''Fado Curvo'' is the second studio album by Portuguese

fado Fado (; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was ...

singer

Mariza Marisa dos Reis Nunes ComIH (born 16 December 1973), known professionally as Mariza (), is a Portuguese fado singer. Mariza was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, to a Portuguese father, José Brandão Nunes, and a Mozambican ...

, released on 6 May 2003.

Reception

''Fado Curvo'' became Mariza's first album to feature on ''Billboard'''s World Albums chart, where it peaked at number 6 in June 2003. The album is a certified quadruple platinum record in Portugal: by December 2004, it had sold 80,000 copies in the country, which awarded the album the double platinum. Reactions to the album were positive, with critics underlining its experimental nature and the blending of traditional songs with contemporary arrangements and compositions. The great range of emotions expressed in ''Fado Curvo'' was noted by critics, that considered it to be a breakaway from one of the old traditions of fado, that is to focus on sadness. Mike Joyce of ''

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'' said that even listeners not well acquainted with fado would not be indifferent to Mariza's voice, that he qualified as being "a dark, rich, commanding contralto".

Track listing

Musicians

* Mariza - voice * Mário Pacheco - guitar * António Neto - guitar * Manio Freitas - bass * Tiago Machado - piano (tracks 5 & 12) * Carlos Maria Trindade - piano (track 10) * Fernando Araújo - bass and guitar (track 9) * Quiné - percussion (tracks 3 & 6) * Miguel Gonçalves - trumpet and fliscorn (track 10) * Davide Zaccaria - cello (track 5)

Reception

Track listing

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Charts

Weekly charts

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