Malásia Explained

Malásia
Type:studio
Artist:Djavan
Cover:Malásia.jpg
Label:Epic
Prev Title:Coisa de Acender
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:Matizes
Next Year:2007

Malásia is the twelfth album by Brazilian singer and songwriter Djavan. It was released in 1996.

The album opens with the song "O Que foi My Love?", a jazz accelerated ending in the form of blues; "Sêca", which talks about the drought in northeastern jungle; "Nem Um Dia" biggest hit of the album on the radio FM to come to the soundtrack of the telenovela "Por Amor" in 1997, "Não Deu", where as a songwriter Djavan embodies the feminine soul to compose the song, "Deixa O Sol Sair", which is based on samba, "Tenha Calma" which had already been made for over a decade, and performed by Maria Bethânia, and "Não Deu", another with a self-lyrical female. The last three songs are cover versions or versions of other songs: "Coração Leviano" is a remake of a successful samba composer Paulinho da Viola, "Sorri (Smile)" is a remake of the song "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin, and "Correnteza" is a remake of a song by Tom Jobim, Luiz Bonfá partnered with.

Track listing

  1. Que Foi My Love? (Djavan)
  2. Seca (Djavan)
  3. Nem um dia... (Djavan)
  4. Não Deu... (Djavan)
  5. Deixa o sol sair (Djavan)
  6. Tenha calma (Djavan)
  7. Irmã de Neon (Djavan)
  8. Cordilheira (Djavan)
  9. Malásia (Djavan)
  10. Coração Leviano (Paulinho da Viola)
  11. Sorri (Smile) (Charles Chaplin/Geoffrey Parsons/John Turner/Version: João de Barro)
  12. Correnteza (Tom Jobim/Luiz Bonfá)

Credits

Fingerprint Recorded in the studio (RJ) May–August 1996
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