Fado Curvo
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ReceptionEdit
Template:Album ratings Fado Curvo became Mariza's first album to feature on Billboard's World Albums chart, where it peaked at number 6 in June 2003.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album is a certified quadruple platinum record in Portugal:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> by December 2004, it had sold 80,000 copies in the country, which awarded the album the double platinum.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Reactions to the album were positive, with critics underlining its experimental nature and the blending of traditional songs with contemporary arrangements and compositions.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=twp>Template:Cite news</ref> The great range of emotions expressed in Fado Curvo was noted by critics, that considered it to be a breakaway from one of the old traditions of fado, that is to focus on sadness.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Mike Joyce of The Washington Post said that even listeners not well acquainted with fado would not be indifferent to Mariza's voice, that he qualified as being "a dark, rich, commanding contralto".<ref name=twp />
Track listingEdit
MusiciansEdit
- Mariza - voice
- Mário Pacheco - guitar
- António Neto - guitar
- Manio Freitas - bass
- Tiago Machado - piano (tracks 5 & 12)
- Carlos Maria Trindade - piano (track 10)
- Fernando Araújo - bass and guitar (track 9)
- Quiné - percussion (tracks 3 & 6)
- Miguel Gonçalves - trumpet and fliscorn (track 10)
- Davide Zaccaria - cello (track 5)
ChartsEdit
Weekly chartsEdit
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