Product Description

Nelly Furtado's debut album is a pop, soul, folk and samba brew and features the top ten hit single 'I'm Like A Bird'. 'Whoa Nelly' has already gone platinum in her native Canada.

Track Listing

1. Hey, Man!
2. ... On The Radio (Remember The Days)
3. Baby Girl
4. Legend
5. I'm Like A Bird
6. Turn Off The Light
7. Trynna Finda Way
8. Party
9. Well, Well
10. My Love Grows Deeper, Part 1
11. I Will Make U Cry
12. Scared Of You
13. Onde Estas
14. I Feel You - Nelly Furtado, Esthero
15. My Love Grows Deeper
16. I'm Like A Bird

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6682 in Music
• Released on: 2001-05-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 66 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Blame it on the bossa nova, but this chick has got soul. By filtering her Portuguese roots through the trip-hop she was weaned on, Nelly Furtado creates a hypnotic form of R&B/alterna-pop that at times sounds like Fiona Apple, Macy Gray, and Gwen Stefani all rolled into a Portishead song. Cutting her teeth at four Lilith Fair dates before even having a record contract, Furtado seems far accelerated beyond her 21 years. Listen and you can hear the Portuguese fado tradition, Brazilian beats, flashy urban rhymes, enough snap-crackle-and-pop to fill your breakfast bowl. Put your ear closer to the speaker, though, and you can sense that this is the sound of a multicultural young woman finding her own identity through all the pop she's been fed. If you are one of those types who likes to sing along to soaring vocals--or one who likes to get hip to a new star before she goes supernova--this is an album to own. --Heidi Sherman

Customer Reviews

light,lively and beautifully sung
I listen to this cd when I want to hear something that's light,lively and beautifully sung.It has the added bonus of sounding original too.
All the tracks are good.I don't know what style of music they represent
or where she gets her inspiration from but she sounds like someone having fun while she's singing.Great stuff.

Whoa, Nelly! is completely an independent album
After listening to `Loose' I thought I take a couple of steps back and listen to her debut album. I first heard Nelly on the radio with "I'm Like a Bird." It was definitely catchy but never bought the album because anyone can write one catchy song. After hearing this album I see that she has managed to create an album all her own and I also understand why she had accumulated so many fans. The cover of this album is very cute because it has this 70's appeal to it.

The first thing I notice in this album is the unique beats and rhythms. The sheer audacity of the album is really what won me over, though. It doesn't pull its punches, and much of it is clearly felt through her voice even though very nasal at times, is often balanced by her own lower, more soulful back-up. She often attaches a 40's jazz style vibrato to the notes she carries to smooth out her meowing.

Her lyrics vary from cut-&-dry to romantically poetic without being overly sentimental, and her accompaniment is touched by every side of the spectrum. There's everything from classical string arrangements, to metallic guitar riffs, with turn-table scratching, bouncing techno synthesizer, and her cultural, acoustic guitar in- between.

The tracks that I've gathered as my favorites are "Legend," "Well, Well", "My Love Grows Deeper Part 1," "I Will Make U Cry," "Scared of You,"(You liked me till you heard my s*** on the radio)", "Baby Girl," and "Turn off The Light." Each expresses strength and life very well. "I Will Make U Cry" as well as "Party" are very emotional songs, filled the rawest of raw feelings and I also love the instrumental introduction on "Hey Man."

This album did not disappoint me. I was very impressed of the uniqueness and originality of her first album. Rather than try to sound like others, she crafted her own style first time out. Nelly Furtado is an artist who obviously has a lot to say and for us to hear.

Go, Nelly!
This is my favourite CD in my collection. Normally after 3 years of endlessly listening to a CD, it gets boring, but this one never has. Bought on the strength of the first two singles, Whoa, Nelly! was the complete opposite to what I expected. Individual and in its own genre, the standout tracks from this CD have to be Legend, Turn Off The Light, Party and I Will Make U Cry. If you haven't got this CD already, why not?! If you're wavering between this one and Nelly's new effort Folklore, go for this one. You won't be disappointed.