''Brazilian Girls'' is the first album by the American music group

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. It was released on February 1, 2005 by

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. The album mixes a number of different musical styles, from

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and

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, as well as many different languages, as lead singer

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goes from English to French, Italian, German and Spanish. The song "Me gustas cuando callas" ("I like you when you're quiet") is based on a poem by

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, from his well-known 1924 collection '' Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada'', and "

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" ("Thoughts Are Free") is a German protest song about the

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that became popular with the

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. The French song title "Les sirènes de la fête" means "the

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of the party."

Track listing

# "Homme" – 5:21 # "Don't Stop" – 3:51 # "Lazy Lover" – 4:00 # "Les sirènes de la fête" – 4:46 # "Corner Store" – 4:13 # "Long" – 4:47 # "Pussy" – 4:08 # "

(Thoughts Are Free)" – 4:28 # "All We Have" – 3:46 # "Dance Till the Morning Sun" – 4:38 # "Me gustas cuando callas" – 5:42 # "Ships in the Night" – 3:29

Personnel

- Vocals * Till Behler - Saxophone *

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- Saxophone, background vocals * Takuya Nakamura - Trumpet, background vocals *

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- Trombone, tuba, background vocals * Didi Gutman - Keyboards, computers *

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- Bass * Aaron Johnston - Drums * Brian Mitchell - Background vocals *

Kenny Wollesen Kenny Wollesen (born 1966) is an American drummer and percussionist. Wollesen has recorded and toured with Tom Waits, Sean Lennon, Ron Sexsmith, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, John Lurie, Myra Melford, Steven Bernstein, and John Zorn. He is a fou ...

- Background vocals * Jason Darling - Background vocals * Anna Hronopoulos - Background vocals * Hector Castillo - Background vocals * Alexandra Douglass - Background vocals * Heather Blanton - Background vocals * Carlotta Montealegre - Background vocals * Shruthi Pinnamaneni - Background vocals

Awards

* #40
woxy.com's 97 best of 2005

One of the best albums of 2005

External links

Brazilian Girls at Verve Forecast website
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