''O Paraíso'' (English: "The Paradise") is the fifth studio album by Portuguese group

Madredeus Madredeus () are a Portuguese musical ensemble formed in 1985, in Lisbon. Their music combines traditional Portuguese music, fado and folk music. Madredeus are one of the most successful music groups from Portugal, having sold over 3 million alb ...

. It was released on 20 October 1997 by

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. It is the first Madredeus album with their second lineup, as a quintet, with Carlos Maria Trindade replacing

Rodrigo Leão Rodrigo Costa Leão Muñoz Miguez (born 15 October 1964), known professionally as Rodrigo Leão, is a Portuguese musician and songwriter. He became known in the 1980s as a member of the Portuguese groups Sétima Legião and Madredeus. In the 1990 ...

on the keyboards and Fernando Júdice on the acoustic bass replacing

Francisco Ribeiro : ''For other uses, see Ribeirinho''. Francisco Ribeiro (15 March 1965 – 14 September 2010) was a Portuguese cellist, composer, lyricist, vocalist, arranger and record producer. He was born and died in Lisbon, Portugal. Ribeiro is best known ...

Recording

''O Paraíso'' was recorded and mixed between 28 June and 26 August 1997 at the Condulmer Studios in

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. The mastering was done by Tim Young at the Metropolis Studios in

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Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's inner notes. Madredeus *

Teresa Salgueiro Maria Teresa de Almeida Salgueiro OIH () is a Portuguese singer. She is best known as the lead singer of Madredeus from 1987 until 2007. She also appeared in Wim Wenders' film '' Lisbon Story.'' Career Salgueiro joined Madredeus after other ...

– voice *

Pedro Ayres Magalhães Pedro Aires Ferreira de Almeida Gonçalves Magalhães (born 31 July 1959), known as Pedro Ayres Magalhães, is a Portuguese musician, best known as a founding member and the main songwriter of the musical group Madredeus. Magalhães has also be ...

– acoustic guitar * José Peixoto – acoustic guitar * Carlos Maria Trindade – synthesizers * Fernando Júdice – acoustic bass Production * Pedro Ayres Magalhães – production, mixing, cover project * Matt Butler – sound engineer * Maximiliano Bacchin – assistant technician * Jorge Barata – group's sound engineer * Tim Young – mastering *

Daniel Blaufuks Daniel Blaufuks (born 1963) is a Portuguese photographer. Life and work Blaufuks was born in Lisbon. He is the grandson of Polish and German Ashkenazi Jews who moved to Portugal in the late 1920s and 1930s. He moved to Germany in 1976 and retu ...

– artistic direction, photography * Augusto Brázio – photomontage * António Cunha – management

Charts

References

{{Authority control Madredeus albums EMI Records albums 1997 albums