A Foreign Sound

by Caetano Veloso

A Foreign Sound cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 April 2004
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 1:15:21
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as his very first album sung entirely in English, the Tropic谩lia pioneer offers a highly eclectic collection of American pop and rock covers. He seamlessly reinterprets tracks from Nirvana to Cole Porter, filtering the diverse material through his signature delicate MPB and bossa nova arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: cover, ballad, melodic, orchestral, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Carioca (The Carioca) (3:33)
  2. So In Love (5:31)
  3. Always (3:43)
  4. Come As You Are (4:17)
  5. Feelings (4:33)
  6. Love For Sale (2:38)
  7. The Man I Love (4:10)
  8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (2:38)
  9. Cry Me A River (3:11)
  10. Jamaica Farewell (2:45)
  11. Nature Boy (1:59)
  12. (Nothing But) Flowers (4:21)
  13. Manhattan (3:58)
  14. Diana (3:29)
  15. Summertime (2:33)
  16. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (6:07)
  17. Love Me Tender (3:23)
  18. Body And Soul (3:31)
  19. If It's Magic (3:05)
  20. Detached (1:30)
  21. Something Good (1:39)
  22. Blue Skies (2:47)

Credits

  • Edward Eliscu - written-by
  • Gus Kahn - written-by
  • Vincent Youmans - written-by
  • Cole Porter - written-by
  • Irving Berlin - written-by
  • Kurt Cobain - written-by
  • Louis Gast茅 - written-by
  • Morris Albert - written-by

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