| Misia / Ritual |
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| Album: | Ritual | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Misia | Added: | Aug 2002 | |
| Label: | Erato | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2002-11-18 | Pull Date: | 2003-01-20 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jan 19 | Jan 12 | Dec 8 | Dec 1 | Nov 24 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 14, 2003: | At the Cafe Bohemian Formiga | 4. | Dec 03, 2002: | No Cover, No Minimum Duas Luas | |
| 2. | Jan 07, 2003: | At the Cafe Bohemian Duas Luas | 5. | Dec 02, 2002: | This is What 15 Years of Radio Have Done to Me Misterio Lunar, Cor De Lua | |
| 3. | Dec 03, 2002: | At the Cafe Bohemian Formiga | 6. | Nov 26, 2002: | At the Cafe Bohemian Formiga |
| Album Review |
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| Mirchi Reviewed 2003-01-11 | ||
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Artist name – Misia Album name – Ritual Label – Erato Think the blues but sung in Portuguese - Fado in Portuguese means Fate and the music is lyrical, sentimental and almost a lament. Very simple melodies, Misia’s very strong (and mournful) voice is accompanied by bass, acoustic and Portuguese guitar (fado guitar). Even if the music (which includes Fado guitar) sounds upbeat in a couple of tracks, don’t be fooled! The lyrics are always sad (the insert has translations of all the song lyrics), always mournful. While performing fado music the singer - the fadista - stands dressed in black in front of the audience, and behind the fadista are the musicians (the bare minimum is one fado guitar and one 6 string). The music for this album was recorded the old-fashioned way live in the studio, with single takes (for each song) and no sound mixing, using an old-style microphone. Track 2 –This is a tribute to one of the most famous Fado artists – Amalia Rodrigues. The lyrics are part of a poem written the day Amalia died and the music for this is composed by Carlos Gonsalves, who composed for Amalia in the later years. Tracks 6,9 and 10 – These tracks are the best of the melancholy, yearning numbers on the album. Track 3 and track 7 – Slightly upbeat and even jaunty. A nice change of pace from the rest of the tracks (till you read the translated lyrics). Track 13: Only the piano accompanies Misia. Beautiful. Evocative of the way Amalia used to rehearse at the piano (see insert). | ||
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