| Tavares, Sara / Balance |
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| Album: | Balance | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Tavares, Sara | Added: | Apr 2006 | |
| Label: | Times Square Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| 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 |
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| Decca Reviewed 2006-06-21 | ||
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(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 |
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| 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 | |||||