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The liner notes maintain that Raio X places Fernanda Abreu in the context of her musical generation, and her fourth album could well be a stab for critical credibility as she works with artists from the harder, hipper side of Brazil's new urban music. Her collaborators include critical favorites like Lenine, Chico Science & Nação Zumbi, Herbert Vianna of the rock band Os Paralamas, and Carlinhos Brown, and there is a mix supervised by Soul II Soul's Will Mowat. But speculation about motives aside, Raio X succeeds in showcasing Abreu's vocal versatility as she works through a broad range of sambas, ballads, and rock and funk material with command and conviction. On the traditional side, Abreu goes back to roots with a full-fledged samba like "Aquarela Brasileira" and tips her hat in tribute to Jorge Ben on his "Jorge de Capadócia." On the modern music world front, she joins the surdo drum and guitar thunder of Chico Science & Nação Zumbi for "Rio 40 Graus." She duets with Vianna on the 12-string guitar rock of "Um Amor, Um Lugar," and "Speed Racer" employs an almost blues-rock descending chord progression and plays lead guitar off strings. But Abreu lives for the funk, whether it's taking the modern international road on "Garota Sangue Bom" (built on a sample of George Clinton's "We Funk U2"), the homegrown minimal route on "Kátia Flávia," or the idiosyncratic lope of Lenine's "Jack Soul Brasileiro." Her voice sounds smooth and sultry (a bit like Andrea Echeverri of los Aterciopelados) when she sings sambas and adeptly delivers rapid-fire rhythmic raps in Portuguese. If there were suspicions that Fernanda Abreu was a one-dimensional dance diva, Raio X puts them to rest, and it also serves as a pretty strong sampler of what's going on in Brazilian popular music of the post-tropicalia generation.
© Don Snowden /TiVo
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Fernanda Abreu, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chico Neves, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chacal, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Fernanda Abreu, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Silas De Oliveira, ComposerLyricist - Chico Neves, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Fernanda Abreu, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Buco Do Pandeiro, ComposerLyricist - Chico Neves, Producer - Almira Castilho, ComposerLyricist - Gordurinha, ComposerLyricist - Lenine, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jackson do Pandeiro, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Herbert Vianna, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fernanda Abreu, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chico Neves, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Fausto Fawcett, ComposerLyricist - Fernanda Abreu, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chico Science, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nacão Zumbi, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laufer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Fernanda Abreu, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chico Neves, Producer - Jorge Ben, ComposerLyricist - Carlinhos Brown, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tradicional, ComposerLyricist - Berna Ceppas, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Herbert Vianna, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fernanda Abreu, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fábio Fonseca, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Herbert Vianna, Producer - Fernanda Abreu, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fábio Fonseca, Producer - Laufer, ComposerLyricist - Luiz Stein, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Herbert Vianna, Producer - Fernanda Abreu, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fábio Fonseca, Producer
℗ 1990 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Fausto Fawcett, Composer - Fernanda Abreu, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Will Mowat, Producer - George Clinton, Composer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Herbert Vianna, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fernanda Abreu, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mario Caldato Jr., Producer - Will Mowat, Composer - Chacal, ComposerLyricist - Mickey P., Producer - Marcos Suzano, ComposerLyricist - Sofia Stein, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Herbert Vianna, ComposerLyricist - Fausto Fawcett, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fernanda Abreu, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Katia, Composer - G. Berlanga, Composer - Paulinho Camafeu, Composer - Fred Nascimento, ComposerLyricist - Alberto Paz, ComposerLyricist - Edson Menezes, ComposerLyricist - Jovi Joviniano, Composer - Vinicius De Moraes, Composer - António Carlos Jobim, Composer - Jovi, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - O Rappa, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D2, Composer - Fábio Fonseca, ComposerLyricist - Elis Regina, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Major, ComposerLyricist - Fernando Moura, Composer - Toni Tornado, ComposerLyricist - Laufer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DJ Marlboro, ComposerLyricist - Planet Hemp, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Agra, ComposerLyricist - L. Kurban, ComposerLyricist - Cidinho & Doca, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Arícia Mess, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rafael, Composer - Julinho Rasta, Composer - Alex Meireles, Composer - B Negão, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Evaldo Luna, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Fausto Fawcett, ComposerLyricist - Fernanda Abreu, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Marcelo "Memê" Mansur, Producer - Carlos Laufer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Fernanda Abreu, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Geraldo Pereira, ComposerLyricist - Didi, ComposerLyricist - Funk 'N' Lata, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivo Meirelles, Producer - Mestrinho, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Album review
The liner notes maintain that Raio X places Fernanda Abreu in the context of her musical generation, and her fourth album could well be a stab for critical credibility as she works with artists from the harder, hipper side of Brazil's new urban music. Her collaborators include critical favorites like Lenine, Chico Science & Nação Zumbi, Herbert Vianna of the rock band Os Paralamas, and Carlinhos Brown, and there is a mix supervised by Soul II Soul's Will Mowat. But speculation about motives aside, Raio X succeeds in showcasing Abreu's vocal versatility as she works through a broad range of sambas, ballads, and rock and funk material with command and conviction. On the traditional side, Abreu goes back to roots with a full-fledged samba like "Aquarela Brasileira" and tips her hat in tribute to Jorge Ben on his "Jorge de Capadócia." On the modern music world front, she joins the surdo drum and guitar thunder of Chico Science & Nação Zumbi for "Rio 40 Graus." She duets with Vianna on the 12-string guitar rock of "Um Amor, Um Lugar," and "Speed Racer" employs an almost blues-rock descending chord progression and plays lead guitar off strings. But Abreu lives for the funk, whether it's taking the modern international road on "Garota Sangue Bom" (built on a sample of George Clinton's "We Funk U2"), the homegrown minimal route on "Kátia Flávia," or the idiosyncratic lope of Lenine's "Jack Soul Brasileiro." Her voice sounds smooth and sultry (a bit like Andrea Echeverri of los Aterciopelados) when she sings sambas and adeptly delivers rapid-fire rhythmic raps in Portuguese. If there were suspicions that Fernanda Abreu was a one-dimensional dance diva, Raio X puts them to rest, and it also serves as a pretty strong sampler of what's going on in Brazilian popular music of the post-tropicalia generation.
© Don Snowden /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:14
- Main artists: Fernanda Abreu
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music Ltda.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda ℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
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