La Liberación is Brazilian band CSS's third studio album. It is their last album with guitarist Adriano Cintra, who left the band in November 2011.

La Liberación
Studio album by
Released22 August 2011
StudioSão Paulo, Brazil
LabelCooperative Music
ProducerAdriano Cintra
CSS chronology
Donkey
(2008)
La Liberación
(2011)
Planta
(2013)
Singles from La Liberación
  1. "Hits Me Like a Rock"
    Released: 15 August 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Club Fonograma60/100[3]
The Guardian[4]
NME[5]
Pitchfork5.2/10[6]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Adriano Cintra/Lovefoxxx, unless noted otherwise.

  1. "I Love You" – 3:48
  2. "Hits Me Like a Rock" (featuring Bobby Gillespie) – 3:37
  3. "City Grrrl" (featuring Ssion) (Adriano Cintra/Lovefoxxx/Cody Critcheloe) – 4:24
  4. "Echo of Love" (Cintra/Lovefoxxx/Ana Anjos) – 3:47
  5. "You Could Have It All" – 3:45
  6. "La Liberación" (Cintra) – 2:13
  7. "Partners in Crime" (featuring Mike Garson) – 4:12
  8. "Ruby Eyes" – 2:46
  9. "Rhythm to the Rebels" – 3:37
  10. "Red Alert" (featuring Ratatat) – 3:28
  11. "Fuck Everything" (Lovefoxxx/Carolina Parra) – 5:32
iTunes Europe bonus track[7]
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12."Yolanda"3:19
Amazon Europe digital bonus track[8]
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12."Knees"3:41
Japanese bonus tracks[9]
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12."Tutti Frutti Fake"3:17
13."Cats"3:17
Japanese digital bonus track[10]
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14."I Couldn't Care Less"3:30

Singles

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The first single is "Hits Me Like a Rock", which features Primal Scream singer Bobby Gillespie.

Personnel

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  • Ana Anjos – group member, lyricist
  • Adriano Cintra – group member, composer, lyricist, producer, engineer, mixer
  • Cody Critcheloe – vocals, lyricist
  • Hana Dayies – photography
  • Mike Garson – piano
  • Bobby Gillespie – vocals
  • Nahor Gomes – trumpet
  • Hélio Leite – assistant mixer
  • Lovefoxxx – group member, lyricist, artwork, handwriting, layout
  • Tuco Marcondes – acoustic guitar
  • Carolina Parra – group member, composer, mixer
  • Ronaldão – assistant mixer
  • Luiza Sá – group member, photography
  • Rodrigo Sanches – acoustic drums, engineer, mixer

Charts

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Chart performance for La Liberación
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11] 50
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 180

References

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  1. ^ "La Liberacion by CSS". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ "La Liberación - CSS - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ "CSS - La Liberación". Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ Fox, Killian (20 August 2011). "CSS: La Liberación – review". The Observer. Retrieved 3 October 2016 – via The Guardian.
  5. ^ "Album Review: CSS - 'Liberation'". NME. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. ^ "CSS: La Liberación Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ La Liberación at iTunes Store UK.
  8. ^ ASIN B005FB4OMY, La Liberación
  9. ^ "シーエスエス/ラ・リベラシオン 山野楽器 - Yahoo!ショッピング". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  10. ^ La Liberación preorder at iTunes Store Japan.
  11. ^ "CSSのランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Chart Log UK – Update 3.09.2011". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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