''Faluas do Tejo'' (English: "''Faluas'' of the

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") is the eighth studio album by Portuguese group

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. It was released on 14 February 2005 by

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. It is the last Madredeus album with vocalist

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and musicians José Peixoto and Fernando Júdice.

Recording

''Faluas do Tejo'' was recorded in February 2004 at the Xangrilá Studios in

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, in the same recording sessions as the group's previous album, '' Um Amor Infinito''. The mixing was done at the Garate Studios in

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, in March 2004.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's inner notes. Madredeus *

– voice *

Pedro Ayres Magalhães Pedro Aires Ferreira de Almeida Gonçalves Magalhães (born 31 July 1959), known as Pedro Ayres Magalhães, is a Portuguese musician, best known as a founding member and the main songwriter of the musical group Madredeus. Magalhães has also be ...

– classic guitar * José Peixoto – classic guitar * Carlos Maria Trindade – synthesizers * Fernando Júdice – acoustic bass Production * Pedro Ayres Magalhães – production, musical direction, cover concept * Jorge Barata – sound engineer * Pedro Rego – assistant technician at Xangrilá Studios * Hartiz Harreguy – assistant technician at Garate Studios * Tim Young – mastering *

Daniel Blaufuks Daniel Blaufuks (born 1963) is a Portuguese photographer. Life and work Blaufuks was born in Lisbon. He is the grandson of Polish and German Ashkenazi Jews who moved to Portugal in the late 1920s and 1930s. He moved to Germany in 1976 and retur ...

– photography * Paulo Junqueiro – executive production * Maria João Fortes – executive production * Helena Evangelista – executive production

Charts

References

{{Authority control Madredeus albums EMI Records albums 2005 albums