]]'', by [[Guns N' Roses]], and ''[[Slave to the Grind]]'', by [[Skid Row]]).<ref name="OESPvenda">{{cite journal|title=Rock pesado é o preferido |journal=[[O Estado de S. Paulo]] |publisher=[[Grupo Estado]] |date=1 December 1991 |volume=35837 |pages=Estadinho, página 143 |url=https://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19911201-35837-nac-0143-est-3-not/busca/Tudo+Tempo+Agora |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
As part of the album's promotional efforts, [[MTV]] aired on 29 September 1991 a 30-minute special homonymous to the album, produced by [[Conspiração Filmes]] and directed by [[Arthur Fontes]] and [[Lula Buarque]]. The special featured images of the album's creation, alternating with making-of images and testimonials of the members.<ref name="ogloboTAMTA"/><ref name="OESPdocu">{{cite journal|last=Joe |first=Jimi |title=Especial mostra criação do novo disco dos Titãs |journal=[[O Estado de S. Paulo]] |publisher=[[Grupo Estado]] |date=29 September 1991 |volume=35778 |pages=Caderno 2, página 151 |url=https://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19910929-35778-nac-0151-cd2-7-not/busca/Tudo+Tempo+Agora |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="JBespecial">{{cite journal|title=Titãs mostram novo LP na MTV |journal=[[Jornal do Brasil]] |date=29 September 1991 |issue=Ano C Nº 171 |pages=132 (pdf) / TV Programa 11 (original) |url=http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/030015/per030015_1991_00174.pdf |access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>
A video for "Saia de Mim" was going to be aired on [[TV Globo]]'s ''[[Fantástico]]'', but was ultimately aborted due to its scatological lyrics.<ref name="folhaTAMTA"/><ref name="OESPcri"/>
In 2021, Reis said that, during a show of the band in the countryside of São Paulo state, one member of the audience threw a dead rabbit onto the stage. The shocking image was, for him, representative of the public shift the band would witness as they changed their sound for a more aggressive one.<ref name="NR50fatosT4"/>
== Reception ==
=== Critical reception ===
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r680282|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[O Estado de S. Paulo]]''
| rev2Score = unfavorable<ref name="OESPcri"/>
| rev3      = ''[[Jornal do Brasil]]''
| rev3Score = mixed<ref name="JBvisceras"/>
}}
Writing for ''[[O Estado de S. Paulo]]'', Marcel Plasse considered it the worst post-''[[Cabeça Dinossauro]]'' Titãs album. He praised the instrumental parts, which he called a "cocktail of [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[The Doors|Doors]], [[Faith No More]], [[Bad Brains]], [[U2]] and [[Punk in Brazil|Brazilian punk]]". However, he said vocals were too clean and resulted in a "disaster mix". He also criticized the lyrics, pointing them as repetitive (he even counted how many times certain words were repeated throughout every track) and associating them with [[Concrete poetry|concretism]], a movement that he dismissed as "foolishness".<ref name="OESPcri"/>
On ''[[Jornal do Brasil]]'', Aponean Rodrigues praised the heavy instrumental parts, saying that "the guitars stand out in dense layers with discret keyboard parts in the background, and the drums have a led zeppelinian presence as it pleases Gavin". For him, that could be an attempt to reach a [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] market in which fellow Brazilian bands [[Sepultura]] and [[Viper (band)|Viper]] were already venturing themselves. On the other hand, he said "the lyrics of the other songs form a chain of sentences that give the impression that they were imagined solely to follow the songs. It wouldn't make much of a difference if they had been randomly mixed. The result of automatic writing would be perhaps better".<ref name="JBvisceras"/>
Also on ''Jornal do Brasil'', in the "Em Questão" section, Jamari França praised the album's heaviness and originality, electing it as the only album (aside from ''Zé Ninguém'', by [[Biquíni Cavadão]]) from that time that "cause a stir". However, he criticized the lyrics, which he considered excessively scatological and similar to mere sketches. In the same section, David Trompowsky used the lyrics to ironically criticize the band, saying the album is "perfect" for people who believe "the easy thing is the right thing" (a pun on the track "O Fácil É o Certo', which translates as "the easy thing is the right thing") and that the band was very honest when they said "Eu não sei fazer música/Mas eu faço/Eu não sei cantar as músicas que faço/Mas eu canto" (verses from "Eu Não Sei Fazer Música" which translate as "I can't write music/But I do it/I can't sing the songs I write/But I do it"). He also said the album is adequate for people who believe rock is "a genre that dispenses with harmony, melody and fairly good vocals".<ref name="JBodeq">{{cite journal|first1 = Jamari|last1 = França |first2= David |last2=  Trombowski |title=O incômodo rascunho dos Titãs / De nada a nada, muito obrigado |journal=[[Jornal do Brasil]] |date=11 October 1991 |issue=Ano C Nº 186 |pages=43 (pdf) / 5 (original) |url=http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/030015/per030015_1991_00186.pdf |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref>
Readers of the newspaper elected the album the second best of 1991 (second to ''[[Mais (album)|Mais]]'', by [[Marisa Monte]]), besides electing the group as the third best Brazilian band (behind [[Legião Urbana]] and [[Os Paralamas do Sucesso]]).<ref name="JBdiretasm">{{cite journal|title=Os eleitos das urnas |journal=[[Jornal do Brasil]] |date=23 February 1992 |issue=Ano CI Nº 319 |pages=83 (pdf) |url=http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/030015/per030015_1992_00319.pdf |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref>
In a review of a show by the band in 1992, critic Jeferson de Souza said the album's songs worked better live than in studio.<ref name="OESPshow">{{cite journal|last=Souza |first=Jeferson de|title=Moleque e Titãs massacram |journal=[[O Estado de S. Paulo]] |publisher=[[Grupo Estado]] |date=14 March 1992 |volume=35941 |pages=Caderno 2, página 54 |url=https://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19920314-35941-nac-0054-cd2-2-not/busca/Tudo+Tempo+Agora |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref>
=== Commercial reception ===
By the end of the album's tour, little over a year after its release, it had already sold 120,000 copies.<ref name="JBvendas">{{cite journal|last=Moraes |first=Denise |title=Titãs fecham turnê com munição extra |journal=[[Jornal do Brasil]] |date=18 October 1992 |issue=Ano CII Nº 193 |pages=47 (pdf) / Caderno B, página 3 (original) |url=http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/030015/per030015_1992_00193.pdf |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{track listing
| extra_column    = Lead vocals
| all_music       = Titãs
| title1          = Clitóris
| note1           = Clitoris
| extra1          = [[Paulo Miklos]]
| length1         = 3:48
| title2          = O Fácil é o Certo
| note2           = The Easy Thing is the Right Thing
| length2         = 2:13
| extra2          = [[Sérgio Britto]]
| title3          = Filantrópico
| note3           = Philanthropic
| extra3          = [[Branco Mello]]
| length3         = 2:28
| title4          = Cabeça
| note4           = Head
| extra4          = Miklos
| length4         = 2:06
| title5          = Já
| note5           = Ever{{efn|name=ja|Could be translated as "now" or "already", but given the context of the lyrics, the most accurate translation to English is "ever", as in "Have you ever done this?".}}
| extra5          = [[Arnaldo Antunes]]
| length5         = 2:13
| title6          = Eu Vezes Eu
| note6           = Me Times Me
| extra6          = Britto
| length6         = 2:47
| title7          = Isso Para Mim é Perfume
| note7           = This Is Perfume to Me
| extra7          = [[Nando Reis]]
| length7         = 3:18
| title8          = Saia de Mim
| note8           = Get Out of Me
| extra8          = Antunes
| length8         = 3:10
| title9          = Flat – Cemitério – Apartamento
| note9           = Flat – Cemetery – Apartment
| extra9          = Mello
| length9         = 1:36
| title10         = Agora
| note10          = Now
| extra10         = Miklos
| length10        = 2:34
| title11         = Não é Por Não Falar
| note11          = It's Not for Not Talking
| extra11         = Britto
| length11        = 2:31
| title12         = Obrigado
| note12          = Thank You
| extra12         = Reis
| length12        = 1:06
| title13         = Se Você Está Aqui
| note13          = If You Are Here
| extra13         = Reis
| length13        = 2:52
| title14         = Eu Não Sei Fazer Música
| note14          = I Don't Know How to Make Music
| extra14         = Mello
| length14        = 2:50
| title15         = Uma Coisa de Cada Vez
| note15          = One Thing at a Time
| extra15         = Antunes
| length15        = 3:16
}}
== Personnel ==
* [[Arnaldo Antunes]] – [[Singing|lead vocals]] on tracks 5, 8 and 15, [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]], [[guitar]]
* [[Branco Mello]] – lead vocals on tracks 3, 9, and 14, backing vocals
* [[Nando Reis]] – [[bass guitar|Bass]], lead vocals on tracks 7, 12 and 13
* [[Paulo Miklos]] – [[Electronic keyboard|keyboards]], lead vocals on tracks 1, 4 and 10, backing vocals
* [[Sérgio Britto]] – keyboards, lead vocals on tracks 2, 6 and 11, backing vocals
* [[Marcelo Fromer]] – [[rhythm Guitar]], [[lead guitar]]
* [[Tony Bellotto]] – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
* [[Charles Gavin]] – [[Drum kit|drums]] and [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
== Notes ==
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== References ==
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