Skylab IV

This article is about the 2003 album by Rogério Skylab. For the NASA SL-4 mission, see Skylab 4. For the NASA SLM-4 mission, see Skylab 5. For other uses, see Skylab Four (disambiguation).

Skylab IV is the fourth studio album by the Brazilian musician Rogério Skylab, the fourth in his series of ten eponymous, numbered albums. Self-released in 2003,^[1] it was the musician's first album to be recorded live without an audience – a trend which would continue for his subsequent studio releases. A music video for the track "Parafuso na Cabeça" came out in the same year, also the first-ever music video of his career; it was directed by Gustavo Caldas.^[2] A second music video, for "Mictório", was released on February 24, 2025,^[3] and on March 15 the song was re-issued as a stand-alone single.^[4] The boy depicted in the album's cover is Skylab's nephew, as he would state in a later interview with Jô Soares.

Skylab IV
Studio album by Rogério Skylab
Released	2003
Recorded	January 2003
Studio	Estúdio Rock House
Genre	Experimental rock art rock noise rock samba rock MPB
Length	48:12 (original release) 55:06 (with bonus tracks)
Label	Self-released
Producer	Rogério Skylab
Rogério Skylab chronology
Skylab III (2002) Skylab IV (2003) Skylab V (2004)

The album can be downloaded for free on Skylab's official website. The digital download version comes with the bonus tracks "Câncer no Cu" and "Chico Xavier & Roberto Carlos"; Skylab himself, "in an example of 'self-censorship'",^[5] omitted them from the original physical release for considering them too controversial, even for his standards.^[6]

A live recording of "Música para Paralítico" appeared on Skylab's 2009 live album Skylab IX under the alternate title "Porrada na Cabeça". The reasons for the title change are unknown.

Critical reception

Website La Cumbuca included Skylab IV in 42nd place in its list of the Top 200 Brazilian Albums of the 2000s. Skylab II, V and VII were also featured on the list, in 24th, 71st and 110th place, respectively.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rogério Skylab.

No.	Title	English title	Length
1.	"IML"		2:57
2.	"Arrebentados"	Trashed	4:00
3.	"O Meu Pau Fica Duro"	My Dick Gets Hard	2:59
4.	"Puta"	Whore	1:25
5.	"Música para Paralítico"	Music for Cripples	1:33
6.	"Eu Quero Saber Quem Matou"	I Want to Know Who Killed	2:39
7.	"Parafuso na Cabeça"	Screw in the Head	4:11
8.	"Bunda Suja"	Dirty Butt	3:12
9.	"Um Carro"	A Car	4:06
10.	"Ninguém"	Nobody	2:44
11.	"Lava as Mãos"	Wash Your Hands	4:50
12.	"Mictório"	Urinal	3:29
13.	"Eu Esporro"	I Cum	3:16
14.	"Desarmônica"	Disharmonic	4:48
15.	"Por Dentro, por Fora"	Inside, Outside	1:55

Digital download version bonus tracks

No.	Title	English title	Length
16.	"Câncer no Cu"	Ass Cancer	3:10
17.	"Chico Xavier & Roberto Carlos"		3:44

Personnel

• Rogério Skylab – vocals, production
• Thiago Amorim – electric guitar
• Rodrigo Saci – bass guitar
• Bruno Vieira – drums
• Alexandre Guichard – classical guitar
• Luiz Tornaghi – mastering
• Solange Venturi – photography
• Luísa Bousada – cover art