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Elza Soares: Woman At The End Of The World - VINYL LPTitle: Woman At The End Of The World Artist: Elza Soares Label: Mais Um Discos Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 5052442009054 Genre: International Release Date: 2016 07 01 Number of Discs: 1 Septuagenarian Brazilian music icon Elza Soares teams up with the cream of So Paulo's avant garde musicians for an album of apocalyptic, experimental samba sujo ("dirty samba") that tackles the burning issues of 21st century Brazil: racism, domestic violence, sex, drug
Title: Woman At The End Of The WorldArtist: Elza Soares
Label: Mais Um Discos
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 5052442009054
Genre: International
Release Date: 2016-07-01
Number of Discs: 1
Septuagenarian Brazilian music icon Elza Soares teams up with the cream of São Paulo's avant-garde musicians for an album of apocalyptic, experimental samba sujo ("dirty samba") that tackles the burning issues of 21st century Brazil: racism, domestic violence, sex, drug addiction and global warming. The Woman at the end of the World is Elza's 34th studio album and her first to feature previously unrecorded material, exclusively composed for her. Voted "Best Album of 2015" by Rolling Stone Brazil after it's domestic release, it will now be released worldwide by UK based label Mais Um Discos on May 20. Over a sprawl of distorted guitars, squalling horn, taught strings and electronic shards, samba is savaged by rock 'n' roll, free jazz, noise and other experimental music forms. A true legend of Brazilian music Elza has an incredible musical oeuvre that stretches back over seven decades mixing samba with jazz, soul, funk, hip hop and electronica, whilst her life story is a rags-to-riches-to-rags rollercoaster of triumphs and tragedies that has made her a voice for Brazil's repressed female, black, gay and working class populations. Her music career began in the late 1950s as she sung in clubs and hotels, sometimes being forced to perform off stage because of her skin color. The '60s was a career defining period with a run of classic albums for Odeon. After decades of hardships and artistic exploration, her latest muse is São Paulo's hyped samba sujo scene. Soares presents an album that walks a tightrope between post-rock and post-samba. "I knew this album would be a bold, modern sound" she says. "These songs are tense they do not allow you to relax". The album opens with "Coracão do Mar (Heart of the Sea)" with Elza reciting a poem from celebrated Brazilian modernist poet Oswald de Andrade. Title track "Mulher do fim do Mundo" uses carnival as a metaphor for the apocalypse and according to composer Romulo Froes "translates Elza's strength and indestructability". With The Woman at the End of the World, Elza forces the joy and sadness that personifies samba to confront the dirty truths of modern day São Paulo.
Tracks:
1.1 Coração Do Mar
1.2 Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo
1.3 Maria Da Vila Matilde
1.4 Pra Fuder
1.5 Luz Vermelha
2.1 Benedita
2.2 Firmeza
2.3 O Canal
2.4 Dançå
2.5 Solto
2.6 Comigo
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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Jillian West and her books!!! I’m so happy I already bought book two and now I have to buy the others for the Assurance Security series!!
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★★★★★ 5
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The romance hits that sweet spot between insta-love and cautious build, keeping me hooked the entire way through. And that ending. Oh my god, the cliffhanger! I need the next book in this duet immediately.
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★★★★★ 5
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Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2024
★★★★★ 3
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