The Stonewall Celebration Concert
The Stonewall Celebration Concert | ||||
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Studio album by Renato Russo | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | The album was recorded and mixed late February and March 1994, at Discover Studio, Rio de Janeiro.[1] | |||
Genre | Rock, folk | |||
Length | 68:55 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Carlos Trilha, Renato Russo | |||
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The Stonewall Celebration Concert is the debut studio album by Renato Russo, released in 1994.[1] The album had a sale of 250,000 copies in the first year of its release.[3] Russo does covers of Madonna, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Billy Joel, among others.
Social: Tribute and donation
The album was a tribute to twenty five years of the Stonewall riots in New York.[4] Part of the royalties were donated to Ação da Cidadania Contra a Fome, a Miséria e Pela Vida (Citizen Action Against Hunger and Poverty and for Life) campaign.[5]
The booklet provides information twenty-nine social entities, including the Grupo Gay da Bahia, ISER (Instituto de Estudos da Religião/Institute of Religious Studies), Greenpeace, Sociedade Viva Cazuza (Cazuza Viva Society) and ABIA (Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS/Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association).[1]
Songs
The repertoire brings standards of American music and songs featured in films - of which many were part of his musical education. Some of the songs included are: "Cathedral Song", Tanita Tikaram's music phenomenon of the 90's; "Miss Celie's Blues", from the soundtrack of The Color Purple, composed by Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton; his own version of the theme of Walt Disney's Pinocchio, "When You Wish upon a Star", written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline;"Cherish", Madonna's success, but with a more folk tune and his strong vocal impression; and Bob Dylan's record "If You See Her, Say Hello", from the original 1975 album Blood on the Tracks, with the title changed to "If You See Him, Say Hello".[1]
Track listing
Personnel
- Renato Russo - Lead, guitar, occasional keyboards, percussion
- Carlos Trilha - keyboards
Technical staff
- Carlos Trilha - producing, programming
- Renato Russo - producing, arranging
- Fábio Henriques - engineering, mixing
- Márcio Tavares de Lima - studio assistant
- Reginaldo Ferreira da Costa - personal assistant
- Renato Russo, Egeus Laus, Maurício Valladares - graphic design
- João Augusto - A & R Production
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Stonewall Celebration Concert - Renato Russo - Official". renatorusso.com.br. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ "Renato Russo". professoredley.com.br. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
- ↑ "Sai mais um CD do baú do Legião Urbana - Cultura - Estadão (translation: Out another CD chest Legião Urbana - Culture - State". cultura.estadao.com.br. 2001-03-22. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
- ↑ BRock - The Brazilian Rock '80s, Arthur Dapieve, Publisher 34