Leva-me aos Fados

Leva-me aos Fados
Studio album by Ana Moura
Released	12 October 2009[1]
Recorded	5 August – 1 October 2009 at World Village Studios (Lisbon, Portugal)
Genre	Fado, acoustic, folk
Length	49:28 (standard edition) 56:56 (deluxe edition)
Label	World Village
Producer	Custódio Castelo Jorge Fernando Fernando Nunes René Goiffon (executive)
Ana Moura chronology
Para Além da Saudade (2007) Leva-me aos Fados (2009) Desfado (2012)
Singles from Leva-me aos Fados
"Leva-me aos Fados" Released: 12 November 2009 "Caso Arrumado" Released: 23 November 2009 "Não é Um Fado Normal" Released: 27 December 2009 "Rumo ao Sul" Released: 20 February 2010 "Como Uma Núvem No Céu" Released: 9 March 2010

Leva-me aos Fados (in English: Take Me To The Fados) is the fourth album by Portuguese fado singer Ana Moura, the successor to the multi-award-winning "Para Além da Saudade" (2007). Leva-me aos Fados features participations of José Mário Branco, Lisbon Bagpipes, Manuela de Freitas, Amélia Muge and Toze Brito. Like its predecessors, has the production of Jorge Fernando.

Moura became interested in collaborating with Jorge Fernando again. Together they developed a number of songs for the album, but the basis of the development was Filipe Larsen's demos. Moura had a number of songs written down for the album, which amazed Fernando. They had intensive discussions among themselves before recording a song. Later, Moura recalled that most of the songs on the album were autobiographical in many respects. However, according to her this was not intentional and happened while she was in the process of developing the album.

Five singles were released from the album, "Leva-me aos Fados", "Caso Arrumado", "Não é um fado Normal", "Rumo ao Sul" and "Como uma Núvem no Céu". Ana Moura performed a few concerts in Europe after the album's release, to promote its sales. The album has been very well received by critics and it has also been a big commercial success. ^[1]