Nelly Furtado - Folklore (CD)

Album Details: Folklore

Release Date:11/25/2003
Label:Dreamworks
UPC:600445050099

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    Folklore

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 18, 2003 | 5 out of 9 found this Folklore review helpful

    Pros: awesome

    Cons: nothing

    being portuguese just like nelly this a big step for portuguese culture all over the world. Its great to hear portuguese beat and words in her songs. Viva Portugal....

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    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jun 27, 2004

    Pros: GREAT MUSIC NEVER BORING

    Cons: NOTHING

    NELLY IS GREAT SHE'S GOT AWESOME MUSIC!! YOU ROCK KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!! GET MORE CD'S OUT PLEASE UR AN AWESOME SINGER!!!!!

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    Unlike some of her modernday neosinger/songwriter peers, Nelly Furtado never hid her ambition, never hid her desire to be an "important" artist, which was part of the charm of her debut, Whoa Nelly. Despite (or perhaps because of) her youth, she was willing to try anything, blending a number of sounds and styles, all of which were tied together by her sincerety and audacious desire to say something grand, or at least say everything grandly. Her musical restlessness was underpinned by a sensibility that was fundamentally serious but leavened by sly humor, all of which made Whoa Nelly a bracing listen. Her second album, Folklore, is a bit of a different situation. Released three years after her debut, it picks up where the first record leaves off, but it's a much more serious affair, a situation telegraphed by the album covers. Whoa Nelly and Folklore mirror each other both bear the same Nelly Furtado logo, both feature a reclining Nelly, but where the debut was bright, girlish and rath...er innocent, finding her lying to the right in a field, she's now bathed in warm, dark colors, looking rather sultry as she lies to the left amongst a bunch of leaves. The artwork implies she's more mature, and it's a sentiment that's mirrored in the album titles, since the plainspoken Folklore lacks the humor of Whoa, Nelly, and suggests she'd rather play it straight than play around. And that's the problem with Folklore: though it surely has impressive moments, the album is a selfconscious, somber affair that takes itself far too seriously. Read more Less

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Biography

Nelly Furtado

Singer/songwriter Nelly Furtado heavily credits her ethnic background and childhood for culturally and crucially spawning her creativity as a female and as an inspiring musician. Born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Furtado's working-class parents, whom are of Portuguese decent, instilled a hardcore work ethic during her upbringing. She spent eight sum... Read more