Talk to Me (Xuxa album)

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Talk to Me
Studio album by
Xuxa
ReleasedUnreleased
Genre
LabelMTM Enterprises
ProducerEric Thorngren
Xuxa chronology
Todos sús Éxitos

(1993) 		Talk to Me
(Unreleased) 		El Pequeño Mundo
(1994)

Talk to Me is the first

Xuxa - but the material was never released commercially neither in America, nor in Brazil.[1]

Background

Xuxa is a Brazilian entertainer who made her singing debut in 1985 with the Portuguese language album Xuxa e Seus Amigos. In 1990, she began releasing Spanish music in both North and South America, which was well received.

An English language album for the U.S. market was planned to hit stores in 1994, to coincide with the release of the second season of her English language variety show

Xuxa
. The album was to consist of 20 English adaptions of her previous Portuguese songs and one new original song, Talk to Me for which the album was named.

Production

For the

American television show, Xuxa re-recorded several of her hits in English. The songs have had their length shortened - allegedly a decision by the network so they were not long and tiring. In addition to the hits already known to her Latin fans, Xuxa also recorded an entire new song titled Talk to me, which explicitly made an appeal for the public to be patient in regards to her poor English.[2]
The song featured a typical Brazilian sound with drums, also known in her native as "Axé" (ah-sheh).

Most songs have simply added new voice over the instrumental material used in her Spanish and Portuguese versions. In majority most of the lyrics were translations with words carefully chosen not to lose rhyme however songs such as Do Say have turned out completely unrelated to its Portuguese and Spanish counterparts. The opening and closing theme used in the show was Xuxa's Theme (in Portuguese "O Xou da Xuxa Começou").

The songs have only been released on cassette tape.[3]

Availability

In 1994, the

Xuxa, and launched two gift boxes on VHS: Xuxa: Funtastic Birthday Party and Xuxa Celebration! with Cheech Marin.[4]

A counterfeit version of the unreleased CD ripped from old VHS tapes and featuring poor quality for most songs have been found in online shops. It appears that these fake CDs were selling reasonably well until Xuxa Produções (Xuxa's production company) got them removed.[5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Xuxa And Her Friends (O Xou da Xuxa começou)"Dido de OliveiraMonique Dayan4:16
2."Shindolele (Tindolelê)"Cid Guerreiro / DitoBill Bonk4:05
3."Ylarie (Ilariê)"Cid Guerreiro / Dito / CeinhaDeborah Blando5:42
4."Song of Peace (Nosso Canto de Paz)"Dido de OliveiraMonique Dayan4:00
5."Shining Star (Pinel por Você)"Baê / Cid Guerreiro / DitoMats Roden3:21
6."Xuxa's Dance (Dança da Xuxa)"Prêntice / Ronaldo Monteiro de SouzaMonique Dayan3:06
7."Mark An X (Marquei um X)"Sarah P. Benchimol / Fafy SiqueiraMats Roden3:30
8."Talk To Me"Monique DayanMonique Dayan3:55
9."Do Say (Doce Mel)"Cláudio / Renato CorreaMonique Dayan3:08
10."Rainbow (Arco-Íris)"Michael Sullivan / Paulo Massadas / Anna PenidoMonique Dayan4:37
11."Xuxa's Alphabet (Abecedário da Xuxa)"César Costa Filho / Ronaldo Monteiro de SouzaMats Roden3:39
12."Xspecial Recipe (Rexeita da Xuxa)"Arnaldo / Mônica FreitasMonique Dayan3:11
13."Suzanna! (A Pulga)"Afo Verde, Pablo DurandMats Roden2:57
14."Froogy Froogy (Croc Croc)"Rubens AlexandreMats Roden3:15
15."Celebration (Hoje É Dia de Folia)"Nando CordelMats Roden4:19
16."Life Is A Party (A Vida É Uma Festa)"Michael Sullivan / Paulo MassadasMonique Dayan3:48
17."We Live For Love (A Tribo do Amor)"Augusto César / Carlos CollaMats Roden3:41
18."No Drugs (Alerta)"César Costa Filho / Sérgio Fonseca / Reinaldo WaismanMats Roden3:52
19."Whole America (América Total)"Marco Valle / Claudio Rabello / M. PierreMonique Dayan5:35
20."Miracle (Milagre da Vida)"Michael Sullivan / Paulo MassadasMats Roden4:03
21."Xuxa's Dream (Lua de Cristal)"Michael Sullivan / Paulo MassadasMonique Dayan4:20
Total length:1:12:22

Performances

Many of the tracks from this album were performed on her show, several of them were also released on cassette tapes which were included with the line of Xuxa dolls produced by

RoseArt in 1993. Low-quality, unofficial versions of this album have circulated on the market but no official studio version has been released [6]
except for the tracks "Talk To Me", "Do Say'' (Doce Mel), "Ylarie" and "Whole America", all released by Xuxa Produções itself. (In the case of "Ylarie", only one minute of the studio version was released in a video commemorating the 30th anniversary of the album Xou Da Xuxa 3 and the Portuguese version, which was very successful in the 80s).  In addition to "Xuxa's Dance" which was taken from one of the K7's that came with the dolls and remastered by fans.

The only performance outside the Xuxa's program as far we know was the performance of the track "Miracle" (Milagre da Vida), which was sung during the 1993 American Telethon. [7]

References

  1. ^ "Xuxa ganha ação contra site Mercado Livre". O Globo. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  2. ^ Kinder, Marsha. Kids' Media Culture - p.212
  3. ^ "Tudo Sobre A Carreira Da Xuxa Nos USA!". forums.britney.com.br/. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "Viva Brazil!". Billboard. April 2, 1994. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  5. Emol
    . 27 November 2006. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  6. ISBN 0822323710
    . Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  7. ^ Xuxa - "The Miracle" (1993) - MDA Telethon, retrieved 2024-01-06
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