Track Listing

1. Tive Razao
2. Mania De Peitao
3. Chatterton
4. Fiore De La Citta
5. Bem Querer
6. Don't
7. Sao Gonca
8. Bola De Meia
9. Una Mujer
10. Eu Sou Favela
11. Mania De Peitao* (Remix)
12. Tive Razao* (Remix)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78776 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
Japanese pressing of the world music star's 2005 album. Col.

Amazon.com
Seu Jorge is a voice straight out of the favelas, Rio de Janeiro's notoriously violent slums where grinding poverty and desperation exist side-by-side with a musical hotbed. Once a homeless street child, he broke into the big time in the 2002 film, City Of God, an unsparingly frank look at life and death in the old neighborhood. Then he was prominently featured on the soundtrack to director Wes Anderson's comedy The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, where he put a whole new spin on vintage David Bowie songs. On Cru (Raw), Jorge is in his element, alternately growling or crooning amid acoustic guitars, harp-like cavaquihnos and shrieking, whining cuicas (friction percussion played with an oil-soaked rag). He remains confrontational, whether delivering a political rant (Eu Sou Favela), expressing disgust over the ubiquity of grotesquely huge breast implants (Mania De Peitão), or applying hip-hop to carnival percussion (Bem Querer). The set is rounded out with covers of Don't, a Lieber and Stoller tune that was a hit for Elvis Presley, and Chatterton, from the lethal pen of the late French singer-composer-agent provocateur Serge Gainsbourg. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews

Seu Jorge's Sophomore Album (4.5 stars)
From the first notes of the cavaquinho on "Tive Razao," you may realize there's a lot more to Seu Jorge, than his whispered versions of vintage Bowie tunes in "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" soundtrack, and by the time you hear his version of "Chatterton" -Serge Gainsbourg's song- you'll be convinced that the breadth of this guy's music is remarkable.

Although, Jorge's arrival in the Brazilian popular music scene is rather recent -discovered, you may say, for his role in 2002's City of God- and this is only his second album, the material included here already shows a singular and mature voice, at ease with honoring Bossa tradition -"Fiore De La Citta" and "Una Mujer"- as well as mixing new sounds -"Bem Querer" or Elvis's old hit "Don't."

This is an intimate album where ballads and memories from his early life in a Favela -the name given to the poor neighborhoods you'll find in all major Brazilian cities- predominate, and his singing elevates them to small gems, counting "Sao Gonca" and "Bola De Meia" in addition to those mentioned before.

All in all, a gorgeous album that can be considered quiet yet also fierce. I think of Seu Jorge as a young descendant of the Tropicalia movement, perhaps not as groundbreaking musically but just as strong on his commitment to acknowledge Brazil's social ills.

PS: You can find my in-depth review at futurosity.com

Best of 2005: Magical
Like many people, I learned about Seu Jorge through his participation in the music for "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". I found his work interesting, but not particularly engaging. But "Cru" totally got me into his work, head in first. He reminds me of the legendary Brazillians that brought Brazil's contagious music to the forefront of the collective conscience, the likes of Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Chico Buarque. Jumping from laid back to upbeat, from an urban beat to more of a serenade mellow sound, Seu Jorge will capture you with his magical music from the first track of this, one of 2005's best albums.

The new brazilian samba-bossa-cuca-nova star!!!
I bought this album yesterday and i can't stop listening to it. This is just great. His voice is very nice. Seu Jorge can sing soul, bossanova, french and italian songs....Elvis' "Don't" in his voice seems to be the perfect song. After "Life Aquatic O.S.T." Seu Jorge keeps surprising me. I think that he deserves a 5 star rate!!! In portuguese, "acho que TIVE RAZÃO".