"Vento no Litoral" and "Celeste", which would later become "Soul Parsifal", are the only ones from the repertoire of Legião Urbana, the band in which Russo sang and played.

The first track, "Like a Lover", a duet with Fernanda Takai (Pato Fu), was released as a single and is an English-language version of "O Cantador" (The Singer), a song by Sérgio Mendes composed by Dori Caymmi and Nelson Motta.

[15] "Celeste" was recorded in 1993 during pre-production of the album Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão, by Marisa Monte,[10][5][12] and during a break from The Stonewall Celebration Concert sessions.

The final version involved musicians such as Fred Nascimento (guitar), Gian Fabra (bass) and Cesinha (drums), among others.

[12] Monte used her own voice to outline a string arrangement that was later written by violinist Pedro Mibielli, who performed it along with cellist Hugo Pilger.

[14] Caetano Veloso went to studio to record his part for "Change Partners" (also produced by Magalhães[10]) while Laura Pausini received a file with Russo's voice via internet and, after two days, she returned the material with her contributions.

[9] "Esquadros" and "Só Louco" (respectively co-sung by Adriana Calcanhotto and Dorival Caymmi; Russo was a big fan of the latter[18])) were extracted from a television program by José Maurício Machline titled Por Acaso[5][9][18] and aired in 1994.

"Mais Uma Vez", "A Carta", "A Cruz e a Espada", "Cathedral Song / Catedral" and "Summertime" were featured on Presente[18] and also in albums by some of the involved artists.