Café Atlantico
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 25, 1999 (1999-05-25)
RecordedStudio Recall, Pompignan and Studio Harry Son, Paris
GenreMorna / coladeira
LabelLusafrica
ProducerJosé Da Silva
Cesária Évora chronology
Cabo Verde
(1997)
Café Atlantico
(1999)
São Vicente di Longe
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Q[2]

Café Atlantico is the seventh album by the Cape Verdean singer-songwriter Cesária Évora. Café Atlantico is a reference to her home where she frequently entertained guests.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Flôr di nha esperança"
  2. "Vaquinha Mansa"
  3. "Amor di mundo"
  4. "Paraiso di atlantico"
  5. "Sorte"
  6. "Carnaval de São Vicente"
  7. "Desilusão dum amdjer"
  8. "Nho antone escaderode"
  9. "Beijo de longe"
  10. "Roma criola"
  11. "Perseguida"
  12. "Maria Elena"
  13. "Cabo verde mandá manténha"
  14. "Terezinha"

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[4] 32
French SNEP Albums Chart[5] 12
United States Billboard World Albums Chart[6] 4

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
France (SNEP)[7] Gold 100,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[8] Gold 20,000*
Summaries
Worldwide 1,000,000[9]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. O'Brien, Lucy. "Review: Cesária Évora - Café Atlantico". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd (July 1999): 110, 112.
  3. "Cesária Évora". The Economist. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  4. "Belgium Charts (French)". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  5. "Les Charts". Lescharts.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  6. "Cesária Évora". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  7. "French album certifications – Cesária Évora – Café Atlantico" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  8. "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2005 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  9. Wartofsky, Alona (25 June 2001). "A Lifetime of Persistence Brings Cesaria Evora to World Stage". LATimes. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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