Lisbon Live [Live]

Madredeus

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1992
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000005HBA
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #282,904 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Matinal

2. A Cidade

3. A Peninsul

4. Cuidado

5. O Ladrao

6. O Pomar Das Laranjeiras

7. Mudar De Vida

8. Canto De Embalar

9. O Navio

10. O Pastor

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. A Cantiga Do Campo

2. Amanha

3. A Sombra

4. Solsticio

5. A Estrada Do Monte

6. A Vaca De Fogo

7. Confissao

8. As Montanhas

9. O Menino

10. O Menino

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Respectfully hypnotising, August 6, 2000

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Just listen to the audience... they are dying to shout, clap and sing and yet they hush (and - quite ironically - tell others to hush) as Teresa's angelic voice and the soothing sound of the group start again. The music is beautifully painful to listen to (whether you understand the lyrics or not). There is a special (bonus!) appearance by the much loved Carlos Paredes, master of Portuguese guitar (highly recommended!) Inspiring and relaxing, this album should take you on a journey to memories you thought you had forgotten... some joyful, others tearful.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice live alternative to studio albums, January 2, 2002

By A Customer

This double CD offers live versions of most of the songs on Madredeus' first 2 studio albums, "Os Dias de Madredeus" and "Existir." (Carlos Paredes adds 2 songs from his repertoire, and also sits in on "O Navio.")

The versions on "Os Dias..." (the quintessential Madredeus album) are perfect and cannot be improved on. But this album's live versions of the "Existir" material are interesting. The recording quality here is thinner, the balance isn't perfect, and Teresa Salgueiro's vocals aren't as well miked. But the live audience -- and the hall's acoustics -- add a wonderful energy that's lacking on "Existir."

Madredeus is a unique combination of fado, liturgical music, and traditional European cabaret music. Their "Cuidado" (included here and better recorded on "Existir") is astonishingly beautiful. Madredeus' other live double CD, "O Porto," is also great -- it offers better recording quality, although its instrumentation is simpler (no accordion or cello).

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excelent cd, spiritual music and portuguese feeling, August 8, 1998

By A Customer

This group do an mixture between classic fado and new age, they used intruments typical how guitar portuguese sound similar to Citar indian, bandoneon and special voice woman that let you plane time. It is a excelent group that mixture ancestral music portuguese and new tecnologies.