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- Artist: Maria Rita
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- Release Date: September 27, 2005
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- 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. ~ Philip Jandovský, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Caminho das Águas | Maria Rita | (3:11) | |
| Recado | Maria Rita | (3:57) | |
| Casa Pré-Fabricada | Maria Rita | (3:00) | |
| Mal Intento | Jorge Drexler | Maria Rita | (4:05) |
| Ciranda Do Mundo | Maria Rita | (3:14) | |
| Minha Alma (A Paz Que Eu Não Quero) | Maria Rita | (4:00) | |
| Sobre Todas as Coisas | Edú Lobo, Chico Buarque | Maria Rita | (3:58) |
| Sem Aviso | Maria Rita | (4:21) | |
| Muito Pouco | Maria Rita | (4:16) | |
| Feliz | Maria Rita | (2:34) | |
| Despedida | Maria Rita | (5:04) | |
| Conta Outra [Live][*] | Maria Rita | (9:47) |
