Brazilian Girls (album)
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| Studio album by Brazilian Girls | ||||
| Released | February 1, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
| Genre |
Alternative dance Downtempo Electronic Pop | |||
| Length | 53:13 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Frederik Rubens, Brazilian Girls | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.3/10) 4/22/2005 |
| Robert Christgau |  link |
| Rolling Stone | 2/10/2005 |
Brazilian Girls is the first album by Brazilian Girls. It was released on February 1, 2005 by Verve Records. The album mixes a number of different musical styles, from reggae to samba and house to acid jazz, as well as many different languages, as lead singer Sabina Sciubba goes from English to French, Italian, German and Spanish.
The song "Me gustas cuando callas" ("I like you when you're quiet") is based on a poem by Pablo Neruda, from his well-known 1924 collection Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada, and "Die Gedanken sind frei" ("Thoughts Are Free") is a German protest song about the freedom of thought that became popular with the revolutions of 1848. The French song title "Les sirène(s) de la fête" means "the mermaid(s) of the party."
Track listing
All songs written by Brazilian Girls.
- "Homme" – 5:21
- "Don't Stop" – 3:51
- "Lazy Lover" – 4:00
- "Les sirènes de la fête" – 4:46
- "Corner Store" – 4:13
- "Long" – 4:47
- "Pussy" – 4:08
- "Die Gedanken sind frei (Thoughts Are Free)" – 4:28
- "All We Have" – 3:46
- "Dance Till the Morning Sun" – 4:38
- "Me gustas cuando callas" – 5:42
- "Ships in the Night" – 3:29
Personnel
- Sabina Sciubba - Vocals
- Till Behler - Saxophone
- Seamus Blake - Saxophone, background vocals
- Takuya Nakamura - Trumpet, background vocals
- Clark Gayton - Trombone, tuba, background vocals
- Didi Gutman - Keyboards, computers
- Jesse Murphy - Bass
- Aaron Johnston - Drums
- Brian Mitchell - Background vocals
- Kenny Wollesen - Background vocals
- Jason Darling - Background vocals
- Anna Hronopoulos - Background vocals
- Hector Castillo - Background vocals
- Alexandra Douglass - Background vocals
- Heather Blanton - Background vocals
- Carlotta Montealegre - Background vocals
- Shruthi Pinnamaneni - Background vocals
Awards
- #40 - woxy.com's 97 best of 2005
- ArtistDirect One of the best albums of 2005