Desfado

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}{{Use British English|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox album | name = Desfado | type = Studio | artist = Ana Moura | cover = Desfado.jpg | border = yes | alt = Light-blue toned picture of a smiley woman. She looks at the camera as she has her hands grabbing her neck. She has short black hair, and wears a dress of the same colour. To her right the text "Ana Moura" is written in black capital letters, and below it "Desfado", written in greyish tones. | released = 12 November 2012<ref name="antena1"/> | recorded = May 2012 | venue = | studio = Henson, Hollywood<ref name="booklet">{{cite AV media notes |title=Desfado |others=Ana Moura |year=2013 |type=Compact Disc |publisher=Universal Music Portugal |id=6 02537 22858 4 |location=Hollywood, California}}</ref> | genre = Fado, jazz | length = 61:40 | label = Universal; Decca (United States) | producer = Larry Klein | prev_title = Leva-me aos Fados | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = Moura | next_year = 2015 | misc = {{Singles | name = Desfado | type = Studio | single1 = Até ao Verão | single1date = 15 October 2012<ref name="até">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/pt/album/ate-ao-verao-single/id569915883?affId=2078366&ign-mpt=uo%3D4|title=Até ao Verão – Single|language=Portuguese|access-date=8 February 2013|publisher=iTunes Store Portugal|archive-date=16 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616163204/https://itunes.apple.com/pt/album/ate-ao-verao-single/id569915883?affId=2078366&ign-mpt=uo%3D4|url-status=dead}}</ref> | single2 = Desfado | single2date = 7 January 2013<ref name=desfadosingle>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/pt/album/desfado-single/id590756465|title=Desfado – Single|language=Portuguese|access-date=8 February 2013|publisher=iTunes Store Portugal|archive-date=16 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616163208/https://itunes.apple.com/pt/album/desfado-single/id590756465|url-status=dead}}</ref> | single3 = A Case of You | single3date = 21 January 2013<ref name=acase>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/mx/album/a-case-of-you-single/id592869862|title=A Case of You – Single|language=Spanish|access-date=6 July 2015|publisher=iTunes Store Mexico|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306032622/https://itunes.apple.com/mx/album/a-case-of-you-single/id592869862|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://testicanzoni.mtv.it/testi-Ana-Moura_169290/A-Case-of-You-album_14296697|title=Album A Case of You, Ana Moura|work=MTV Italia|access-date=23 October 2021|language=it}}</ref> }} }}

'''''Desfado''''' is the fifth album by Portuguese fado singer Ana Moura. It was produced by American record producer Larry Klein in Hollywood, California, and was released on 12 November 2012 in Portugal through Universal Music Portugal, and on 13 February 2013 in the United States by Decca Records. ''Desfado'' was met with generally positive reviews by music critics, who praised Moura's vocals. The album counted with the participation of Portuguese songwriters Manel Cruz, Márcia Santos, Pedro da Silva Martins, António Zambujo, and Pedro Abrunhosa, among many others, for the composition of the themes. American musicians Herbie Hancock and Tim Ries contributed in the album, the first being featured in the song "Dream of Fire", whilst Ries in "Havemos de Acordar". The album also features uncredited lyrics by Prince.

Three singles were released from ''Desfado''; "Até ao Verão", "Desfado", and "A Case of You", the last a cover version of Joni Mitchell. The album topped the Portuguese Albums Chart and since then it has been certified 6× Platinum by the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa, becoming the best-selling album of the 2010s in Portugal, by a Portuguese artist. It also appeared in the charts of Belgium, Spain and the United States. A live edition of the album, titled ''Desfado, ao Vivo no Caixa Alfama'', was recorded in September 2013, during the Alfama Fado Festival. This version won the Amália Award for "Best Album". To promote the album further, Moura toured several performances in multiple countries on her Desfado Tour.

==Composition and recording== [[File:Larry Klein.jpg|alt=Picture of a man in his 50s. He wears glasses and a fedora hat. He holds his both hands in front of his mouth.|American record producer Larry Klein produced ''Desfado'' at Henson Recording Studios.|150px|right|thumb]] Unlike her previous albums, which were recorded in Lisbon, Portugal, ''Desfado'' was recorded in the United States, at Henson Recording Studios, in Hollywood, California, and it was produced by American record producer Larry Klein.<ref name="booklet"/> According to Moura, "[e]verything was new [...] [t]he musicians were discovering new things. And I was not used to hearing my voice next to a Fender Rhodes, for example."<ref name="boston">{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/03/15/singer-ana-moura-explores-possibilities-fado/WHxZ2iKGitrIsPu8GJaXfL/story.html |title=Singer Ana Moura explores the possibilities of fado |first=Siddhartha |last=Mitter |date=13 March 2013 |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707132431/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/03/15/singer-ana-moura-explores-possibilities-fado/WHxZ2iKGitrIsPu8GJaXfL/story.html |archive-date=7 July 2015 |url-status=live |work=The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC |df=dmy }}</ref> Portuguese guitarists Ângelo Freire and Pedro Soares contributed with the "fado-alike" sounds, whilst American musicians composed "the most un-fado-like keyboards, saxophone, and drums", as described by Siddhartha Mitter for ''The Boston Globe''.<ref name="boston"/> Mitter also described the songwriters to not be "poets who specialize in fado, but by young rock and pop artists, some of whom had not done fado before."<ref name="boston"/> And considered the songs to be "wistful, playful, and some are more upbeat than one might expect".<ref name="boston"/> About it, Moura said she "wanted to challenge them to write for [her], and to write fado."<ref name="boston"/>

For the first time Moura included English language songs into an album,<ref name="nydaily"/> "A Case of You", "Thank You" and "Dream of Fire".<ref name="booklet"/><ref name="heraldsun"/> Originally, the album did not have such intention, but they wanted to "explore [...] this musical universe".<ref name="heraldsun"/> Producer Klein suggested Moura to cover the song "A Case of You" by Joni Mitchell, from Mitchell's 1971 album ''Blue''. Moura commented that she "was very surprised" and she accepted to record it "because [she] love[s] her music". Also Moura considered that "if that song were translated into Portuguese, it could be a very traditional fado lyric."<ref name="boston"/> Jim Faber for ''Daily News'' considered the inclusion "perfectly fits both the fado's flair for agony and its rich poetry."<ref name="nydaily">{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/ana-moura-brings-fado-mainstream-article-1.1287563 |title=Ana Moura brings fado to the mainstream; Prince and the Rolling Stones clamor for the Portuguese star |first=Jim |last=Faber |work=Daily News |publisher=Daily News, L.P |date=13 March 2013 |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708064401/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/ana-moura-brings-fado-mainstream-article-1.1287563 |archive-date=8 July 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>

American musician Herbie Hancock was featured as the Fender Rhodes pianist for the song "Dream of Fire", which was credited to be written by Moura.<ref name="booklet"/> According to her, she did not write the song (she wrote the melody),<ref name="heraldsun"/> but it was written by a friend of hers "who cannot sign it".<ref name="boston"/> In 2018, she revealed that this person was Prince.<ref name="startribune">{{cite web |url=https://www.startribune.com/in-minneapolis-portuguese-star-ana-moura-offers-world-premiere-of-song-she-wrote-with-prince/479234123/ |title=In Minneapolis, Portuguese star Ana Moura offers world premiere of song she wrote with Prince |first=Jon |last=Bream |work=Star Tribune |publisher=Star Tribune Media Company LLC (Glen Taylor) |date=10 April 2018 |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date= 26 January 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126033037/https://www.startribune.com/in-minneapolis-portuguese-star-ana-moura-offers-world-premiere-of-song-she-wrote-with-prince/479234123/ |df=dmy}}</ref> Hancock's appearance was a "happy coincidence", according to Moura, because she told Klein she was "a fan of Hancock music".<ref name="heraldsun"/> Klein was collaborating with Hancock in another project, so he contacted him. Hancock happened to have listened to her previous work, so he accepted to work with her.<ref name="heraldsun"/> In "Havemos de Acordar", written by Pedro da Silva Martins (guitarist of Portuguese band Deolinda), American saxophonist Tim Ries plays the soprano saxophone.<ref name="booklet"/> Da Silva Martins also wrote "Desfado", which Cliff Bellamy from ''The Herald Sun'' described as "danceable".<ref name="heraldsun">{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com/lifestyles/x145784122/Sounds-of-Portugal |title=Sounds of Portugal: Fado singer Ana Moura to perform at Carolina Theatre |date=27 May 2013 |access-date=6 July 2015 |work=The Herald Sun |publisher=Paxton Media Group |archive-date=7 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707143556/http://www.heraldsun.com/lifestyles/x145784122/Sounds-of-Portugal |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> A second cover song was included, titled "Thank You", originally performed by David Poe.<ref name="chicagoreader">{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ana-moura/Event?oid=9051463 |title=Ana Moura |work=Chicago Reader |publisher=Wrapports |first=Peter |last=Margasak |date=23 March 2013 |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-date=7 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707132931/http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ana-moura/Event?oid=9051463 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Release and promotion== [[File:Deolinda amsterdam 2.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Pedro da Silva Martins wrote "Havemos de Acordar" and "Desfado" for the album, the later received a Portuguese Golden Globe and a Prémio Autores in 2013.<ref name=ouro/><ref name=autores/>|alt=Black-and-white picture of a man in his early 30s. He has long hair and beard and moustahce, and wears a shirt, a tie, and trousers. He is sitting with an acoustic guitar and a microphone by his face.]] ''Desfado'' was released on 12 November 2012 through Universal Music Portugal.<ref name="antena1"/> Three months later, it was released in the United States on 26 February, through Decca Records, being the first time Decca publishes a Moura album.<ref name="heraldsun"/> To promote ''Desfado'', three singles were released and Moura did several performances worldwide through her concert tour Desfado Tour. Also, three different versions of the album were launched, the Standard edition (including 17 songs),<ref name="standard"/> the International edition (including 14 songs),<ref name="booklet"/> and a Deluxe edition, titled ''Desfado, ao Vivo no Caixa Alfama'', featuring live songs recorded in September 2013, during the Alfama Fado Festival.<ref name=aovivo/>

===Singles=== The lead single from ''Desfado'' was "Até ao Verão" (English: "Until Summer"), which was released on 15 October 2012.<ref name="até"/> In its music video, Moura walks into a house, she goes to the bedroom, and then she starts to pack her things, including clothes and books, and subsequently leaves the house. Other scenes of Moura singing in front of a wall are intercalated.<ref name="atévideo">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTC-emvt2s|publisher=Ana Moura Official Vevo Channel. YouTube|date=20 August 2013|access-date=8 February 2014|title=Ana Moura – Até ao Verão|archive-date=5 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405093206/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTC-emvt2s|url-status=live}}</ref> The second single, the eponymous song "Desfado", was released on 7 January 2013.<ref name="desfadosingle"/> No official video was released to promote the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Nv93m20nI|publisher=Ana Moura Official Vevo Channel. YouTube|date=17 October 2014|access-date=6 July 2015|title=Ana Moura – Desfado|archive-date=13 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313013535/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Nv93m20nI|url-status=live}}</ref> At the 2013 Portuguese Golden Globes it won Best Song;<ref name=ouro>{{cite web |url=https://caras.sapo.pt/globosdeouro/globosdeouro_musica/2013-05-20-ana-moura-distinguida-na-xviii-gala-dos-globos-de-ouro |title=Ana Moura Distinguida Na XVIII Gala Dos Globos De Ouro |date=20 May 2013 |language=Portuguese |work=Caras |publisher=Impresa Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313105211/http://caras.sapo.pt/globosdeouro/globosdeouro_musica/2013-05-20-ana-moura-distinguida-na-xviii-gala-dos-globos-de-ouro |archive-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> it also won the 2013 Prémio Autores for Best Song.<ref name=autores>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/musica/ana-moura/desfado-e-a-melhor-cancao-de-2012-para-a-spa |title="Desfado" é a melhor canção de 2012 para a SPA |language=Portuguese |date=26 February 2013 |access-date=9 January 2016 |publisher=TVI 24. Media Capital |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305033141/http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/musica/ana-moura/desfado-e-a-melhor-cancao-de-2012-para-a-spa |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>

"A Case of You" was released as the third and last single on 21 January 2013.<ref name="acase"/> Its music video, directed by Aurélio Vasques,<ref name="acasevideo2"/> features a couple (played by Paulo Pires and Ana Rocha).<ref name="acasevideo2">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkiBilvmWxs |title=Ana Moura – "A case of you" |publisher=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal Official Youtube Channel. Youtube |date=11 April 2013 |access-date=6 July 2015 |language=Portuguese |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312085902/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkiBilvmWxs |archive-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> During the first part of the video it is shown the way they live at their home. At some point, she, a painter, decides to paint a wall inside their home. Her boyfriend gives her a wine glass, and then she throws its red content to the wall. Rather than using paintbrushes, she uses her hands to expand it through the wall. Her boyfriend starts reading a book, until he falls asleep. Later, over the red canvas, she starts painting with black paint her boyfriend's face. As she finishes painting it, a flashback appears; in it she walks to the wall with a knife on her hand. It is covered with the same red liquid the wall has painted. The video ends with Rocha's character smiling whilst she cleans-up the knife with her fingers. Throughout the video, scenes featuring Moura whilst she sings in front of a black background were added.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSIln0cYt4k|publisher=Ana Moura Official Vevo Channel. YouTube|date=20 August 2013|access-date=6 July 2015|title=Ana Moura – A Case of You|archive-date=11 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311080227/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSIln0cYt4k|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Desfado Tour=== thumbnail|left|Moura performing in 2013|alt=|175px To promote ''Desfado'', Moura shipped in her concert tour Desfado Tour. With over 300 shows,<ref name=portuguesecert/> Moura presented in multiple countries, including Belgium, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.<ref name="antena1"/>

==Reception==

===Commercial reception=== ''Desfado'' debuted at number 2 on the Portuguese Albums Chart in the week ending 24 November 2012. For 31 weeks the album remained into the top ten until it managed to top the chart in the week ending 15 June 2013. Overall, the album stayed in the first place of sales in Portugal for 6 weeks, and until November 2014 the album had not left the Top 30.<ref name=portugal/> The album re-entered the Top 30 multiple times.<ref name=portugal/> Since its release, it has been certified 6× Platinum by the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa, making it the 2010s' best-selling Portuguese album in the country.<ref name="portuguesecert">{{Cite web |url=http://www.portaldofado.net/content/view/3797/67/lang,pt/ |title=Ana Moura recebe tripla platina para "Moura" |access-date=13 February 2017 |archive-date=14 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214104023/http://www.portaldofado.net/content/view/3797/67/lang,pt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Also, in Portugal, with 127 weeks in the top 10 and 306 weeks on the entire chart (as of September 2023), it is the all-time best-charting album,<ref name=portugal/> and it reached the top 10 in 6 consecutive years, from 2012 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://portuguesecharts.com/archive.asp?todo=show&woche=03&jahr=2017&sparte=a |title=Portuguesecharts.com - Portuguese Charts - Albums - 03.03.2017 |access-date=25 January 2017 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202042957/http://portuguesecharts.com/archive.asp?todo=show&woche=03&jahr=2017&sparte=a |url-status=live }}</ref> Elsewhere, ''Desfado'' debuted and peaked at number 198 in the Belgium region Wallonia,<ref name=wallonia/> whilst in Spain debuted and peaked at number 39 on 24 February 2013.<ref name=spain/> In the United States it reached number 7 on the Top World Albums.<ref name=topworld/>

===Critical response=== {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''The Guardian'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=guardian/> | rev2 = ''Jazz Weekly'' | rev2Score = Positive<ref name=jazzweekly/> | rev3 = ''London Evening Standard'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=london/> | rev4 = ''The New York Times'' | rev4Score = Positive<ref name=nyt/> | rev5 = ''PopMatters'' | rev5Score = 7/10<ref name=popmatters/> }} ''Desfado'' received generally positive reviews by music critics. Robin Denselow wrote for ''The Guardian'' that Moura performed in the album "exquisite as ever", but he considered the decision of using additional instruments to her fado trio as a mistake. Denselow noted an exception with the song "Dream of Fire", where he thought Hancock contribution was "fine".<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/04/ana-moura-desfado-review|date=4 April 2013|access-date=8 February 2014|title=Ana Moura: Desfado – review|first=Robin|last=Denselow|work=The Guardian|archive-date=23 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223010214/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/04/ana-moura-desfado-review|url-status=live}}</ref> In her review for ''PopMatters'', Deanne Sole praised Moura's voice, saying it makes the album "good, [because of her] strong unwavering contralto, excellent on the sad-hopeful tone".<ref name=popmatters>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/170070-ana-moura-desfado/|title=Ana Moura: Desfado|date=12 April 2013|access-date=8 February 2014|work=PopMatters|first=Deanne|last=Sole|archive-date=27 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227101259/http://www.popmatters.com/review/170070-ana-moura-desfado/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' reviewer, Nate Chinen, suggested ''Desfado'' to be "renovator" and wrote it presents Moura's "ambitions even if she had stuck to Portuguese".<ref name=nyt>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/arts/music/albums-from-atoms-for-peace-ana-moura-and-antonio-sanchez.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=Albums From Atoms for Peace, Ana Moura and Antonio Sanchez|date=25 February 2013|first=Nate|last=Chinen|access-date=8 February 2014|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Whilst Mariano Prunes asserted to say Moura combines "tradition with modernity",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.htzfm.com/Music/Album.aspx?id=2718377 |title=Ana Moura – Desfado Album Review |first=Mariano |last=Prunes |publisher=Rovi Corporation (archived through QX-104 FM Official Website, owned by Jim Pattison Group) |language=Spanish |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527102636/https://www.webcitation.org/6ZprP730m?url=http://www.qx104fm.com/Music/Album.aspx%3Fid=2718377 |archive-date=27 May 2024 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Clive Davis for ''The Times'' called it "outstanding",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/ana-moura-at-the-barbican-g88cm8v25h9|title=Ana Moura at the Barbican|date=22 April 2013|access-date=6 July 2015|work=The Times|first=Clive|last=Davis|archive-date=7 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707181054/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/livereviews/article3745145.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> and George W. Harris for ''Jazz Weekly'' said even if the listener does not understand Portuguese lyrics, they could be felt, as Moura "sings around bouyant, &#91;sic&#93; bouncy and festive strums and sensuous string picking."<ref name=jazzweekly>{{cite web |url=http://www.jazzweekly.com/2013/03/ana-moura-desfado/ |title=Ana Moura: Desfado |date=11 March 2013 |access-date=8 February 2013 |work=Jazz Weekly |first=George W. |last=Harris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707080635/http://www.jazzweekly.com/2013/03/ana-moura-desfado/ |archive-date=7 July 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> Simon Broughton for the ''London Evening Standard'' gave the album four out of five stars. In his review, he commented ''Desfado'' has "nothing melanchol[ic]", but described "Até ao Verão" and "A Fadista" as "gorgeous", but he considered the song "Dream of Fire" as "not memorable";<ref name=london>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/album-reviews-april-2013-8561688.html |title=Album reviews: April 2013 |first=Simon |last=Broughton |work=London Evening Standard |date=3 May 2013 |archive-date=7 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707184104/http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/album-reviews-april-2013-8561688.html |df=dmy }}</ref> a similar feeling Peter Margasak had with "Dream of Fire", saying it is "bland" and "superfluous".<ref name="chicagoreader"/> Also, Margasak, writing for the ''Chicago Reader'', described Moura's voice as "beautiful".<ref name="chicagoreader"/>

Manuel Halpern wrote for ''Jornal de Letras, Artes e Ideias'' that ''Desfado'' seems "designed for the Grammys", and that Moura "won wings and discovered a fate beyond fado".<ref name="portuguesecert"/> Meanwhile, for ''Visão'', he considered that Moura "went around the fado and chose a happier destiny".<ref name="portuguesecert"/> For Ípsilon, João Bonifácio said that "[a]s the title indicates, ''Desfado'' is a kind of deconstruction of fate, except that, instead of the usual in this type of adventure, does not enter into dialogue only with the roots of Portuguese music but other records such as song or ballad almost soul-American."<ref name="portuguesecert"/> Pedro Mexia noted "[t]he madness and the dream born an album, which some call unorthodox, but she refuses to catalog." Later, he said "A disc that 'is not fado', but that has fado and a fado singer."<ref name="portuguesecert"/> Alexandra Ho wrote for ''Sol'' that Moura is "at risk" and she "echoes the past, but it is the experimentation dictates the future." Ho considered both Prince and Larry Klein as "responsible for the change."<ref name="portuguesecert"/> For ''Metro Brasil'', Bruno Martins noted the album "is not a new fate", instead, it is "against a way of going to the heart to seek new ways of painting."<ref name="portuguesecert"/>

Siddhartha Mitter ranked ''Desfado'' at number nine on ''The Boston Globe''{{'}}s "Best Album of '13 Picked by the Globe's Critics", and added that Moura "has made a fado album that breaks traditional rules but pays off in sheer style."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/12/14/best-albums-picked-globe-critics/xyJJjMwuZxlRlIbqoPtSFJ/story.html?event=event12 |archive-date=7 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707180856/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/12/14/best-albums-picked-globe-critics/xyJJjMwuZxlRlIbqoPtSFJ/story.html?event=event12 |work=The Boston Globe |publisher=The Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC |date=14 December 2013 |first=Sarah |last=Rodman |access-date=6 July 2015 |title=Globe critics pick their top 10 albums |df=dmy }}</ref> ''Desfado'' was listed as the Best Album of the Year 2013 in the World Music category by ''The Sunday Times''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/pop_and_rock/article1348345.ece|title=100 best records of the year|first1=Dan. et al|last1=Cairns|work=The Sunday Times|publisher=News UK|date=8 December 2013|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-date=8 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708130710/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/pop_and_rock/article1348345.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref> In July 2014, the live version of the album, ''Desfado, ao Vivo no Caixa Alfama'', won the Amália Award for "Best Album".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ionline.pt/artigos/mais-musica/ana-moura-vence-premio-amalia-melhor-disco |title=Ana Moura vence Prémio Amália para o Melhor Disco |language=Portuguese |date=24 July 2014 |access-date=24 July 2014 |work=JornalIOnline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040255/http://www.ionline.pt/artigos/mais-musica/ana-moura-vence-premio-amalia-melhor-disco |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lux.iol.pt/nacionais/ana-moura-fado-cantora-premio-amalia/1565853-4996.html |language=Portuguese |title=Ana Moura distinguida com "Prémio Amália" pela 2ª vez |date=24 July 2014 |access-date=24 July 2014 |publisher=TVI 24 (Televisão Independente) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707143515/http://www.lux.iol.pt/nacionais/ana-moura-fado-cantora-premio-amalia/1565853-4996.html |archive-date=7 July 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Standard edition<ref name="standard">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/pt/album/desfado/id571954139|title=Desfado – Ana Moura|date=January 2012 |language=Portuguese|access-date=8 February 2013|publisher=iTunes Store Portugal|archive-date=16 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616163209/https://itunes.apple.com/pt/album/desfado/id571954139|url-status=dead}}</ref> | total_length = 61:40

| title1 = Desfado | writer1 = Pedro da Silva Martins | length1 = 2:35

| title2 = Amor Afoito | writer2 = Nuno Figueiredo, Jorge Benvinda | length2 = 4:05

| title3 = Até Ao Verão | writer3 = Márcia Santos | length3 = 4:07

| title4 = Despiu a Saudade | writer4 = Paulo Abreu de Lima, António Zambujo | length4 = 3:36

| title5 = A Case of You | writer5 = Joni Mitchell | length5 = 5:03

| title6 = E Tu Gostavas De Mim | writer6 = Miguel Araújo Jorge | length6 = 2:46

| title7 = Havemos de Acordar | writer7 = Pedro da Silva Martins | length7 = 5:18 | note7 = featuring Tim Ries

| title8 = A Fadista | writer8 = Manuela de Freitas, Pedro Rodrigues dos Santos | length8 = 4:12

| title9 = Se Acaso Um Anjo Viesse | writer9 = Aldina Duarte, Adriano Batista | length9 = 1:42

| title10 = Fado Alado | writer10 = Pedro Abrunhosa | length10 = 4:20

| title11 = A Minha Estrela | writer11 = Hermano Sobral, Luísa Sobral | length11 = 2:48

| title12 = Thank You | writer12 = David Poe | length12 = 3:56

| title13 = Como Nunca Mais | writer13 = Tozé Brito | length13 = 2:57

| title14 = Com A Cabeça Nas Nuvens | writer14 = Mário Rainho, Fontes Rocha | length14 = 2:12

| title15 = O Espelho de Alice | writer15 = Nuno Miguel Guedes, Armando Machado | length15 = 3:11

| title16 = Dream of Fire | writer16 = Ana Moura, Prince (uncredited)<ref name="startribune"/> | length16 = 4:23 | note16 = featuring Herbie Hancock

| title17 = Quando o Sol Espreitar de Novo | writer17 = Manel Cruz | length17 = 4:30 }} {{Track listing | headline = International edition<ref name="booklet"/>

| title1 = Desfado | length1 = 2:35

| title2 = A Case of You | length2 = 5:03

| title3 = Até Ao Verão | length3 = 4:07

| title4 = Havemos de Acordar | length4 = 5:18 | note4 = featuring Tim Ries

| title5 = Thank You | length5 = 3:56

| title6 = E Tu Gostavas De Mim | length6 = 2:46

| title7 = Amor Afoito | length7 = 4:05

| title8 = Fado Alado | length8 = 4:20

| title9 = A Minha Estrela | length9 = 2:48

| title10 = A Fadista | length10 = 4:12

| title11 = Quando o Sol Espreitar de Novo | length11 = 4:30

| title12 = Com A Cabeça Nas Nuvens | length12 = 2:12

| title13 = Dream of Fire | length13 = 4:23 | note13 = featuring Herbie Hancock

| title14 = Despiu a Saudade | length14 = 3:36 }} {{tracklist | headline = ''Desfado, ao Vivo no Caixa Alfama'' Disc 1<ref name=aovivo>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/pt/album/desfado-deluxe-edition/1442674040|title=Desfado (Deluxe Edition) – Ana Moura|date=January 2013 |language=Portuguese|access-date=8 February 2013|publisher=iTunes Store Portugal|archive-date=16 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616163206/https://itunes.apple.com/pt/album/desfado-deluxe-edition/id760607746|url-status=live}}</ref> <!--| writing_credits = yes-->

| title1 = Desfado | length1 = 2:35

| title2 = Amor Afoito | length2 = 4:05

| title3 = Até Ao Verão | length3 = 4:08

| title4 = Despiu a Saudade | length4 = 3:36

| title5 = A Case of You | length5 = 5:03

| title6 = E Tu Gostavas de Mim | length6 = 2:46

| title7 = Havemos de Acordar | length7 = 5:18 | note7 = featuring Tim Ries

| title8 = A Fadista | length8 = 4:12

| title9 = Se Acaso um Anjo Viesse | length9 = 1:18 | writer9 =

| title10 = Fado Alado | length10 = 4:20

| title11 = A Minha Estrela | length11 = 2:48

| title12 = Thank You | length12 = 3:56

| title13 = Como Nunca Mais | length13 = 2:57

| title14 = Com a Cabeça nas Nuvens | length14 = 2:12

| title15 = O Espelho de Alice | length15 = 3:11

| title16 = Dream of Fire | length16 = 4:23 | note16 = featuring Herbie Hancock

| title17 = Quando o Sol Espreitar de Novo | length17 = 4:30 }} {{tracklist | headline = ''Desfado, ao Vivo no Caixa Alfama'' Disc 2<ref name=aovivo>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/pt/album/desfado-deluxe-edition/1442674040|title=Desfado (Deluxe Edition) – Ana Moura|date=January 2013 |language=Portuguese|access-date=8 February 2013|publisher=iTunes Store Portugal|archive-date=16 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616163206/https://itunes.apple.com/pt/album/desfado-deluxe-edition/id760607746|url-status=live}}</ref> | title1 = Amor Afoito (Live) | length1 = 4:41

| title2 = A Fadista (Live) | length2 = 5:08

| title3 = E Tu Gostavas de Mim (Live) | length3 = 2:57

| title4 = Leva-me aos Fados (Live) | length4 = 3:19 | writer4 = Jorge Fernando

| title5 = Hoje Tudo Me Entristece (Live) | length5 = 3:35 | writer5 =

| title6 = Caso Arrumado (Live) | length6 = 2:38 | writer6 = Manuela de Freitas, Pedro Rodrigues

| title7 = Porque Teimas Nesta Dor (Live) | length7 = 2:38 | writer7 =

| title8 = Os Búzios (Live) | length8 = 3:52 | writer8 = Fernando

| title9 = Fado Alado (Live) | length9 = 3:52

| title10 = Bailinho à Portuguesa (Live) | length10 = 3:30 | writer10 =

| title11 = Desfado (Live) | length11 = 2:55 }}

==Personnel== ''Desfado'' was recorded at Henson Recording Studios, located in Hollywood, California, whilst vocals were recorded at Market Street Studio, Santa Monica, California, and Estúdio Pontozurca, in Almada, Portugal:<ref name=booklet/>

{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *Jay Bellerose - drums, percussion *Ângelo Freire - Portuguese guitar *Bernie Grundman - mastering *Helik Hadar - recorder and mixer *Herbie Hancock - Fender Rhodes electric piano on "Dream of Fire" *Larry Klein - record producer *Freddy Koella - violin and string arrangement on "Thank You" {{col-2}} *Dean Parks - guitars *David Plitch - bass *Ana Moura - vocals *Tim Ries - soprano saxophone on "Havemos de Acordar" *Pedro Soares - guitar *Patrick Warren - keyboards {{col-end}}

==Chart positions and certifications== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (2013) !Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Wallonia|198|artist=Ana Moura|album=Desfado|accessdate=1 November 2013|refname=wallonia}} |- {{album chart|Portugal|1|artist=Ana Moura|album=Desfado|accessdate=1 November 2013|refname=portugal}} |- {{album chart|Spain|39|artist=Ana Moura|album=Desfado|accessdate=1 November 2013|refname=spain}} |- |US ''Billboard'' Top World Albums<ref name=topworld>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/desfado-mw0002439769/awards |title=Desfado – Ana Moura |work=AllMusic |access-date=8 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606082222/http://www.allmusic.com/album/desfado-mw0002439769/awards |archive-date=6 June 2022 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|7 |}

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===Certifications=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !Country !Certification !Shipments |- !scope="row"|Portugal (AFP) |6× Platinum<ref name="portuguesecert"/> |90,000 |} {{col-end}}

==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Country ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label |- | Portugal<ref name="antena1">{{cite web|url=http://www.rtp.pt/antena1/?t=Disco-A1-Ana-Moura-Desfado.rtp&article=5606&visual=10&tm=2&headline=14|language=Portuguese|title=Disco A1: Ana Moura "Desfado"|publisher=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|date=4 October 2012|access-date=9 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221201927/http://www.rtp.pt/antena1/?t=Disco-A1-Ana-Moura-Desfado.rtp&article=5606&visual=10&tm=2&headline=14|archive-date=21 February 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | 12 November 2012 |rowspan="5"| CD and digital download | Universal Music Portugal |- | Poland<ref name="antena1"/> | 22 January 2013 |rowspan="2"| Universal Music |- | Spain<ref name="antena1"/> | 5 February 2013 |- | United States<ref name="antena1"/> | 26 February 2013 | Decca Records |- | United Kingdom<ref name="antena1"/> | 1 April 2013 | Universal Music |}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130225213559/http://www.anamoura.com.pt/discografia.aspx?menu=DISCOGRAFIA&action=det&id=7 ''Desfado''] at Ana Moura Official Website

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