in 1996, "feijão com arroz" was released through sony. this album was much better received by the critics than its predecessor. it is mercury's most well rated album at allmusic, with four and a half stars. as of today, "feijão com arroz" is mercury's second best selling album, behind only "o canto da cidade". it produced the hits "à primeira vista", "nobre vagabundo", "rapunzel" (all number-one hits), "minas com bahia" (which features samuel rosa from skank and was a top-twenty hit) and "feijão de corda" (a top-ten hit).