''Contagious'' is the third full-length studio
album
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of
Philippine
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
bossa nova
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singer
Sitti
Sitti Katrina Baiddin Navarro-Ramirez (born November 29, 1984 in Las Piñas), known professionally as Sitti, is a Filipino bossa nova singer. After releasing her first album, ''Café Bossa'', in 2006, other bossa nova acts in the Philippines foll ...
, after 2006's ''
Café Bossa
''Café Bossa'' is the debut album by Filipino people, Filipino bossa nova singer Sitti Navarro, Sitti. It was released on January 25, 2006 by Warner Music Group, Warner Music Philippines. The album spawned four successful singles—"Tattooed o ...
'' and 2007's ''
My Bossa Nova
''My Bossa Nova'' is the second studio album of Philippine bossa nova singer Sitti. It was released by Warner Music Philippines in 2007. Unlike her previous studio album, ''Café Bossa'', this album focused on more recent songs and had very few "tr ...
''. It was released in mid-2009.
Track listing
#"Your Love Is King" (
Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman) - 4:32
#"
How Insensitive
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(Insensatez)" (
Antonio Carlos Jobim,
Vinicius de Moraes
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,
Norman Gimbel) - 5:04
#"Is This Love" (George Noriega, Jorge Gonzalez, Andrew Fromm, Howard Dorough, Merecco Turner) - 4:05
#"
Adia
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Pierre Marchand
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Marchand is known for his ongoing collaboration with Sarah McLachlan, having produced all of her albums since ''Solace'' in 1991. He also co-wrote several of Mc ...
,
Sarah McLachlan) - 4:34
#"
Chega de Saudade
"Chega de Saudade" (), also known as "No More Blues", is a bossa nova jazz standard. It is often considered to be the first bossa nova song to be recorded. Like "The Girl from Ipanema", the music for "Chega de Saudade" was composed by Antônio Carl ...
" (Jobim, de Moraes) - 4:05
#"A Certain Sadness" (Carlos Eduardo Lyra, John Court) - 3:26
#"So Em Teus Braços" (Jobim) - 2:16
#"
Dindi" (Jobim, Aloysio de Oliveria) - 5:13
#"
La-La (Means I Love You)" (
Thom Bell, William Hart) - 3:58
#"
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (
Culture Club
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) - 4:23
#"
No More I Love You's
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" (Joseph Hughes, David Freeman) - 3:44
#"Let Me In" (Mike Francis) - 3:41
#"Promises / New Day for You" (
Basia, Danny White, Peter Ross) - 4:46
#"
One on One" (
Daryl Hall) - 3:03
#"
Till There Was You
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Meredith Willson
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) - 2:56
#"
Bossa Nova Baby
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Jerry Leiber
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,
Mike Stoller
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) - 2:25
Personnel
*Sitti Navarro -
vocals
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*Chito Servañez -
piano
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*Erskine Basilio -
nylon guitar
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*Sonny Teodoro -
percussion
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*Rex Nogares - electric / upright bass
*Archie Lacorte -
saxophone
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,
flute
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*Gian Vergel -
drums
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2009 albums
Bossa nova albums
Sitti albums
Warner Music Philippines albums
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