La Liberación

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 CSS
Released	22 August 2011
Recorded	São Paulo, Brazil
Genre	Indie rock, synthpop
Label	Cooperative Music
Producer	Adriano Cintra
CSS chronology
Donkey (2008) La Liberación (2011) Planta (2013)
Singles from La Liberación
"Hits Me Like a Rock" Released: 15 August 2011

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Club Fonograma	(60/100)[3]
The Guardian	[4]
NME	[5]
Pitchfork Media	(5.2/10)[6]

Track listing

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" (Adriano Cintra/Lovefoxxx/Ana Anjos) — 3:47
5. "You Could Have It All" — 3:45
6. "La Liberación" (Adriano 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]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Yolanda"	3:19

Amazon Europe digital bonus track[8]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Knees"	3:41

Japanese bonus tracks[9]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Tutti Frutti Fake"	3:17
13.	"Cats"	3:17

Japanese digital bonus track[10]

No.	Title	Length
14.	"I Couldn't Care Less"	3:30

Singles

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

Personnel

• 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

External links

• https://www.nme.com/news/css/56944
• http://csshurtssuxxx.blogspot.com/2011/04/so-you-probably-already-know-this-but.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20121021171249/http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=140&title=css_la_liberacion_first_listen&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

References

1. "La Liberacion by CSS". 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". Retrieved 3 October 2016 – via The Guardian.
5. NME.COM. "Album Review: CSS - 'Liberation' - NME.COM". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
6. "CSS: La Liberación Album Review - Pitchfork". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
7. La Liberación at iTunes Store UK.
8. ASIN B005FB4OMY, La Liberación
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-08-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
10. La Liberación preorder at iTunes Store Japan.