Cabo Verde (album) explained

Cabo Verde
Type:studio
Artist:Cesária Évora
Cover:Cabo Verde Album.jpg
Genre:Morna / coladeira
Length:49:48
Label:Lusafrica
Prev Title:Cesária
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Café Atlantico
Next Year:1999

Cabo Verde is the sixth album by Cesária Évora.

The last single is based on a poem "Quem ca conchê Mindelo, Ca conché Cabo-Verde" by Manuel de Novas, it would be titled "Ess Pais" (Portuguese: "Este Pais")

Track listing

  1. "Tchintchirote"
  2. "Sabine Larga'm" (Sabino, leave me)
  3. "Partida" (Departure)
  4. "Sangue de Beirona" (Beirona's blood)
  5. "Apocalipse"
  6. "Mar Ê Morada de Sodade" (The sea is the home of Nostalgia)
  7. "Bo Ê Di Meu Cretcheu" (You are mine, beloved)
  8. "Coragem Irmon" (Take courage, brother)
  9. "Quem Bô Ê" (Who are you?)
  10. "Regresso" (Return)
  11. "Zebra"
  12. "Mae Velha" (Old mother)
  13. "Pe Di Boi" (Quarrel)
  14. "Ess Pais" (This country)

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[1] 40
French SNEP Albums Chart[2] 17
Polish OLIS Albums Chart[3] 44
United States Billboard World Albums Chart[4] 3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Belgium Charts (French). Ultratop.be. 23 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Les Charts. Lescharts.com. 23 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Olis : Polish Chart. Olis.onyx.pl. 23 October 2014.
  4. Web site: Cesária Évora. Billboard.com. 23 October 2014. 1 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150101163358/http://www.billboard.com/artist/298882/ces-ria-vora/chart. dead.