Malásia

Malásia is the twelfth album by Brazilian singer and songwriter Djavan. It was released in 1996.

The album opens with the song "O Que foi My Love?", a jazz accelerated ending in the form of blues; "Sêca", which talks about the drought in northeastern jungle; "Nem Um Dia" biggest hit of the album on the radio FM to come to the soundtrack of the telenovela "Por Amor" in 1997, "Não Deu", where as a songwriter Djavan embodies the feminine soul to compose the song, "Deixa O Sol Sair", which is based on samba, "Tenha Calma" which had already been made for over a decade, and performed by Maria Bethânia, and "Não Deu", another with a self-lyrical female. The last three songs are cover versions or versions of other songs: "Coração Leviano" is a remake of a successful samba composer Paulinho da Viola, "Sorri (Smile)" is a remake of the song "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin, and "Correnteza" is a remake of a song by Tom Jobim, Luiz Bonfá partnered with.

Track listing

 * 1) Que Foi My Love? (Djavan)
 * 2) Seca (Djavan)
 * 3) Nem um dia... (Djavan)
 * 4) Não Deu... (Djavan)
 * 5) Deixa o sol sair (Djavan)
 * 6) Tenha calma (Djavan)
 * 7) Irmã de Neon (Djavan)
 * 8) Cordilheira (Djavan)
 * 9) Malásia (Djavan)
 * 10) Coração Leviano (Paulinho da Viola)
 * 11) Sorri (Smile) (Charles Chaplin/Geoffrey Parsons/John Turner/Version: João de Barro)
 * 12) Correnteza (Tom Jobim/Luiz Bonfá)

Credits

 * Fingerprint Recorded in the studio (RJ) May–August 1996
 * Wizards Studio: Marco Hoffer, Hoffer Marcelo (load), Mark Vicente
 * Musical Production Assistant: Paul Calasans
 * Assistant coach: Geraldo Tavares
 * Cover and Graphic Coordination: Carlos Nunes
 * Photos: Milton Montenegro
 * Recording Engineer: Rudy Gama, Enrico De Paoli
 * Mixing Engineer: Enrico De Paoli
 * Mastering: Ricardo Garcia
 * Production and Fittings: Djavan
 * Executive Producer: Mara Rabello


 * Musicians
 * Drums: Carlos Bala
 * Bass Arthur Maia
 * Flute saxophone Soprano Sax Tenor Sax: Marcelo Martins
 * Percussion: Armando Marçal
 * Piano and keyboard s: Djavan
 * Trumpet Walmir Gil
 * Violin: Mariana Isdebski; Rick Amado
 * Viola: Jairo Diniz
 * Guitar Thumper and Vocal Djavan