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Terra | 
| Artist: Mariza
Label: EMI
Category: Music
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 934
Format: Cd
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099922942326
ASIN: B001AS6AMS
Release Date: June 30, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Ja Me Deixou | | • | Minh'Alma | | • | Rosa Branca | | • | Recurso | | • | Beijo De Saudade | | • | Vozes Do Mar | | • | Fronteira | | • | Alfama | | • | Tasco Da Mouraria | | • | Alma De Vento | | • | Se Eu Mandasse Nas Palavras | | • | As Guitarras | | • | Pequenas Verdades | | • | Morada Aberta |
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| Customer Reviews:
Branching out October 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's taken me a while to fully appreciate this album. At first I found it slightly dull melodically, and lacking a ballad with the same emotive power of her much-loved 'O gente da minha terra'. But it's grown on me, and those songs that have the sad beauty typical of fado music have thoroughly eclipsed the few that don't do it for me. Ten successful tracks out of 14 is pretty good value for money, I reckon.
Technically, it's perfect: Mariza's voice is as pitch-perfect, controlled and expressive as ever, the musicianship and production are superb, and it's more diverse than her previous albums, with some jazzy, laidback trumpet and piano, occasional flamenco influence, and a Cape Verde-style song (featuring Tito Paris, who sounds uncannily like Cesaria Evora, but with an attractive rasp). This diversity has cleverly avoided the danger of 'sameyness' inherent in album after album of music that conforms to a certain style, but isn't extreme enough to lose her fan base. It's a classy album, and a cut above the rest.
Almost The Best Singer In Portugal Today July 16, 2008
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Let me begin by saying, I don't like Mariza's version of "Alfama". As a friend of Amalia Rodrigues and Maria da Fé, I don't like to hear anyone sing Alfama. That said, this new album by Mariza is a fado lover's dream.
Every syllable deliciously prounounced. I first heard "Ja me deixou" last year at Maria's place Senhor Vinho performed by Beatriz de Conceicao, one of the finest fadistas to draw breath, and Mariza equals her. "As guitarras" truly brings a lump to the throat, and "Pequenhas verdade" adds
a new meaning to class. I could go on and on, folks....
JUST BUY THE ALBUM!!!!
Beautiful Fado July 16, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
More beautiful Fado music by the talented Portuguese singer. This is up there with the best of her other albums and is highly recommended. Gets you in the traditional Portuguese state of mind and reminds me of sitting in an old restaurant abroad soaking up the native culture.
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