Segundo [CD/DVD]

• Artist: Maria Rita
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• Release Date: September 27, 2005
• Genre: Latin

Review

Segundo is the second album by Maria Rita, following up on her enormously successful debut album from 2003. Rita undoubtedly is a very talented singer with a great voice. She proved it on her first album and proves it again on Segundo. But after all the huge expectations built up by large sections of the media before this release, you can't help but find it something of an anticlimax. Not that Segundo is a bad album, because it isn't. But it isn't all that great either, especially compared to the work of many other, much less famous Brazilian artists and singers. Dominated by a rather sparse, slightly jazzy MPB sound, Segundo sounds very similar to the previous album, though there is actually less stylistic variation between the songs this time around. However, a couple of tracks stand out from the rest due to their quality. "Caminho das Águas" is a very cute, nice, and gentle piano ballad. The excellent "Mal Intento," sung in Spanish, was written by the famous Uruguayan composer Jorge Drexler. Rita's version of O Rappa's "Minha Alma" also functions very well indeed. Segundo is a tasteful, fine, and classy album, but far from the masterpiece many people would have it be. [The bonus DVD edition features making-of footage.] ~ Philip Jandovský, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Caminho das Águas		Maria Rita	(3:11)
Recado		Maria Rita	(3:57)
Casa Pré-Fabricada	Marcelo Camelo	Maria Rita	(3:00)
Mal Intento	Jorge Drexler	Maria Rita	(4:05)
Ciranda Do Mundo	Eduardo Krieger	Maria Rita	(3:14)
Minha Alma (A Paz Que Eu Não Quero)		Maria Rita	(4:00)
Sobre Todas as Coisas	Chico Buarque, Edú Lobo	Maria Rita	(3:58)
Sem Aviso	Fred Martins	Maria Rita	(4:21)
Muito Pouco		Maria Rita	(4:16)
Feliz		Maria Rita	(2:34)
Despedida	Marcelo Camelo	Maria Rita	(5:04)
Conta Outra [Live][*]		Maria Rita	(9:47)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Muito Pouco [DVD]		Maria Rita
Casa Pré-Fabricada [DVD]	Marcelo Camelo	Maria Rita
Minha Alma (A Paz Que Eu Não Quero) [DVD]		Maria Rita
Caminho das Águas [DVD]		Maria Rita
Sem Aviso [DVD]	Fred Martins	Maria Rita
Mal Intento [DVD]	Jorge Drexler	Maria Rita
Ciranda Do Mundo [DVD]	Eduardo Krieger	Maria Rita
Sobre Todas as Coisas [DVD]	Chico Buarque, Edú Lobo	Maria Rita
Feliz [DVD]		Maria Rita
Recado [DVD]		Maria Rita
Despedida [DVD]	Marcelo Camelo	Maria Rita

Credits

Maria Rita (Producer), Tiago Costa (Piano), Maria Rita (Arranger), Maria Rita (Author), Sylvinho Mazzucca (Bass (Acoustic)), Tiago Costa (Fender Rhodes), Tiago Costa (Arranger), Da Lua (Percussion), Tiago Costa (Keyboards), Marcelo DaCosta (Drums), Marcelo DaCosta (Arranger)