A Different Story (Deborah Blando album)
| A Different Story | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by Deborah Blando | |
| Released | 19 November 1991 |
| Genre | Pop, rock |
| Length | 35:35 |
| Label | Epic |
| Producer | David Wolff |
| Singles from A Different Story | |
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| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
A Different Story is the debut album from Brazilian singer Deborah Blando. Launched in 1991, the album was produced entirely in English language.[2]
The story before the production begins in 1989, when Deborah found singer Cyndi Lauper on tour in Rio de Janeiro and she decides presents her to his manager David Wolff, affiliated with Epic Records. Then, David presented Deborah to Sony Music executives and her signs contract to produce an album in Portuguese language. However, the record company decides to invest in a possible international career and it brings together a songwriting team committed to translating their songs previously ready in Portuguese to English, as "Innocence" and "Shame". In less than three months Deborah moved to New York and she signs contract with Sony International and North American Sony.[3]
As a commercial theme for a campaign to Coca-Cola (Diet Coke) in the summer of 1991, the song "Boy (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)", produced by ET Thorngren, debuted as the first single from the album in the Top 10 the American Dance Chart months earlier. It is a eurodance remake for Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue), originally composed by the American duo Edward Holland and Norman Whitfield for The Temptations, in 1964.[3]
"Decadence Avec Elegance" came from the great success from Lobão singer who had recorded five years earlier. Translated to English, Deborah's version has gathered pace and innovated as in the previous song, more focused on rock music. Music video was recorded in Olinda, with scenes of a live show held on the beach of Boa Viagem for an audience of over 80,000 people during the tour conducted by the Brazilian northeast states.[4]
"Innocence" was composed by Deborah in his apartment in Rio de Janeiro originally in Portuguese and translated to English by Kit Hain, Larry Dvoskin and ET Thorngren – team organized by David Wolff, who hired the consecrated duo Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, responsible for several hits by Cyndi Lauper in the 80s as "True Colors" and "I Drove All Night." According to the Billboard Magazine, the song spent 13 weeks at number one in Brazil.[5]
Track listing
| # | Title | Composers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Boy (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" | Edward Holland, Norman Whitfield | 3:07 |
| 2. | "Shame" | Deborah Blando, Monique Dayan, Fred Nascimento | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Innocence" | Deborah Blando, Kit Hain, Larry Dvoskin, E.T. Thorngren | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Merry-Go-Round" | Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Other Peoples Houses" | Deborah Blando, Richard Orange | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Decadence Avec Elegance" | Lobão, Deborah Blando, Kit Hain | 3:25 |
| 7. | "Blue Eyes Sensitive to the Light" | Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly, Martika | 4:30 |
| 8. | "Brasil/ Aquarela do Brasil" | Cazuza, George Israel, Nilo Romero, Ary Barroso | 3:52 |
| 9. | "Walk on Fire" | Monique Dayan, additional lyrics by Deborah Blando | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Lazy Heart" | Deborah Blando, Marga Roman, Andres Levin, Camus Mare Celli | 3:43 |
References
- ↑ Review from Allmusic website – A Different Story at AllMusic
- ↑ http://www.deborahblando.com.br/#!a-different-story/jfbrz
- 1 2 "Deborah Blando: Biography".
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ "Blando's Success In Germany A Twist Of Fate".