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Folklore |  | Artist: Nelly Furtado
Label: Dreamworks
Category: Music
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Seller: nesterenko
Rating:  198 reviews
Sales Rank: 43620
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 000100712
UPC: 600445050099
EAN: 0600445050099
ASIN: B0000DFZZA
Release Date: November 25, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | One-Trick Pony | | • | Powerless (Say What You Want) | | • | Explode | | • | Try | | • | Fresh Off the Boat | | • | Forca | | • | Saturdays | | • | Picture Perfect | | • | The Grass Is Green | | • | Build You Up | | • | Island of Wonder | | • | Childhood Dreams |
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Amazon.com
On her second album, Nelly Furtado takes a hard left turn. The colorful but incomplete fusion of her debut, Whoa, Nelly!, gives way on the tellingly titled Folklore to an approach that lets in some acoustic sounds that take the music in an entirely different, richer direction. At times sounding like a dead ringer for singer-writer Sam Phillips (whose work colors each episode of the TV series "Gilmore Girls"), Furtado aims for more rock-oriented ground without losing the Brazilian influences that are so much a part of her identity. Her voice and tunes are strong, and both words and music paint a young woman still very much in movement, change, flux. It's an intriguing sound, and one that thoughtful listeners will cherish. --Rickey Wright
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 Nelly should stick to Folk November 30, 2009
i. t. j.
I feel that out of her english pop albums this one is the best. Not saying that Loose isn't good because it is, as was Whoa Nelly! but I feel that those albums unlike this album were very mainstream and very much products of their respective times; 2001 and 2006. Folklore was made in 2003 but listening to it today it still sounds as fresh as when it was made. I really enjoy the lyrics and most of the songs are beyond good-one trick pony, powerless, explode, the grass is green, picture perfect, and saturdays, For fans of turn off the lights there's fresh off the boat. As a folkie myself I must say I truly appreciate this style and this album for Nelly. Mi Plan offers hope that she may return to this style-which I truly hope she does. She's made her money, time to make some more art. I know this album wasn't a best seller probably because it doesn't have club beats or dance pop which seems to be what's selling right now.
 Folklore September 18, 2009
Bjorn Viberg (European Union)
Folklore being Furtado's 2nd album suffers from her taking herself a little bit too seriously and the lyrics are suffering because of this. The melodies are amazing but the lyrics seem heavy handed at times as if she is adding a level of seriousness that at times feels forced. The reviews were generally negative when this album came out and Allmusic, Rolling Stone, Spinn and Blender all gave the album 2/5 or 3/5. I think 2/5 is a bit low but 3/5 is more then generous since the lyrics really drag down this album. The booklet is a mixed bag with Ms Furtado dressed is some truly atrocious outfits and the font for the lyrics is too small. All the lyrics are included and we get a list of whom plays what on each track. 3/5.
 Carry on, Nelly! March 27, 2009
C. Jung
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Folklore" has been with me for 4.5 years, and I still listen to this album from start to finish. Some tracks are weaker than others, but all of them flow thematically and beautifully. This is Nelly Furtado's most reflective, wise, and mellow album. I'm in the minority, but I have and love all three of her albums for different reasons when I'm in different moods, making Furtado one of my favorite artists for her versatility.
For "Folklore" alone, this is my favorite. Whereas "Whoa, Nelly!" was raw and incomplete that showed her potential and "Loose" is polished with slick dance moves, "Folklore" is somewhere in between. It's got the sort of raw emotions and aching melancholia (Try, The Grass is Green, Picture Perfect); upbeat, group-friendly, kickass beats (Forca); and defiant, in-your-face anthems (One-Trick Pony, Powerless, Explode). What I can directly relate, and what I love most about the album, are the roots that she connects to (Powerless, Saturdays, Island of Wonder) from her parents' home country of Portugal to hers of Canada and the more theoretical kind in everybody.
I feel like if Furtado switched the order of her second and third album, Folklore would receive more accolade then it has right now and would have received more publicity. No matter; this gem is sure to win some more fans who wish to see Furtado's more reflective and intuitive side. Forca!
Amazing Album! March 17, 2009
F. Marcos Gomez (Caldwell, ID)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I first discovered Nelly Furtado with her single "I'm Like a Bird" but I didn't know that was her who sang that song... Well flash forward to 2007 when I first heard her song "Say It Right". I definitely fell in love with this song so I looked it up and got Loose. I then realized that she had made two previous albums and got them too, and that was when I realized that she sang "I'm Like a Bird".
Anyway, Folklore has to be her best album. It has so much meaning in the lyrics and her style is definitely something unique and amazing. I can say now that since I have heard her older work, that her older style is definitely her best. If you like her newer style a lot, you will probably not like her older style as they are very different.
fire and ? February 20, 2009
Janusz Niewolik (Warszawa, Poland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not really surprised, I knew what to expect and was really satisfied. Worth getting, anyhow.
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