Chega de Saudade (album)


Chega de Saudade is the debut album by Brazilian musician João Gilberto and is often credited as the first bossa nova album. The title can be translated roughly as "enough longing", though the Portuguese word saudade carries with it more complex meaning.
In 2001, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In the same year, it was made an inaugural member of the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame. It was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil as the fourth best Brazilian album in history.
By the time of the album's release, newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo stated that Gilberto "is one of the most musical of our popular singers, a certainty which broadly compensates for his lack of volume. In this regard, it is worth noting his interpretation of 'Desafinado'. Besides, he reveals an unorthodox good taste for the choice of melodies recorded in this first LP and a sobriety in interpretation we have rarely observed".

Track listing

CD bonus tracks

  1. "A Felicidade " - João Gilberto
  2. "Manhã de Carnaval " - João Gilberto
  3. "O nosso amor " - João Gilberto
  4. "Chega de saudade" - Elizete Cardoso
  5. "Chega de saudade" - Os Cariocas
  6. "Lobo bobo" - Alaide Costa
  7. "Lobo bobo" - Walter Wanderley
  8. "Hô-bá-lá-lá" - Walter Wanderley
  9. "Hô-bá-lá-lá" - Norma Bengell
  10. "Hô-bá-lá-lá" - Bene Nunes
  11. "Maria ninguém" - Bola Sete
  12. "Minha saudade" " - Bola Sete
  13. "Minha saudade" " - Alaide Costa
  14. "Minha saudade" " - João Donato