The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions

by Seu Jorge

Overview

Raised in the slums of Rio, Brazil, singer/songwriter Seu Jorge used his formidable talent and undeniable charm to great effect in director Wes Anderson's seafaring comedy the Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as a guitar strumming deckhand. The catch was that Pele dos Santos only knew how to play Portuguese versions of David Bowie tunes, all 13 of which are featured on Hollywood's Life Aquatic Studio Sessions. Jorge possesses a voice that exudes the same regional comfort as fellow countrymen Milton Nascimento and Caetano Veloso, and his warm and loose guitar playing matches his timbre, resulting in a batch of covers that retain the original framing of the Bowie classics, while injecting a sunny island sweetness into their very core. While the very idea reeks of kitsch, the end product is surprisingly poignant and agreeable. Even the Thin White Duke himself seems taken with the idea, as he states in Aquatic's liner notes that "Had Seu Jorge not recorded my songs acoustically in Portuguese I would never had heard this new level of beauty which he has imbued them with." ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/22/2005
Label:	Hollywood
UPC:	0720616257628
Rank:	42914

Tracks

1. Rebel Rebel
2. Life on Mars?
3. Starman
4. Ziggy Stardust
5. Lady Stardust
6. Changes
7. Oh! You Pretty Things
8. Rock N' Roll Suicide
9. Suffragette City
10. Five Years
11. Queen Bitch
12. When I Live My Dream
13. Quicksand
14. Team Zissou

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Seu Jorge   Primary Artist
Desiree Craig-Ramos   Director

Technical Credits

Randall Poster   Audio Production,Producer
Wes Anderson   Audio Production,Producer
Mitchell Leib   Executive in Charge of Music
Stewart Lerman   Mixing,Editing,Preparation for CD Mastering
Jim Dunbar   Coordination,Preparation for CD Mastering
David Bowie   Composer
Alessandro R.A. Benedetti   Engineer
Enny Joo   Design
Greg Calbi   Mastering
Seu Jorge   Composer