Ruas (2 CD Set) [Import]

Misia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 15, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B001TJ4YSA
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #294,835 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Que Fazes Al Lisboa

2. Joana Rosa

3. Conjugar Lisboa

4. Venho De Longe Lisboa

5. Fado Da Rua Da Bica

6. Rapsodia Dos 3 Poetas

7. Fado De Santa Catarina

8. E Noite Na Mouraria

9. Fado Inventaire

10. Lisboa Nao Sejas Francesa

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Biraz Kul Biraz Duman

2. Hurt

3. Fallaste Corazon

4. Mi Sono Innamorata Di Te

5. Pour Ne Pas Vivre Seul

6. Como El Agua

7. Era De Maggio

8. Love Will Tear Us Apart

9. Aishuh Hatoba

10. Attendez Que Ma Joie Revienne

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Roads of Life, Roads of the Heart, Roads of the Saudade, Roads of Love and of Absence, Roads of all the Roads. Those of Fate and Fado. We all take roads until we reach the last turning. And these places of passing by, of meetings and goodbyes, all these roads of all the cities in the world are traversed by the vulnerable and indefatigable humans that we are, trying to live our lives and spread jam on our hearts.

Universal. 2009.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strong music, March 21, 2011

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Nihlus (Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ruas (2 CD Set) (Audio CD)

I was very pleasantly surprised with this album. Two CDs (!) packed with varied and stylish music. I have not known Misia before so I have not had any expectations but after creating an mp3 mix of this album with some other recently bought records I was instantly drawn to Misia pieces each time I heard her. A charismatic voic and rendition. Misia and this album is a true discovery for me. The other reviewer complains it is not fado. Who cares? It is simply powerful music. Recommended.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Não gostei, September 22, 2010

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Chevalier de Pas (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ruas (2 CD Set) (Audio CD)

I have been a Misia fan for quite sometime. I deeply admire her attempt to stretch the artistic boundaries of Fado.
Unfortunately,in her latest album she has taken a road that is not artistically convincing.

Do not get me wrong: there are many jewels in the first CD of the set. Especially the first and last tracks are full of expression and sound sincerely haunting.

However, her reading of a morna (Cape Verdian song, track two)is totally unconvincing. Her singing is forced, and her use of morna mannerisms (so wonderful in the voice of a Cesaria Evora) sounds too learned.

The same can be said about the second CD of the set. Misia sings some tracks well (such as the rock-and-roll ones) but that is not the kind of music I want to hear when I buy her CDs. The opening track is hautingly beautiful, but cannot compare to a rendition by a Turkish singer. Her most disappointing renditions are of the two songs in Spanish. Though the Mexican track is sang with proper style, she pronounces many cs and zs (not all) with Spanish accent. Her flamenco track is, like her morna in the first CD, a disaster.

I look foward to hearing her next CD, but I will skip this one (or upload some tracks from disc one onto my Ipod).