Garras Dos Sentidos

• Artist: Mísia
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• Release Date: June 16, 1998
• Total Time: 41:27
• Genre: World

Review

There's a wonderful light and shade to Misia's music, which truly comes of age on this album. Like all fado, the themes of the songs are lost love, death, betrayal, and loneliness, but she updates the great Portuguese tradition by bringing in more of a jazz feel to some of the material, while using modern writers, especially lyricists like Nobel Prize-winning poet José Saramago, who penned the words to "Dança de Mágoas," to add more modern -- but equally wistful -- sentiments. Portuguese guitar is the heart of the instrumental sound, mournful and gorgeously played, a counterpoint to Misia's soaring, aching voice on the gorgeous title cut, where accordion confirms the melancholy. While she can generate a tumble of emotions with her singing, Misia never goes over the top; everything here -- from the vocals to the arrangements and the production -- is understated, with a beautiful clarity that makes it all the more intimate, a gorgeous record by one of the emerging new fadistas. ~ Chris Nickson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Garras dos Sentidos		Misia	(4:07)
Dança de Mágoas	Raul Ferrao, Fernando Pessoa	Misia	(4:12)
Estátua Falsa	Armando Machado	Misia	(3:22)
Fado do Retorno I	Armandinho	Misia	(3:26)
Nenhuma Estrela Caiu	José Saramago	Misia	(4:26)
Litania	José António Sabrosa, Mário Cláudio	Misia	(3:36)
Não Me Chamem Pelo Nome		Misia	(4:16)
Sete Luas		Misia	(3:18)
Sou de Vidro	Armando Machado	Misia	(3:30)
Fado do Retorno II	Armandinho	Misia	(3:21)
Da Vida Quero Os Sinais	Mário Cláudio	Misia	(3:53)