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Brazilian legend Caetano Veloso's 41st album, 'Zii e Zie,' had already earned him a Latin Grammy for 2009 Best Singer-Songwriter album. Veloso conjures an air of mischief and even a little mystery starting with the title, an Italian phrase for 'uncles and aunts' that he espied in a book and chose because he likes the way the simple words sound and look. Listeners may feel the same way about the music of 'Zii e Zie': the sheer sound of Veloso's ageless voice offers tremendous pleasure even before one delves into the translations of his at times eyebrow-raising lyrics, which range from the bluntly political to the boldly sexual, or begins to savor his playfully inventive arrangements.
Here, samba is the foundation, filtered through a rock sensibility with an undercurrent of funk. Veloso himself has taken to calling this approach 'trans-samba' or 'trans-rock'. His subject matter can still be intensely personal but he also takes a broader view of the world at large. At times he's like a camera, surveying the beaches of Rio, where he contemplates a dark-skinned girl in a bright bikini or scrutinizes with a
wizened eye Rio's most exclusive hilltop neighborhood.
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1 Perdeu 6:49
2 Sem Cais 2:36
3 Por Quem? 5:43
4 Lobão Tem Razão 4:05
5 A A Cor Amarela 2:16
6 A A Base de Guantánamo 4:25
7 Falso Leblon 2:42
8 Incompatibilidade De Gênios 5:26
9 Tarado Ni Você 4:31
10 Menina Da Ria 2:19
11 Ingenuidade 3:54
12 Lapa 4:39
13 Diferentemente 2:43
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