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Abraçaço

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Released
  
2012

Artist
  
Caetano Veloso

Producer
  
Caetano Veloso

Genre
  
MPB, alternative rock

Release date
  
2012

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

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Awards
  
Latin Grammy Award for Best Singer-Songwriter Album, Latin Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

Similar
  
Caetano Veloso albums, Other albums

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Abraçaço is an album by Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Caetano Veloso, released in 2012 on Universal Records.

Contents

In November 2013, the album won the Latin Grammy of Best Singer-Songwriter Album. The song "Um Abraçaço" was also nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Latin Grammy Award for Best Brazilian Song. In the following year, a live version of the song "A Bossa Nova é Foda" was nominated for 2014 Latin Grammy's song of the Year and Best Brazilian Song.

The album was elected the best 2012 Brazilian album by Rolling Stone Brasil and "A Bossa Nova é Foda" was considered by the same magazine as the third best Brazilian song of the same year.

Track listing

  1. "A Bossa Nova É Foda" - 3:54
  2. "Um Abraçaço" - 3:50
  3. "Estou Triste" - 5:13
  4. "O Império da Lei" - 4:07
  5. "Quero Ser Justo" - 3:52
  6. "Um Comunista" - 8:33
  7. "Funk Melódico" - 4:38
  8. "Vinco" - 5:40
  9. "Quando o Galo Cantou" - 3:46
  10. "Parabéns" - 3:06
  11. "Gayana" - 4:25

Personnel

  • Caetano Veloso - lead vocals, guitar
  • Banda Cê
  • Pedro Sá - guitar, backing vocals
  • Ricardo Dias Gomes - bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Marcelo Callado - drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Guest Musicians
  • Thalmas de Freitas, Nina Becker, Lan Lan & Alinne Moraes - backing vocals on "Parabéns"
  • Moreno Veloso - bass and cymbals on "Gayana"
  • Additional personnel
  • Arrangements: Caetano Veloso, Pedro Sá, Ricardo Dias Gomes & Marcelo Callado
  • Art direction and photography: Fernando Young and Tonho Quinta-Feira
  • Styling: Felipe Veloso
  • Review of texts: Luiz Augusto
  • Graphics coordinator: Geysa Adnet
  • Mastered at Magic Master, Rio de Janeiro by Ricardo Garcia
  • Artistic Direction (Universal Music): Paul Ralphes
  • Songs

    1A Bossa Nova É Foda3:52
    2Um Abraçaço3:45
    3Estou Triste5:13

    References

    Abraçaço Wikipedia