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cê is an album by Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Caetano Veloso. Released on 1 September 2006 on Mercury Records, the album took its title from the Portuguese word meaning you. It was written with Veloso's band in mind, which was chosen in part by percussionist Pedro Sá. cê received a 75 percent score on Metacritic, mixing highly positive commentary from The New York Times with a bland review from Allmusic.

Title and cover

The word cê is a shortened version of the Portuguese personal pronoun você, meaning you. Veloso says that cê is a more "colloquial" version of você, used often in everyday speech. When he writes lyrics, Veloso typically uses the word você, but sings cê. However, the inspiration for the album's title came when the musician physically wrote cê instead, thinking of it as a good title for the album.

Lyrics and themes

Cê's lyrical subject matter received attention from nearly every critic reviewing it, described as "carnal" by New York Times reviewer Nate Chinen. Brazilian music expert Dário Borim Jr. wrote, "Veloso's disc as a whole displays a plethora of poetic representations and pervasive preoccupation with sex and gloom." In particular, Borim noted the album's theme of unconventional sexual roles and Veloso's uncertainty of his sexual orientation.

Response

Cê received a rating of 75 percent on the online review aggregator Metacritic, which corresponds with "generally favorable reviews." Writing for The New Yorker, music journalist Sasha Frere-Jones described the album as closest to indie rock, compared to Veloso's previous records—"'Cê' resists the anodyne charms of Brazilian pop, favoring loud, blocky rhythms more common to American garage bands." Frere-Jones went on to describe the fluidity of the album, falling very loosely into the rock music genre classification.

Personnel

Caetano Veloso – guitar, vocals

Pedro Sá – guitar

Ricardo Dias Gomes – keyboards, bass guitar

Marcello Callado – drumsFurther Information

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