Livro

Caetano Veloso

1997 · Mercury Records · 536 584-2

August 10, 2026 — August 16, 2026

Livro was released in Brazil in 1997 and internationally the following year, produced by Caetano Veloso and Jaques Morelenbaum. Across its 14 tracks, Veloso moves between percussion-heavy Brazilian rhythms, orchestral arrangements, acoustic writing and more experimental studio textures, with songs including Os Passistas, Livros, Onde o Rio É Mais Baiano, Manhatã and Um Tom. The album later won the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, as well as the Latin Grammy for Best MPB Album.

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Livro (transl. Book) is an album by Caetano Veloso, released through the record label Nonesuch in 1998. Reception In 2000 , the album earned Veloso the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album and a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year , in addition to winning the Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album . Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page ).

Tracklist

1Os passistas3:24

2Livros4:30

3Onde o Rio é mais baiano3:21

4Manhatã5:17

5Doideca3:40

6Você é minha3:44

7Um tom2:30

8How Beautiful Could a Being Be3:27

9O navio negreiro (excerto)5:17

10Não enche3:32

11Minha voz, minha vida2:50

12Alexandre5:49

13Na baixa do sapateiro3:46

14Pra ninguém2:59

Production

Antonio “Moogie” Canázio

engineer, mix

Caetano Veloso

producer

Duda Mello

recording

Jaques Morelenbaum

producer

Jun Murakawa

mix

Mike Aarvold

mix

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