Tavares, Sara / Balance
Album: Balance   Collection:World
Artist:Tavares, Sara   Added:Apr 2006
Label:Times Square Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2006-07-02 Pull Date: 2006-09-03 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Sep 3 Aug 27 Aug 20 Aug 13 Jul 30 Jul 23 Jul 16 Jul 9
Airplays: 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 4

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 27, 2019: Global Ginga
One Love, Ess Amor, Balance, Bom Feeling
4. Aug 29, 2006: At the Cafe Bohemian
Poka Terra - Feat. Melo D
2. Aug 31, 2006: Storytime!
Balance
5. Aug 22, 2006: At the Cafe Bohemian
Balance
3. Aug 30, 2006: Not Storytime
Lisboa Kuya
6. Aug 20, 2006: Multiple Personality Disorder
Muna Xeia

Album Review
Decca
Reviewed 2006-06-21
(CD title pronounced “bal-on-SAY”). She’s a Portuguese/Cape Verdean singer/composer/guitarist with a clear, sweet voice, a lightly jazzy style, and some good guest stars. Nicely restrained arrangements and just enough energy to keep things swaying. Catchy blend of African & European rhythms w/a touch of urban suavity. Good music for a hot summer evening. Most tracks are her, a chorus, guitars, bass, and perc. In Portuguese, French, English, & ?.

*1. Midtempo, light & catchy. Warm vox/strings/perc. Sweet.
2. Mid/uptempo & happy w/spoken word then claps & fast taking.
*3. Sweet bossa-esque sound. Delicate vox, guitars, vocalese at end.
4. Accordion intro, slow w/hint of electronica. Soaring vox.
5. Bright love song w/a catchy mid/uptempo beat.
*6. Duet w/a strong Afro beat, hip-hop break, and cool beat.
7. Midtempo vox/per/guitar. Seductive spoken word.
8. Downtempo & kind of sad w/nice vocal harmonies. Picks up.
9. Slow, sad, delicate. Pretty, but with some high trills I could do w/o.
*10. Mid/uptempo vocal duet w/a Brazilian beat & jazzy touches. Fun
*11. Mid/uptempo, guitar/vox. A nice sway w/good energy.
12. Mostly slow, some electronica, cool piano interlude at end.
13. Drums back female vocal duet. Midtempo, stark, dramatic. Cool.

Track Listing
1. Balance   7. Amor E
2. Bom Feeling   8. Dam Bo
3. Lisboa Kuya   9. Guisa
4. Ess Amor   10. Planeta Sukri - Feat. Boy Ge Mendes
5. One Love   11. Novidadi
6. Poka Terra - Feat. Melo D   12. Muna Xeia
  13. Du Nua - Feat. Ana Moura