Sunday, June 10, 2007

Nara Leao - Os Meus Amigos Sao um Barato (1977)

Hello, Good Evening! Let's start this lazy Sunday with a beautiful album recorded by Nara Leao for Philips in 1977, a very beautiful initiative with Nara Leao inviting her friends to studio and recording each track with one of them, making duets.

Ths is Nara Leao - Os Meus Amigos Sao um Barato (1977), for Philips, Nara invites her friends to studio and tracks an album with duets. The highlight goes to Joao e Maria (Chico Buarque / Sivuca) truly beautiful tune with Nara vocals blending very nice with Chico Buarque de Hollanda singing and a pretty unknown rendition of Fotografia (Antonio Carlos Jobim) with Jobim singing with Nara Leao and playing piano. Sivuca has also a major participation, playing accordion of some tracks and making arrangements of the nice Joao e Maria. Tracks include:

Os Amigos de Nara Leao (Nara's Special Guests)

Gilberto Gil
Caetano Veloso
Erasmo Carlos
Dominguinhos
Edu Lobo
Nelson Rufino
Chico Buarque de Hollanda
Joao Donato
Roberto Menescal
Carlos Lyra
Antonio Carlos Jobim

Track List

01 - Sarará Miolo (Gilberto Gil) - GILBERTO GIL
02 - Odara (Caetano Veloso) - CAETANO VELOSO
03 - Meu Ego (Roberto Carlos / Erasmo Carlos) - ERASMO CARLOS
04 - Chegando de Mansinho (Dominguinhos / Anastácia) - DOMINGUINHOS
05 - Repente (Edu Lobo / Capinan) - EDU LOBO
06 - Nonó (Nelson Rufino) - NELSON RUFINO
07 - João e Maria (Chico Buarque / Sivuca) - CHICO BUARQUE
08 - Amazonas (João Donato / Lysias Ênio) - JOÃO DONATO
09 - Flash Back (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli) - ROBERTO MENESCAL
10 - Cara Bonita (Carlos Lyra) - CARLOS LYRA
11 - Fotografia (Tom Jobim) - TOM JOBIM

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