Cavalo (album)

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Cavalo
Cavalo Rodrigo Amarante.jpg
Studio album by
Rodrigo Amarante
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2013
(Brazil)
May 5, 2014
(Europe, Latin America, Australia, South Africa, Japan)
May 6, 2014
(United States, Canada)
GenreFolk Rock, MPB, Psychedelic Folk, Experimental
Length37:39
Label
ProducerNoah Georgeson
Rodrigo Amarante chronology
Little Joy
(2008) 		Cavalo
(2013)
Singles from Cavalo
  1. "Maná"
    Released: March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27)
  2. "Hourglass"
    Released: June 9, 2014 (2014-06-09)
  3. "Tardei"
    Released: September 10, 2014 (2014-09-10)
  4. "I'm Ready"
    Released: August 28, 2015 (2015-08-28)

Cavalo (Portuguese "horse") is the first solo album of singer Rodrigo Amarante, released in September 2013 in Brazil by Som Livre, and in May 2014 around the world by the Easy Sound.

Background and recording[]

After the indefinite break of Los Hermanos, in 2007, Amarante began to devote himself to the Orquestra Imperial, and the group Little Joy, who founded together with Fabrizio Moretti and Binki Shapiro. After the release of the first album of the trio in 2008, the band was on tour in Brazil and around the world by 2009. Living in Los Angeles, in a place where he was unknown, Amarante then began to write about this "exile" and to know again his own nature, forming what would become Cavalo. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro in 2012[1] and contains tracks sung in three different languages: Portuguese, English and French, plus some Japanese verses in the title track. Amarante alone recorded most of the album, which features the participation of former bandmates, as Rodrigo Barba, Fabrizio Moretti and Devendra Banhart.

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Omelete4/5 stars [2]
The Music Box3/5 stars [3]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars [4]
Tenho Mais Discos que Amigos!8/10[5]

The album received generally positive reviews, with Rolling Stone magazine placed the album in sixth place among the best national discs of 2013.[6] In a similar list on the site Tenho Mais Discos que Amigos!, Cavalo came in fourth position.[7] In 2014 the album was elected by the Portuguese newspaper Público the fifth best album of the year.[8] Already the British magazine MOJO elected as the third best album of the year in the category "World".

Touring and promotion[]

Three singles were released for Cavalo: "Manna", "Hourglass" and "Tardei". Video clips were launched via the Internet to all singles.

The Rodrigo Amarante tour began in May 2013 in the United States, even before the release of Cavalo, when Amarante opened the shows of Devendra Banhart. For this leg of the tour, Amarante divided the band with Devendra, formed by Fabrizio Moretti, Todd Dahholff and Josiah Steinbrick, taking turns on the instruments.[9]

In September 2013, already with the record out, Amarante began Cavalo tour in Brazil. With a band formed by Rodrigo Barba (drums), Gabriel Bubu (guitar), Gustavo Benjão (bass) and Lucas Vasconcellos (keyboards), Amarante played in 8 different cities between September and November, and then even opened some concerts for Devendra Banhart in South America.

With a different band, formed by Todd Dalhoff (bass and keyboards), Matt Borg (guitar and keyboards) and Matthew Compton (drums) in 2014 Rodrigo toured with around the United States and Europe playing in over 20 different countries. The tour returned to Brazil in November before its closure.

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nada em Vão"Rodrigo Amarante3:05
2."Hourglass"Rodrigo Amarante3:32
3."Mon Nom"Rodrigo Amarante4:08
4."Irene"Rodrigo Amarante3:17
5."Maná"Rodrigo Amarante2:39
6."Fall Asleep"Rodrigo Amarante3:19
7."The Ribbon"Rodrigo Amarante4:49
8."O Cometa"Rodrigo Amarante2:52
9."Cavalo"Rodrigo Amarante2:36
10."I'm Ready"Rodrigo Amarante3:49
11."Tardei"Rodrigo Amarante3:33
Total length:37:39

Credits[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cavalo - Rodrigo Amarante - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. ^ Timothy Monger. "Cavalo - Rodrigo Amarante - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Cavalo - Rodrigo Amarante - Crítica". Omelete. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Guia de CD - Cavalo - Rolling Stone Brasil". uol.com.br. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  5. ^ Guilherme Guedes. "Resenha: Rodrigo Amarante - Cavalo - TMDQA!". Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos!. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  6. ^ Tony Aiex. "Os 32 melhores discos nacionais de 2013 - Página 30 de 34 - TMDQA!". Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos!. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Os melhores discos nacionais de 2013 - Galeria - Rolling Stone Brasil". uol.com.br. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  8. ^ Gonçalo Frota. "Cultura Ípsilon - O Melhor de 2014 - Música". PÚBLICO. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Em turnê, Rodrigo Amarante troca mainstream no Brasil pelo underground na América do Norte". RollingStone. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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