Cantar (album)

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Cantar
Gal Costa - Cantar.png
Studio album by
Released1974
Genre MPB
Length33:37
Label Phillips
Producer Caetano Veloso, Perinho Albuquerque
Gal Costa chronology
Índia
(1973)
Cantar
(1974)
Gal Canta Caymmi
(1976)

Cantar is the fifth solo album by the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, released in 1974. It was ranked the 91st best Brazilian album of all time by the Brazilian Rolling Stone magazine. [1] [2]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Barato Total" Gilberto Gil 3:48
2."A Rã" Caetano Veloso, João Donato 3:52
3."Lua, Lua, Lua, Lua" Caetano Veloso 3:02
4."Canção Que Morre no Ar" Carlos Lyra, Ronaldo Bôscoli 1:50
5."Flor de Maracujá" João Donato, Lysias Ênio2:56
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Flor do Cerrado" Caetano Veloso 3:13
7."Joia" Caetano Veloso 3:24
8."Até Quem Sabe" João Donato, Lysias Ênio3:39
9."O Céu e o Som"Péricles Cavalcanti3:00
10."Lágrimas Negras" Jorge Mautner, Nélson Jacobina 3:31
11."Chululu"Mariah Costa0:56

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References

  1. "Gal Costa - Cantar (1974) – Rolling Stone" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music - Page 338 0857125958 Colin Larkin - 2011 - Gal Costa (Philips 1968) Legal (Philips 1970), with Veloso, Gilberto Gil Temporada De Verão: Ao Vivo Na Bahia ... Aquele Frevo Axé (BMG 1998), Cantar (Philips 1974), Personalidade (PolyGram 1987), Meu Nome É Gal (My Name Is Gal) ...