La Liberación

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)Donkey2008 La Liberación (2011) Planta (2013)Planta2013
Singles from La Liberación
"Hits Me Like a Rock" Released: 15 August 2011

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Club Fonograma	(60/100)
The Guardian
NME
Pitchfork Media	(5.2/10)

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.

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

Amazon Europe digital bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Knees"	3:41

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

Japanese digital bonus track
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

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