''The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions Featuring Seu Jorge'' is an album by Brazilian musician
Seu Jorge
Jorge Mário da Silva, more commonly known by his stage name Seu Jorge (Seu, an abbreviation of "Senhor"; born June 8, 1970; ), is a Brazilian musical artist, songwriter, and actor. He is considered by many a renewer of Brazilian pop samba. Seu ...
. It is a collection of
David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...
songs (plus one original, "Team Zissou") Jorge recorded in
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
for
the soundtrack to the film ''
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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''.
Five of the
covers were featured on the original soundtrack of the film (but were rerecorded for this album), while seven were released on this album for the first time. The translation to Portuguese is not exact; Seu Jorge maintains the melodies and styles, but often varies the lyrics.
Track listing
All works composed by
David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...
except where noted.
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Rebel Rebel
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Life on Mars?" – 3:29*
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Starman
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''StarMan'' was first published ...
)" – 3:16 (lyrics by
Carlos Stein and Sady Homrich)*
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Ziggy Stardust" – 3:41
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Lady Stardust
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Changes
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* ''Changes'', the 12th novel in Jim Butcher's ''The Dresden Files'' Series
* ''Changes'', a novel by Danielle Steel
* ''Changes'', a trilogy of novels on which the BBC TV series was based, written by Peter Dickinson ...
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Oh! You Pretty Things
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Rock N' Roll Suicide" – 3:10*
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Suffragette City
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Five Years" – 3:59*
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Queen Bitch
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When I Live My Dream" – 2:55
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Quicksand
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" – 4:35
#"Team Zissou" – 2:32 (composed by Seu Jorge)
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Space Oddity
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" – 5:40 (iTunes Bonus Track)
*Featured in ''The'' ''Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou''.
References
Seu Jorge albums
2005 albums
David Bowie tribute albums
Hollywood Records albums
Portuguese-language albums
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