''Tanto Tempo'' (lit. "So Much Time") is an album by

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. Tanto Tempo was produced by

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and co-produced by Béco Dranoff for the Ziriguiboom imprint of Crammed Discs. Suba died from smoke inhalation while saving the newly recorded album from a studio fire. The album was included in the book ''

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''. Brazilian electronic artist

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's "Nova", from the album ''

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'', is the backing track of "Samba da Benção".

Commercial performance

In 2011 it was awarded a platinum certification from the

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which indicated sales of at least 400,000 copies throughout Europe. As of 2009 it has sold 309,000 copies in United States according to

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. and as of 2004 it was reported that it has reached over a million copies sold worldwide.

Track listing

# "Samba da Bênção" (lyrics:

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, music: Baden Powell) - 4:47 # "August Day Song" (music & lyrics:

(Isabel Gilberto de Oliveira), Nina Miranda, Chris Franck) - 4:37 # "Tanto Tempo" (lyrics: Bebel Gilberto, music: Bebel Gilberto,

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(sample)) - 3:01 # "Sem Contenção" (lyrics: Bebel Gilberto, music: Bebel Gilberto, Gerry Arling, Richard Cameron) - 3:10 # "Mais Feliz" (lyrics: Cazuza (Agenor Miranda Araújo Neto), music: Bebel Gilberto, Dé (André Palmeira Cunha)) - 4:17 # "Alguém" (lyrics: Bebel Gilberto, Roberto "Béco" Dranoff, music: Bebel Gilberto, Suba) - 4:04 # " So Nice (Summer Samba)" (lyrics:

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, music:

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) - 3:32 # "Lonely" (lyrics: Bebel Gilberto, music: Bebel Gilberto, Roberto Garza) - 2:24 # "Bananeira" (lyrics

, music: João Donato) - 3:26 # "Samba e Amor" (music & lyrics: Francisco "Chico" Buarque De Hollanda) - 3:28 # "Close Your Eyes" (lyrics: Dinho Ouro Preto, Bebel Gilberto, Roberto "Béco" Dranoff, music: Suba, Patricia Ermel) - 4:14 # "No Return" - 4:45 (Bonustrack) - Included on German "Special Remix Edition"

Charts

Certifications and sales

References

Bebel Gilberto albums 2000 albums Crammed Discs albums {{Brazil-album-stub