[3] O Descobrimento do Brasil was the band's first album without Jorge Davidson as artistic manager of EMI-Odeon - he was then working at Sony Music and was replaced by João Augusto.

Vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo particularly wrote some sentences in English, including "You treat us like trash!

Drummer Marcelo Bonfá played the keyboards, while guitarist Dado Villa-Lobos experimented with the dobro and the mandolin and Russo recorded a performance with the sitar.

It depicts the members in a flowery field especially set for the shot, each of them wearing a different attire: Russo is dressed like a medieval knight, Villa-Lobos as a hunter with a mandolin and Bonfá as a peasant.

On the day of the photo sessions, Villa-Lobos had his car and his mandolin stolen in front of the studio and the band had to replace the instrument.

There's also a dedication to the band's touring bassist Tavinho Fialho, who died in a car crash in the year of the album's release.

[1] The album was titled O Descobrimento do Brasil because it came in a time when Russo was recovering from drugs and the other members were optimistic about the future.

[8] "Um Dia Perfeito" reflects the album's optimism and features a child choir composed of Nico and Mimi, Dado's children; and their friends Gabri, Antonio, Rafa, Pedro and Juju.

[13] Legião Urbana's last show happened at Reggae Night, in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo state.