- fado
- 29 min
- 12 tracks
- Columbia Records
Cantigas numa Língua Antiga is an album by the Portuguese fado singer Amália Rodrigues. Recorded in 1977 and released by Columbia, it was her first album of original material for three years. It was also released under the title Songs In an Ancient Tongue, with the track titles translated into English.
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Grave, character-led, intimate and earnest.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- A1Alfama2:36
- A2Rosa vermelha2:07
- A3Meu amigo está longe2:25
- A4Gondarém2:38
- A5Amêndoa amarga2:33
- A6O meu é teu2:07
- B1Abril2:55
- B2Meu amor é marinheiro2:11
- B3Mal aventurado2:40
- B4Perdigão1:27
- B5As facas2:19
- B6A minha terra é Viana2:52
12 tracks, 29 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Amália Rodrigues
- Label
- Columbia Records
- Released
- April 28, 1977
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- PT
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