Havili (album)

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Havili
Te Vaka - Havili.jpg
Studio album by
Released2011
Genre South Pacific Fusion
Label Spirit of Play Productions
Warm Earth Records
Te Vaka chronology
Haoloto
(2009)
Havili
(2011)
Amataga
(2015)

Havili is the seventh studio album by the Oceanic group Te Vaka, released in 2011. [1] It won second place in the ISC Awards.

Contents

The song "Logo te Pate" is featured in the 2016 Walt Disney Pictures film Moana . In 2022, it was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Opetaia Foa'i

No.TitleLength
1."Havili"4:02
2."Taku uo Pele"3:46
3."Luga ma Lalo"4:32
4."Vevela"2:31
5."Logo te Pate"3:24
6."Moemiti"4:06
7."Tu i Fea"3:53
8."Taumalo"2:34
9."Lovely World"4:03
10."Tamaiti Uma"4:53
11."Manuia"3:26
12."Puketu"2:50
13."Kofu o Lakau"4:09

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References

  1. "Havili - Te Vaka | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. "British single certifications – Foa'i/Foa'i/Sale – Logo Te Pate". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 4 September 2021.