{{Infobox album | name = Lovely Difficult | type = studio | artist = Mayra Andrade | cover = Lovely_difficult_cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{startdate|2013|11|11}} | recorded = Brighton and Hove<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sonymusic.pt/news/mayra-andrade-anuncia-novo-álbum-lovely-difficult |title = Mayra Andrade Anuncia Novo Álbum "Lovely Difficult" |publisher = Sony Music |accessdate = 2013-10-25 |language = pt |url-status=dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190129/http://www.sonymusic.pt/news/mayra-andrade-anuncia-novo-%C3%A1lbum-lovely-difficult |archivedate = 2013-10-29 }}</ref> | venue = | studio = | genre = Gypsy jazz, bossa nova, funaná samba, Cuban bolero, slow funaná, coladeira, R&B, reggae, soft rock | length = | label = RCA Victor / Sony Music | producer = | prev_title = Studio 105 | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Manga | next_year = 2019 }}
'''''Lovely Difficult''''' is the fourth album by Mayra Andrade, released on November 11, 2013 in Cape Verde, Brazil, and much of western Europe.<ref name=afriquinfos>{{cite web |url = http://www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2013/10/8/album-mayra-andrade-lovely-difficult-233866.asp |title = 4e Album de Mayra Andrade : Lovely Difficult |date = October 8, 2013 |author = Charles Clement |publisher = Afriquinfos |accessdate = 2013-10-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185040/http://www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2013/10/8/album-mayra-andrade-lovely-difficult-233866.asp |archivedate = October 29, 2013 }} (French)</ref><ref name=dw>{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.de/mayra-andrade-lan%C3%A7a-novo-%C3%A1lbum-com-m%C3%BAsicas-em-ingl%C3%AAs/a-17157134 |title = Mayra Andrade lança novo álbum com músicas em inglês |author = Fátima Valente and Karina Gomes |publisher = Deutsche Welle |date = October 15, 2013 |accessdate = 2013-11-13 }} (Portuguese)</ref> Compared to her first three albums, ''Lovely Difficult'' is less traditional and more pop, with collaborations with artists from the United States, Israel, France, and England<ref>{{cite web |url = http://muzika.sapo.cv/novidades/ja-nao-tenho-justificacoes-a-dar-quis-agora-fazer-algo-por-prazer# |title = Já não tenho justificações a dar, quis agora fazer algo por prazer |author = Cláudia Marques |date = August 21, 2013 |accessdate = 2013-08-22 |publisher = Sapo Musica |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191518/http://muzika.sapo.cv/novidades/ja-nao-tenho-justificacoes-a-dar-quis-agora-fazer-algo-por-prazer |archive-date = October 29, 2013 |url-status = dead }} (Portuguese)</ref> and songs in Portuguese, Cape Verdean creole, French, and English.<ref name=oglobo>{{cite web |url = http://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/amplificador/posts/2013/08/22/entre-africa-europa-brasil-ouca-novo-single-de-mayra-andrade-507877.asp |title = Entre África, Europa e Brasil: ouça o novo single de Mayra Andrade |date = August 22, 2013 |publisher = O Globo |author = Marcelo Monteiro |accessdate = 2013-08-23 }} (Portuguese)</ref> The first single, "We Used to Call It Love", was released in September 2013.<ref name=dw/>
== Reception == {{album reviews |rev1=The Guardian |rev1Score={{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/10/mayra-andrade-lovely-difficult-review|title=Mayra Andrade: Lovely Difficult review – charming, confident set from Cape Verde's top singer|author=Robin Denselow|work=The Guardian|date=April 10, 2014|accessdate=2014-04-11}}</ref> |rev2=Music Story |rev2Score={{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.music-story.com/mayra-andrade/lovely-difficult/critique |title = Chronique de Lovely Difficult |author = François Alvarez |publisher = Music Story |accessdate = 2013-12-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131114052805/http://www.music-story.com/mayra-andrade/lovely-difficult/critique |archivedate = 2013-11-14 }}</ref> |rev3=Rolling Stone Brazil |rev3score={{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url = http://rollingstone.uol.com.br/guia/cd/lovely-difficult/ |title = Guia de CDs - Lovely Difficult |author = Marcos Lauro |date = 14 February 2014 |publisher = Rolling Stone Brazil |accessdate = 2014-02-17 }}</ref> }} The album was nominated in the Best World Music Album category at the 2014 Victoires de la Musique.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://musique.premiere.fr/News-Musique/Les-nommes-des-29eme-Victoires-de-la-Musique-sont-3931840 |title = Les nommés des 29ème Victoires de la Musique sont... |date = 14 January 2014 |publisher = Premiere |accessdate = 2014-01-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140115125537/http://musique.premiere.fr/News-Musique/Les-nommes-des-29eme-Victoires-de-la-Musique-sont-3931840 |archivedate = 15 January 2014 }} (French)</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | title1= Ténpu Ki bai | writer1= Mayra Andrade | length1 = 3:48 | title2 = We used to call it love | writer2= Pascal Danae, Mayra Andrade | length2 = 3:56 | title3 = Build it up | writer3 = Krystle Warren | length3= 3:46 | title4 = Ilha de Santiago | writer4 = Mário Lúcio Sousa | length4 = 3:44 | title5 = Le jour se lève | writer5= Yann Walcker, Yael Naïm | length5 = 3:38 | title6 = A-mi n kre-u txeu | writer6 = Mayra Andrade | length6 = 4:24 | title7 = Rosa | writer7 = Mayra Andrade, Munir Hossn | length7 = 3:14 | title8 = 96 days | writer8= Hugh Coltman | length8 = 3:08 | title9 = Les mots d'amour | writer9 = Tété | length9 = 3:47 | title10 = Trés mininu | writer10 = Mayra Andrade, Piers Faccini | length10 = 3:58 | title11 = Téra Lonji | writer11 = Mayra Andrade, Pascal Danae | length11 = 4:24 | title12 = Simplement | writer12 = Benjamin Biolay | length12 = 3:48 | title13 = Meu farol | writer13 = Mayra Andrade, Munir Hossn | length13 = 3:31 }}
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