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A Foreign Sound
On this new studio CD, Brazilian composer/singer/author Caetano Veloso reinterprets classic and contemporary American pop songs. Veloso's feathery, Miles Davis-like, Portuguese-inflected vocals negotiate the English language with silken skill with a 28-piece orchestra led by his long-time arranger, cellist Jaques Morelenbaum--featuring Carlinhos Brown on percussion and Veloso's gifted son Moreno on guitar--over Afro-bossa rhythms and spacey, echoplexed synth/guitar strains. Veloso sings the melody straight on the stunning string-accompanied "Feelings," and on a brave a capella reading of Cole Porter's "Love For Sale." But the fun begins when he reggae-fies Bob Dylan's "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)," sings "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" with boppish sax lines and offers a twangy take on Kurt Cobain's "Come as You Are." From Stevie Wonder's "If It's Magic" to Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" and Arto Lindsey's edgy "Detached," Veloso shows that he's a master of sonic subversion. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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Tracks| 1 | The Carioca | | 2 | So In Love | | 3 | I Only Have Eyes For You | | 4 | Always | | 5 | Come As You Are | | 6 | Feelings | | 7 | Love For Sale | | 8 | The Man I Love | | 9 | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | | 10 | Cry Me A River | | 11 | Jamaica Farewell | | 12 | Nature Boy | | 13 | (Nothing But) Flowers | | 14 | Manhattan | | 15 | Diana | | 16 | It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) | | 17 | Love Me Tender | | 18 | Body And Soul | | 19 | If It's Magic | | 20 | Detached | | 21 | Something Good | | 22 | Blue Skies |
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