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Livro

Livro
Caetano Veloso

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Track Listing

  1. Ospassistas
  2. Livros
  3. Onde O Rio E Mais Baiano
  4. Manhata
  5. Doideca
  6. Voce E Minha
  7. Umtom
  8. How Beautiful Could A Being Be
  9. O Navio Negreiro
  10. Nao Enche
  11. Minha Voz
  12. Minha Vida
  13. Alexandre
  14. Na Baixa Do Sapateiro
  15. Pra Ninguem

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #172094 in Music
  • Released on: 1999-10-01
  • Number of discs: 1

Editorial Reviews

CD Description
Sometimes called the Bob Dylan of Brazil, Caetano Veloso, along with Gilberto Gil and Os Mutantes, was one of the key figures of the late-'60s tropicalismo movement. He has been astonishingly prolific ever since. To compare him to another famous North American, only Neil Young can match Veloso's combination of output and high quality over the years.
His latest stateside release, LIVRO, is no exception to this happy trend. Less aggressively avant-garde than the Arto Lindsay-produced OS ESTRANGEIRO of a decade prior, the mainly acoustic LIVRO represents a return to Veloso's neo-bossa nova roots. Actually, the facile comparison with Dylan breaks down given the fact that, unlike his bossa nova mentors Tom Jobimand poet/lyricist Vinicius de Moraes, the mellifluous-voiced Velsoso was never much of a croaker. Throughout LIVRO, especially on songs like "Voce E Minha" and "Manhata", Veloso simply aims for the sheer beauty of sound and melody. He is too sophisticated and creative to ever sound saccharine in this quest, a danger that his more rock-oriented compatriot Gil never risked. Along with recent albums by Tom Ze and Veloso's sideman Vinicius Cantuaria, the gentle, complex LIVRO isa perfect introduction to modern Brazilian music.

Customer Reviews

it's not English and boy does it speak5
It's hard to describe just how overlooked Veloso is. I'm sure if he'd based himself in the English speaking world he would be side by side with the English speaking greats. Take this album, Livro. What you get is more ideas and passion in any one of the tracks than any Artic Monkeys or White Stripes or modern-day Neil Young. And boy can this man sing. Naturally. No indie squeal or r&b falseness. The bottom line is if you want to listen to music, real music, then Veloso is your man.

Bogdan Tiganov - author of The Wooden Tongue Speaks- Romanians: Contradictions & Realities