Noites Do Norte

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Nearly 35 years after the advent of tropicalia, the Brazilian movement that fused native music and visuals with Anglo/psychedelic flavors, singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso continues his deep, playful experimentation. Noites do Norte ("Northern Nights") is a striking art-pop fusion whose intellectualism is often bound up with the beauty of its layered tones. Concerns from the country's national identity and ongoing racial crises--a theme that fed Veloso's 2000 soundtrack to Orfeu, an update of the Black Orpheus story--to early memories, broken hearts, and the artist's adoration of filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni swim through a colorful aural canvas. But for all of Veloso's trademark verbal surprises (for one, the Antonioni tribute is sung in Italian), it's easy to believe his claim that initially "I did not think about the songs. I went to the studio looking for sounds." Whether juxtaposing a Milesian trumpet with lush reeds and strings ("Sou Seu Sabiá"), deploying screeching rock guitar ("Rock 'n' Raul," "Ia") and machine noises ("Cantiga de Boi") in the midst of acoustic sound, or contrasting a troupe of drummers with baroque strings over the discrete movements of the three-minute title track, Veloso fills the disc with so much music that it seems to suspend or expand the listener's sense of time: a rare trick from a rare trickster. --Rickey Wright

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Average customer rating: Caetano at his very best Long live Caetano High Spectations My relationship with this album has only just begun Not Livro; but just as good

Noites Do Norte Caetano Veloso , and Caetano Veloso Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Estrangeiro Tropicália 2 Fina Estampa Cê The Best of Caetano Veloso ASIN: B000059LXU Release Date: 2001-04-24

Tracks:

1. Zera a Reza
2. Noites do Norte
3. 13 de Maio
4. Zumbi
5. Rock'n'Raul
6. Michelango Antonioni
7. Cantiga de Boi
8. Cobra Coral
9. Ia
10. Meu Rio
11. Sou seu Sabi
12. Tempestades Solares

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Nearly 35 years after the advent of tropicalia, the Brazilian movement that fused native music and visuals with Anglo/psychedelic flavors, singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso continues his deep, playful experimentation. Noites do Norte ("Northern Nights") is a striking art-pop fusion whose intellectualism is often bound up with the beauty of its layered tones. Concerns from the country's national identity and ongoing racial crises--a theme that fed Veloso's 2000 soundtrack to Orfeu, an update of the Black Orpheus story--to early memories, broken hearts, and the artist's adoration of filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni swim through a colorful aural canvas. But for all of Veloso's trademark verbal surprises (for one, the Antonioni tribute is sung in Italian), it's easy to believe his claim that initially "I did not think about the songs. I went to the studio looking for sounds." Whether juxtaposing a Milesian trumpet with lush reeds and strings ("Sou Seu Sabiá"), deploying screeching rock guitar ("Rock 'n' Raul," "Ia") and machine noises ("Cantiga de Boi") in the midst of acoustic sound, or contrasting a troupe of drummers with baroque strings over the discrete movements of the three-minute title track, Veloso fills the disc with so much music that it seems to suspend or expand the listener's sense of time: a rare trick from a rare trickster. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Caetano at his very best.......2002-10-27

It just doesn't get better than this. Some Caetano CD's have a song or two that you feel you can pass up. This is not one of those CD's. He goes in many different directions, from the title track, a poem recital set to a beautiful chord arrangement, to "Rock 'n Raul," a straightforward rocker like nothing you've heard from Caetano before, to "Meu Rio," an acoustic number reminiscent of the Caetano we've come to know and love. But what all the songs have in common is that they build into your psyche, making you want to hear them all every time you play the CD.

Long live Caetano.......2001-12-05

Has Caetano made a deal with the devil? How can he still get better? This is a hard record, I had to listen to it three or four times before I really liked it. But it was absolutely worth it. It is incredibly smart, sophisticated, clever, subtle, sad and ironic at the same time. Caetano faces the story of his own country, slavery and religion, but also music, love affairs, cinema, everything with great subtlety and poetry. The lyrics and the music are great, challenging, unexpected; his voice gets more and more intense with time. He is sure not to sleap on his laurels, like many of his colleagues do, whose laurels are not even at the same level as his. His courage and inspiration are not likely to fade soon and every new record of his is a great pleasure for music fans. Long live Caetano!

High Spectations.......2001-10-12

I was in my last year of high school when I first heard the song "Estrangeiro" (Foreigner) by Caetano Veloso. It was love at first sight (at first hearing, actually). Initially, I was struck by the power and uniqueness of its sounds. Later, the intelligence and sophistication of its lyrics inspired me. At that time, I was already a Caetano's fan. That song, though, made me start my Veloso's record collection and go to his concert for the first time.
The CD named after the song I fell in love with was the first of a great sequence of albums that Caetano released throughout almost a decade. Followed "Estrangeiro" (1989), among other album, the masterpieces "Circuladô" (1991), "Circuladô Vivo" (1992), "Fina Estampa" (1994), "Fina Estampa ao Vivo" and "Livro" (1997) - the last winning "best album of the year" in the Latin Grammy Award. I bought all of these records and went to all his concerts during the decade that followed. The sequence of good albums was so amazing that I started to believe that their author was infallible; that whatever he produced was unquestionably good. And I don't think I was alone; during the 90s Caetano became a national, maybe even international, unanimity.
Nevertheless, the CD "Prenda Minha" (1999) came to reinforce the Brazilian popular saying that declares that "all unanimity is dumb". The album is not that bad, but Caetano raised our standards to such a level that we always expect his works to near the perfection. Were this record signed by other artist, maybe, I wouldn't be as critic.
This album has actually a very good beginning. I love the sequence composed by the first four songs. The CD opens with a version of the tune "Jorge da Capadócia" by Jorge Ben. The song starts smoothly and grows along with the introduction of more and more percussion instruments - it starts with hands clapping and progresses to a complete group of percussion. The second song appears after an incredible transition in which the intense sound of drums and timbales is replaced by an ensemble of brass instruments that opens the mellow tune of the title song "Prenda Minha". A not less impressive transition brings the beautiful "Meditação" (Meditation) - a composition by Tom Jobim and Newton Mendonça. The fourth song, "Terra" (Earth), is an excellent re-record - rich in a new arrangement (credited, as "Jorge da Capadócia", to all the band - all other arrangements are signed by Jaques Morelenbaun) and strong interpretation by Caetano, who is backed up by the versatile band under maestro Morelenbaun's command. But that's it. What comes after the fourth song does not tells me much. They are 14 more tunes. Most of them re-record of old successes, which bring little or no excitement to me, neither in the arrangement, nor on the lyrics.
When I got "Noites do Norte" (Nights of the North), the latest work of Veloso, the first authorial since "Livro", once again, I was disappointed.
I really like when Caetano shows us his experimental side, as he did in "Circuladô", "Livro" or "Estrangeiro", but I felt that this time he "lost the hand". For instance, that happens when he sings/recite the beautiful text by the Brazilian abolitionist Joaquim Nabuco, the title song "Noites do Norte". It's not the first time Veloso attempted to "sing" prose - he did it before successfully in "Circuladô Vivo" ("Americanos") and "Prenda Minha" ("Verdade Tropical"). All the bravura of the century old essay (1900) didn't help in this case - he should just have kept his original idea and put the excerpt in the insert of the CD.
The homage to Raul Seixas (precursor of Brazilian rock)"Rock'n'Raul" has a nice rock arrangement that brings to Caetano's MPB some contemporary rock and techno flavor. The rhymes of the lyrics, however, don't do it to me ("Esbórnia na Califórnia/Dias ruins em New Orleans/O grande mago em Chicago/.../Uma plantation de maconha no Wyoming"), as Veloso's vacillation as he tries to sound like a rock singer.
Having said that, I should add, or reiterate, were this someone else's recording, I would probably find it very good. But I expect more from Caetano. This, however, didn't keep me from giving "Noites do Norte" another chance. Likewise most of Caetano Veloso's other albums, this one grows with time. The repeated audition bring to light details, nuances that we didn't perceive before; we notice certain musical texture, inaudible in the first try; we detect certain messages that are only reveled to us through the impregnation of the lyrics in our memory. This record is, after all, an adequate sample of the diversity and musical opulence of this who is one of the fathers of the Tropicalism and the Brazilian Popular Music as we know it, and who has brought so much beauty to the four corners of the world.

My relationship with this album has only just begun.......2001-07-21

being that I only bought it an hour ago, but I am looking forward to loving this album for a long time. I have heard it in full however and know immedietly that it will become one of my favorites. This is as good as music gets.

Not Livro; but just as good.......2001-06-19

"Livro" is an album with lush horn and string arrangements supporting Caetano's beautiful voice, very deserving of all it's acclaim. "Noites do Norte" at times seems more pop ("Zera a Reza") and rock ("Rock'n'Raul") while maintaining some of the tenderness of its predecessor ("Noites do Norte"). The more I listen to it, the more I like it better than "Livro."

Average customer rating: Um Caetano Muito Grande

Noites Do Norte Ao Vivo Caetano Veloso Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Latin Music | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Noites Do Norte ASIN: B00005UKZE Release Date: 2001-12-17

Tracks:

1. Two Naira Fifty Kobo
2. Sugar Cane Fields Forever
3. Noites Do Norte
4. 13 de Maio
5. Zumbi
6. Haiti
7. O timo Romico
8. AraBlue
9. Nosso Estranho Amor
10. Escalo
11. Cobra Coral
12. Como Uma Onda (Zen Surfismo)
13. Mimar Voc
14. Magrelinha
15. Rock 'n' Raul
16. Zera a Reza

Tracks:

1. Dom de Iludir
2. Caminhos Cruzados
3. Tigresa
4. Trem das Cores
5. Summer Samba (Samba de Ver
6. Menino do Rio
7. Meu Rio
8. Gatos Extraordinas
9. Lingua
10. Cajuina
11. Gente/Parab a VocHappy Birthday to You)
12. e a Brisa
13. Tropica
14. Meia Lua Inteira (Capoeira Larar
15. Tempestades Solares
16. Menino Deus

Album Details

2001 Double Disc Concert Album of Caetano's 2000 Release, "Noites Do Norte". Caetano Performs"Noites De Norte" and his Greatest Hits Such as "Menino Do Rio", "Samba De Verao", "Tigreza","Estranho Amor" and "Meia Lua". The Concert also features Caetano Interpretations of Greatbrazilian Songs from Artists Such as Timbalada, Luiz Melodia, Lulu Santos and Many More.

Customer Reviews:

Um Caetano Muito Grande.......2002-04-04

Lo primero que hay que destacar es que "Noites do Norte ao Vivo" es un gran album. Como disco en vivo es complejo, porque Caetano tiene la maestría para manejar los ambientes, mezclar estilos y unir lo nuevo con lo tradicional.
Por ejemplo, conmueve con nuevas composiciones como "Noites do Norte" y "Zera Reza", realiza excelentes covers como la brillante "Zumbi" de Jorge Ben. También se da lujos para arrasar con un éxito mayúsculo como "Meia Lua Inteira", amén de la brillante participación de Lulu Santos en un par de canciones.
En resumen, se trata de un Caetano notable, musicalmente hablando, siempre con el apoyo del sobresaliente violoncello de Jaques Morelenbaum.
Lo único que a mi gusto muestra algún problema (y es la razón por la cual no le coloco cinco estrellas) es la mezcla. Los aplausos del público aparecen demasiado fuertes por momentos e interrumpen la correcta apreciación de la música. En este sentido, a veces se extrañan versiones más limpias y sin tantas voces del público haciendo coros.

Average customer rating: Brazil & Caetano:rhythm & poetry Brazil & Caetano:rhythm & poetry Brazil & Caetano:rhythm & poetry

Noites Do Norte Caetano Veloso Manufacturer: Musicrama ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | South & Central America | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | South & Central America | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Latin General | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Latin General | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000056WV2 Release Date: 2001-01-16

Tracks:

1. Zera a Reza [Prayer Down to Zero]
2. Noites Do Norte [Northern Nights]
3. 13 de Maio
4. Zumbi
5. Rock 'N' Raul
6. Michelangelo Antonioni
7. Cantiga de Boi [Ox Song]
8. Cobra Coral [Coral Snake]
9. Ia [I Was Going To]
10. Meu Rio [My Rio]
11. Sou Seu SabiI Am Your Songbird]
12. Tempestades Solares [Solar Tempests]

Customer Reviews:

Brazil & Caetano:rhythm & poetry.......2001-04-22

The umpteenth masterpiece by one of the finest brazilian musicians.After 30 years of a neverending career,Caetano proposes twelvw fresh songs where old and new flavours are mixed with incomparable mastery.From the orchestral title track to the funky-rock ROCK'N'RAUL,from the poetical MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI to the romantic and persuasive SOU SEU SABIA you can find the rhythm,the melody,the colors,the melancholy ant the sensuality of a land and a music that don't know ages and frontiers.I suggest the purchase of this cd to everybody:it can be helpful to discover the irresistible fascination of Brazil,and the musical patterns that have been influencing musical cultures all over the world.

Brazil & Caetano:rhythm & poetry.......2001-04-17

The umpteenth masterpiece by one of the finest brazilian musicians.After 30 years of a neverending career,Caetano proposes twelve fresh songs where old and new flavours are mixed with incomparable mastery.From the orchestral title track to the funky-rock ROCK'N'RAUL,from the poetical MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI to the romantic and persuasive SOU SEU SABIA you can find the rhythm,the melody,the colors,the melancholy and the sensuality of a land and a music that don't know ages and frontiers.I suggest thepurchase of this cd to everybody:it can be helpful to discover the irresistible fascination of Brazil,and the musical patterns that have been influencing musical cultures all over the world.

Brazil & Caetano:rhythm & poetry.......2001-04-17

The umpteenth masterpiece by one of the finest brazilian musicians.After 30 years of a neverending career,Caetano proposes twelve fresh songs where old and new flavours are mixed with incomparable mastery.From the orchestral title track to the funky-rock ROCK'N'RAUL,from the poetical MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI to the romantic and persuasive SOU SEU SABIA you can find the rhythm,the melody,the colors,the melancholy and the sensuality of a land and a music that don't know ages and frontiers.I suggest thepurchase of this cd to everybody:it can be helpful to discover the irresistible fascination of Brazil,and the musical patterns that have been influencing musical cultures all over the world.

Average customer rating:

Noites Do Norte Ao Vivo Caetano Veloso Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DEO9D Release Date: 2001-12-04

Tracks:

1. Two Naira Fifty Kobo
2. Sugar Cane Fields Forever
3. Noites Do Norte
4. 13 de Maio
5. Zumbi
6. Haiti
7. O timo Romico
8. AraBlue
9. Nosso Estranho Amor
10. Escalo
11. Cobra Coral
12. Como Uma Onda (Zen Surfismo)
13. Mimar Voc
14. Magrelinha
15. Rock 'n' Raul
16. Zera a Reza

Tracks:

1. Dom de Iludir
2. Caminhos Cruzados
3. Tigresa
4. Trem das Cores
5. Summer Samba (Samba de Ver
6. Menino do Rio
7. Meu Rio
8. Gatos Extraordinas
9. Lingua
10. Cajuina
11. Gente/Parab a VocHappy Birthday to You)
12. e a Brisa
13. Tropica
14. Meia Lua Inteira (Capoeira Larar
15. Tempestades Solares
16. Menino Deus

Average customer rating:

Noites Do Norte Ao Vivo Caetano Veloso Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005V2HN Release Date: 2002-02-21

Tracks:

1. Two Naira Fifty Kobo
2. Sugar Cane Fields Forever
3. Noites Do Norte
4. 13 de Maio
5. Zumbi
6. Haiti
7. O timo Romico
8. AraBlue
9. Nosso Estranho Amor
10. Escalo
11. Cobra Coral
12. Como Uma Onda (Zen Surfismo)
13. Mimar Voc
14. Magrelinha
15. Rock 'n' Raul
16. Zera a Reza

Tracks:

1. Dom de Iludir
2. Caminhos Cruzados
3. Tigresa
4. Trem das Cores
5. Summer Samba (Samba de Ver
6. Menino do Rio
7. Meu Rio
8. Gatos Extraordinas
9. Lingua
10. Cajuina
11. Gente/Parab a VocHappy Birthday to You)
12. e a Brisa
13. Tropica
14. Meia Lua Inteira (Capoeira Larar
15. Tempestades Solares
16. Menino Deus

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: 'menino Deus'

Average customer rating:

Noites Do Norte Caetano Veloso Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Latin Music | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005HUAV Release Date: 2001-02-21

Tracks:

1. Zera a Reza
2. Noites Do Norte
3. 13 de Maio
4. Zumbi
5. Rock N' Raul
6. Michelangelo Antonioni
7. Cantiga de Boi
8. Cobra Coral
9. La
10. Meu Rio
11. Sou Seu Sabi
12. Tempestades Solares
13. Zumbi [Remix]

Album Details

Japanese version featuring a bonus track: 'Zumbi' (Remix).

Average customer rating: Northern Nights

Noites do Norte Caetano Veloso Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000560NL Release Date: 2001-01-30

Tracks:

1. Zera a Reza [Prayer Down to Zero]
2. Noites Do Norte [Northern Nights]
3. 13 de Maio
4. Zumbi
5. Rock 'N' Raul
6. Michelangelo Antonioni
7. Cantiga de Boi [Ox Song]
8. Cobra Coral [Coral Snake]
9. Ia [I Was Going To]
10. Meu Rio [My Rio]
11. Sou Seu SabiI Am Your Songbird]
12. Tempestades Solares [Solar Tempests]

Album Details

New, 2000 Release by Legendary Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist from Bahia. Veloso was Inspired by the Works of Brazilian Political Writer, Joaquim Nabuco, Translating them Into Musical Form on this Recording. Also Included is a Song that Pays Tribute Toone of Brazil's Rock Heroes, Raul Seixas ('rock in Raul'), as Well as a New Rendition of Veloso's Biggest Hit, 'alegria, Alegria'. Cellist Jacques Morelenbaum and the Master Himself Produce this Album, which is a Must for all Brazilian Music Fans.

Customer Reviews:

Northern Nights.......2001-02-02

First off, to Amazon: It's "Zera a Reza", not "Zero a Zero", and it's "Ia", not "La." Thanks.

Moving on, this latest studio album from Caetano, the true follow-up to his Grammy-winning Livro, outflanks that disc in a number of ways. Veloso is not self-consciously resurrecting past successes as on Livro (keep in mind Livro - or Book - was a tie-in with his sprawling autobiography.) Noites do Norte takes Veloso out of himself, addressing such intellectual concerns as the race issue in Brazil (from different angles), Raul Seixas' obsession with the U.S.A. (on "Rock 'n' Raul", which may take a few listens...), and, er, mucous membranes. The baroque strings that adorned most of Livro's tracks have been replaced by smaller, more idiosyncratic, ensembles that often stress voice and percussion as in some of Veloso's mid-70s material; I'd love to see a return to the type of challenging arrangement Rogerio Duprat whipped up for him in the Tropicalia days, but his new music bridges the "gap between the erudite and the popular" pretty well regardless.

This is the first Veloso album in quite some time that could be called "sexy" (he's always known how to utilize the black music of his country to great effect) and be enjoyed for dancing or romancing, if you don't care to think about the lyrics; there's some real beauty here, and even though Veloso's voice reveals a new troublingly-wide vibrato at times, this is the work of a still-valid artist.

Average customer rating:

Noites Do Norte Ao Vivo Caetano Veloso Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DEP7C Release Date: 2002-09-10

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