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.

Chega de Saudade
Studio album by João Gilberto
Released	1959
Recorded	1959
Genre	Bossa nova, samba, jazz
Length	22:37 (LP)
Label	Odeon
Producer	Antônio Carlos Jobim
João Gilberto chronology
Chega de Saudade (1959) O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor (1960)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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.[2] It was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil as the fourth best Brazilian album in history.[3]

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".[4]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Chega de Saudade"	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes	2:01
2.	"Lobo Bobo"	Carlos Lyra, Ronaldo Bôscoli	1:20
3.	"Brigas, Nunca Mais"	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes	2:05
4.	"Hó-Bá-Lá-Lá"	João Gilberto	2:15
5.	"Saudade Fêz Um Samba"	Carlos Lyra, Ronaldo Bôscoli	2:01
6.	"Maria Ninguém"	Carlos Lyra	2:21

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Desafinado"	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça	1:58
8.	"Rosa Morena"	Dorival Caymmi	2:04
9.	"Morena Boca de Ouro"	Ary Barroso	1:58
10.	"Bim-Bom"	João Gilberto	1:16
11.	"Aos Pés da Cruz"	Marino Pinto, Zé da Zilda	1:34
12.	"É Luxo Só"	Ary Barroso, Luiz Peixoto	1:56

CD bonus tracks

1. "A Felicidade (Happiness)" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) - João Gilberto
2. "Manhã de Carnaval (Morning of the Carnival)" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria, Maria Bonfa) - João Gilberto
3. "O nosso amor (Our Love)" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) - João Gilberto
4. "Chega de saudade" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) - Elizete Cardoso
5. "Chega de saudade" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) - Os Cariocas
6. "Lobo bobo" (Carlos Lyra, Ronaldt Boscoli) - Alaide Costa
7. "Lobo bobo" (Carlos Lyra, Ronaldt Boscoli) - Walter Wanderley
8. "Hô-bá-lá-lá" (João Gilberto) - Walter Wanderley
9. "Hô-bá-lá-lá" (João Gilberto) - Norma Bengell
10. "Hô-bá-lá-lá" (João Gilberto) - Bene Nunes
11. "Maria ninguém" (Carlos Lyra) - Bola Sete
12. "Minha saudade" (My Longing)" (João Gilberto, João Donato) - Bola Sete
13. "Minha saudade" (My Longing)" (João Gilberto, João Donato) - Alaide Costa
14. "Minha saudade" (My Longing)" (João Gilberto, João Donato) - João Donato

References

1. Chega de Saudade at AllMusic
2. The Latin Recording Academy (27 August 2001). "Inaugural Latin Grammy(R) Hall of Fame Inductees Announced". Retrieved 22 April 2016.
3. "Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira" (in Portuguese). Umas Linhas. 2007-12-20. Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
4. Leite, Edmundo (31 August 2012). "Alguns discos clássicos já nascem grandes". Acervo Estadão (in Portuguese). Grupo Estado. Retrieved 28 January 2016.