Cansei de Ser Sexy is the name of an album by the Brazilian group CSS. It was released on October 9, 2005 by Trama in Brazil, where it reportedly sold 5,000 copies and failed to chart. It was released internationally on July 11, 2006 on the Sub Pop label, and re-released in early 2007 by Warner. A limited edition version of the album had a CD-R included. The purpose of this was that the buyer could burn a copy of the album onto the CD-R to give t...
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Cansei de Ser Sexy is the name of an album by the Brazilian group CSS. It was released on October 9, 2005 by Trama in Brazil, where it reportedly sold 5,000 copies and failed to chart. It was released internationally on July 11, 2006 on the Sub Pop label, and re-released in early 2007 by Warner. A limited edition version of the album had a CD-R included. The purpose of this was that the buyer could burn a copy of the album onto the CD-R to give to someone else as a gift, paying homage to the effects of digital technology upon the dissemination and popularization of music.
The album received mainly positive reviews (it was featured in UNCUT's list of the 50 best records of 2006 at position #18, NME's list of the 50 best records of 2006 at position #5 and Q's list of the 100 best records of 2006 at position #89). Despite the reviews, it failed to chart in the USA. The tracks on the international version were selected from two previous Brazilian releases by the band: the EP CSS SUXXX and...
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