# Livro

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Livro
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Caetano Veloso](/source/Caetano_Veloso)
| cover      = Caetano Veloso, Livro album cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1998|11|10}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [MPB](/source/M%C3%BAsica_Popular_Brasileira), [Latin music](/source/Latin_music_(genre))
| length     = {{Duration|m=53|s=59}}
| label      = [Nonesuch](/source/Nonesuch_Records)
| producer   = [Jaques Morelenbaum](/source/Jaques_Morelenbaum), Caetano Veloso
| prev_title = Fina Estampa Ao Vivo
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = Prenda Minha
| next_year  = 1999
}}
'''''Livro''''' ({{Translation|''Book''}}) is an album by [Caetano Veloso](/source/Caetano_Veloso), released through the [record label](/source/record_label) [Nonesuch](/source/Nonesuch_Records) in 1998.<ref name = "AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Ginell |first=Richard S |title=Livro - Caetano Veloso |url=http://allmusic.com/album/livro-r382715/review |accessdate=February 8, 2011 |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |publisher=}}</ref> 

== Background ==
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== Reception ==
{{Expand section|date=September 2025}}{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name = "AllMusic" />
| rev2 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_Media)''
| rev2score = 9.0/10<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8428-livro/ "Caetano Veloso - Livro" Pitchfork review by Brent DiCrescenzo.]</ref>
| rev3 = Wilson & Alroy's
| rev3score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Caetano Veloso
| website = Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
| url = https://www.warr.org/caetano.html
| access-date = September 16, 2025
}}
</ref>
}}In [2000](/source/42nd_Grammy_Awards), the album earned Veloso the [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) for [Best World Music Album](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_World_Music_Album) and a [Latin Grammy Award](/source/Latin_Grammy_Awards_of_2000) nomination for [Album of the Year](/source/Latin_Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year), in addition to winning the [Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album](/source/Latin_Grammy_Award_for_Best_MPB_Album).{{Efn|The Latin Grammy nomination was shared with [Jaques Morelenbaum](/source/Jaques_Morelenbaum) (producer) and [Moogie Canazio](/source/Moogie_Canazio) (engineer/mixer).}}<ref name="LatinGrammy2000">{{cite web |date=July 29, 2000 |title=Complete List Of Nominations For First-ever Latin Grammy Awards |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4608633-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515181050/http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4608633-1.html |archive-date=May 15, 2008 |accessdate=January 28, 2011 |website=[AllBusiness.com](/source/AllBusiness.com) |publisher=}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing   = [Caetano Veloso](/source/Caetano_Veloso), except where noted

| title1        = Os Passistas
| note1         = Carnaval Dancers
| length1       = 3:23
| title2        = Livros
| note2         = Books
| length2       = 4:31
| title3        = Onde O Rio E Mais Baiano
| note3         = Where Rio Is Most Bahian
| length3       = 3:22
| title4        = Manhatã (Para [Lulu Santos](/source/Lulu_Santos))
| note4         = For Lulu Santos
| length4       = 5:17
| title5        = Doideca
| length5       = 3:40
| title6        = Voce É Minha
| note6         = You Are Mine
| length6       = 3:44
| title7        = Um Tom
| length7       = 2:29
| title8        = How Beautiful a Being Could Be
| writer8       = [Moreno Veloso](/source/Moreno_Veloso)
| length8       = 3:27
| title9        = [O Navio Negreiro](/source/O_Navio_Negreiro)
| note9         = The Slave Ship; Excerto
| writer9       = [Castro Alves](/source/Castro_Alves)
| length9       = 5:17
| title10       = Não Enche
| note10        = Don't Tease Me
| length10      = 3:31
| title11       = Minha Voz, Minha Vida
| note11        = My Voice, My Life
| length11      = 2:50
| title12       = Alexandre
| note12        = Alexander
| length12      = 5:48
| title13       = [Na Baixa do Sapateiro](/source/Na_Baixa_do_Sapateiro)
| note13        = In the Shoemaker's Hollow
| writer13      = [Ary Barroso](/source/Ary_Barroso)
| length13      = 3:46
| title14       = Pra Ninguém
| note14        = For No One
| length14      = 2:59
}}

== Personnel ==
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==Certification==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=album|artist=Caetano Veloso|title=Livro|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=1997|domestic=true}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=yes}}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Caetano Veloso}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:1998 albums
Category:Caetano Veloso albums
Category:Nonesuch Records albums
Category:Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
Category:Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album
Category:Albums produced by Caetano Veloso

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