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	Type	Album
	Artist	Nelly Furtado
	Cover	Nelly_Furtado_Folklorejpg <!-- FAIR USE of Nelly_Furtado_Folklorejpg: see image description page at http://enwikipediaorg/wiki/Image:Nelly_Furtado_Folklorejpg for rationale -->
	Background	Orange
	Released	November 25 2003
	Recorded	The Gymnasium and 4th Street Recordings <small>( Santa Monica, California )</small> Metalworks Studios <small>( Mississauga, Ontario )</small> Left Brain Studios and 1st Congregational Church <small>( LA, California )</small>
	Genre	Folk , Pop , Rock , Alternative
	Length	50:36
	Label	DreamWorks
	Producer	Track & Field , Nelly Furtado, Lil' Jaz, Jacques Morelenbaum
		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Slant_Magazine" class="copylinks">Slant Magazine link
	Last Album	'' Whoa, Nelly! ''<br />(2000)
	This Album	'''''Folklore'''''<br />(2003)
	Next Album	'' Loose ''<br />(2006)
	Misc	{{Extra album cover
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''Folklore'' is the Second Album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado , released by DreamWorks Records in North America on November 25 2003 (see 2003 In Music ).


PRODUCTION AND RELEASE

The album's title was influenced by Furtado's parents' immigration to Canada, "when I look at my old photo albums, I see pictures of their brand-new house, their shiny new car, their first experiences going to very North American-type places like Kmart . When you have that in your blood, you never really part with it—it becomes your own personal folklore."¹ The album also displayed a diverse sound but with a more rock-oriented, acoustic approach.² As she focused more on the songwriting rather "than on frenetically switching genres five times in one song", BBC felt that it had "twice the originality" of her debut.³ Furtado attributed the mellowness of the album to the fact that she was pregnant during most of its recording.

''Folklore'' includes the single " Força " (meaning "carry on" or "strength" in Portuguese), which was written as the official anthem of the 2004 European Football Championship . Furtado performed the song at the championship's final in Lisbon , Portugal in July 2004.⁴ Other singles included the ballad " Try " and " Powerless (Say What You Want) ", in which she embraces her Portuguese heritage; the song deals with "the idea that you can still feel like a minority inside, even if you don't look like one on the outside". Additional singles were released in certain territories; " Explode " in Canada and Europe, and " The Grass Is Green " in Germany . The radically altered edits of "Força" and "Try" released to radio stations do not appear on the album, nor does the Spanish single version of "Powerless (Say What You Want)" featuring Juanes .

The album debuted at number eighteen on the Canadian albums chart with first-week sales of 10,400,Williams, John. "New Furtado stumbles on chart" . . June 20 2006 . Retrieved September 18 2006 .


TRACK LISTING

#"One-Trick Pony" ( Gerald Eaton , Nelly Furtado, Brian West ) featuring Kronos Quartet – 4:47
#" Powerless (Say What You Want) " ( Anne Dudley , Eaton, Furtado, Trevor Horn , Malcolm McLaren , West) – 3:52

• Samples Malcolm McLaren's "Buffalo Gals"

#" Explode " (Eaton, Furtado) – 3:44

#" Try " (Furtado, West) – 4:39
#"Fresh off the Boat" (Eaton, Furtado, West) – 3:16
#" Força " (Eaton, Furtado, West) – 3:40
#" The Grass Is Green " ( Mike Elizondo , Furtado) – 3:50
#"Picture Perfect" (Eaton, Furtado, West) – 5:16
#"Saturdays" (Furtado) – 2:05
#"Build You Up" (Eaton, Furtado, West) – 4:58
#"Island of Wonder" (S. Diaz, Furtado, J. Gahunia) – 3:49

• Samples Caetano Veloso 's "Tonada De Luna Llena" and features new vocal recordings by Veloso

#"Childhood Dreams" (Eaton, Furtado, West) – 6:35

;UK bonus tracks

• 13. "Try" (acoustic version)


• 14. CD-ROM video footage

;Japanese bonus tracks

• 13. "Powerless (Say What You Want)" (alternative acoustic mix)


• 14. "Try" (acoustic version)

;Latin American re-issue

• 13. "Powerless (Say What You Want)" featuring Juanes

Singles

• "Powerless (Say What You Want)"


• "Try"


• "Força"


• "Explode"


• "The Grass Is Green" (Germany only)

Limited CD/DVD Edition

{Link without Title}

CD 1: DVD
# "I'm Like A Bird video "
# "Turn Off The Light video "
# "...On The Radio (Remember The Days) video "
# Making of "Folklore"

CD 2: CD
# "Fresh Off The Boat" {Link without Title}
# "Powerless (Say What You Want" {Link without Title}
# "Explode" {Link without Title}
# "Try" {Link without Title}
# Nelly Furtado talks about "Folklore"


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