Helder Moutinho - 1987 (2013)

Tracklist

01. Venho de um Tempo
02. Quando o Amor
03. Rua Deserta
04. Sudoeste
05. Luto Inteiro
06. Se ao Menos Fosses de Vez
07. Se uma Janela Se Abrisse
08. Volta a Dar
09. Escrito no Destino
10. Pequeno Amor
11. Noite em Claro
12. Já Não Te Espero
13. Maria da Mouraria
14. Vida
15. Como Dois Barcos no Tejo
16. O Que Sobrou Foi Amor
17. O Fado da Bia



Once again remaining faithful to his habit of releasing one album every four years, the fado singer, composer and lyricist Hélder Moutinho is back in the recording studio this year with a concept album. The name of the album is 1987 and it is based on original poems written from scratch by João Monge, Pedro Campos, José Fialho and Hélder Moutinho himself.

After the albums Sete Fados e Alguns Cantos (released at the end of 1999), Luz de Lisboa (2004) and Que Fado É Este Que Trago (2008), this new album was recorded in July at the Marquês de Tancos Palace in Mouraria. Hélder Moutinho was accompanied by his usual accomplices: Ricardo Parreira (Portuguese guitar), Marco Oliveira (guitar), Fernando Araújo (bass) and the music producer Frederico Pereira.

The fruit of his own development as a singer, composer and creator of concepts for his albums and concerts, 1987 tells four independent stories, each consisting of four different poems written by the four lyricists who were asked to write songs for the album. In total, there are sixteen songs.

Inspired by four original tales, Hélder Moutinho’s poems respond to the (autobiographical) motto Os Dias da Liberdade (Days of Freedom) whereas Pedro Campos’ poems imagine the life of Maria da Mouraria (Maria of Mouraria), João Monge tells A História de Um Desencontro (The Story of a Mismatch) and José Fialho depicts O Luto de Uma Relação (The After-Effects of a Relationship).

This idea was reflected in the recording of the album in a space away from the traditional recording studio with excellent ambiance and acoustic conditions and where all the arrangements, audio recordings, videos and photo shoots also took place.

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