''Riû'' is the third album released by
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
Cuca Roseta
Maria Isabel Rebelo Couto da Cruz Roseta (born 2 December 1981), known professionally as Cuca Roseta, is a Portuguese fado singer, composer, and model. Roseta is considered one of the most important fado representatives of her generation, appe ...
. It was released in 2015 by
Universal Music Portugal. It was produced by
Nelson Motta
Nelson Cândido Motta Filho (born 29 October 1944, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian journalist, ghostwriter, songwriter, writer, and record producer.
He was part of the bossa nova movement, collaborating with Edu Lobo, Dori Caymmi, Lulu Santos ...
. The album extended beyond the fado tradition and included songs written for Rosetta by
Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...
and
Djavan. Roseta described it as "a happy album with so many positive lyrics and revealing the other face of fado, intense but hopeful".
Track listing
# Riû Riû
# Tudo Por Tudo ''Our All''
# Quem Sou ''Who I Am''
# Amor Ladrão ''Thieving Love''
# Carnaval ''Carnival''
# Primavera Em Lisboa '' Spring In Lisboa''
# Lisboa De Agora ''Lisboa Right Now''
# O Amor Não é Somente Amor ''Love Isn't Just Love''
# Verdes São Os Campos ''The Fields Are Green''
# Canto Do Coração ''The Song Of The Heart''
# Ser E Côr ''Being And Color''
# Tanto ''So Much''
# E La Chiamano Estate ''And They Call It Summer''
# Rua Da Oração ''Rua Da Oração''
# De Onde Vens ''Where Do You Come From''
# Ser Artista ''To Be An Artist''
References
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Cuca Roseta albums
2015 albums
Portuguese-language albums
Universal Music Group albums