Café Bossa

Café Bossa
Café Bossa
Studio album by Sitti
Released	January 25, 2006
Recorded	2005
Studio	Stone House Bar (Quezon City, Philippines)
Genre	Bossa nova; jazz;
Length	62:07
Language	English; Tagalog; Portuguese;
Label	Warner Music Philippines
Producer	Ricky R. Ilacad; Neil C. Gregorio;
Sitti chronology
Singles from Café Bossa
	"Tattooed on My Mind"; Released: November 16, 2005; "Hey Look at the Sun"; Released: February 4, 2006; "I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love"; Released: March 27, 2006; "Para sa Akin"; Released: May 13, 2006;

Café Bossa is the debut album by Filipino bossa nova singer Sitti. It was released in the Philippines on January 25, 2006 by Warner Music Philippines. The album spawned four successful singles—"Tattooed on My Mind", "Hey Look at the Sun", "I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love" and "Para sa Akin". The album was certified double platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) on September 17, 2006, denoting over 60,000 units sold in the country.^[1]

A limited edition of the album was released in February 2007, containing a bonus video CD and a different cover.^[2] The video CD includes her official music videos from the album and her MTV Philippines' Sessions Live performance. It was also released on digital download through iTunes and Amazon.com.^[3]^[4]

Track listing

All tracks were produced by Neil C. Gregorio.

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Girl from Ipanema" (Portuguese/English)	Vinicius de Moraes Norman Gimbel Antonio Carlos Jobim	2:23
2.	"Tattooed on My Mind"	D'Sound	4:25
3.	"At 17"	Janis Ian	4:10
4.	"Hey Look at the Sun"	Nelson Angelo	3:13
5.	"I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love"	Tracey Thorn Ben Watt	3:54
6.	"Invisible War"	Julia Fordham	3:08
7.	"One Note Samba" (English)	Jon Hendricks Jobim Newton Mendonca	2:11
8.	"Soft Melody"	John Kaizan Neptune	3:48
9.	"You on My Mind"	Andy Connell Corinne Drewery	3:17
10.	"Lost in Space"	Tunde Baiyewu	3:20
11.	"The Lady Wants to Know"	Michael Franks	4:23
12.	"Close to You - Half a Minute"	Burt Bacharach Hal David	2:09
13.	"Samba Song"	Bong Pinera	3:14
14.	"Bridges"	Birth Fernando Brant	5:21
15.	"Mas que Nada"	Jorge Ben	3:24
16.	"Wave"	Jobim	3:29
17.	"Fly Me to the Moon"	Bart Howard^[a]	3:12
18.	"Para sa Akin"	Emil Pama	3:09

Limited edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Para sa Akin" (music video)
2.	"Hey Look at the Sun" (music video)
3.	"I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love" (music video)
4.	"EPK / Behind the Scenes"
5.	"Girl from Ipanema" (MTV Sessions Live)
6.	"Tattoed on My Mind" (MTV Sessions Live)
7.	"Samba Song" (MTV Sessions Live)
8.	"Para sa Akin" (MTV Sessions Live)
9.	"Mas que Nada" (MTV Sessions Live)

Personnel

Credits were taken from Titik Pilipino.^[5]

Production

Joseph De Vera - album cover art and design
Neil C. Gregorio - album producer, A & R, sequencing
Ricky R. Ilacad - executive producer, A & R
Mark Laccay - studio recording
Pazzy Marquez - styling and grooming
Paolo Pineda - album photography
Dante Tanedo - mixing
Frey Zambrano - A & R, production coordinator

Musicians

Erskine Basilio - acoustic guitar
Marcy Estrella - percussions
Archie Lacorte - saxophone, flute
Sitti Navarro - lead vocals
Jerome Rico - semi-hollow guitar (track 7)
Vic San Juan - electric, upright bass
Chito Servanez - piano, clavinova
Sonny Teodoro - drums, additional percussions

Recording locations

Stone House Bar (Quezon City, Philippines) - album recording
Warner Chili Red Studio - sequencing

Certifications

Country	Provider	Certification	Sales
Philippines	PARI	2× Platinum^[6]	60,000+^[6]

Footnotes

a.^{^} Erroneously credited to Julie London, who recorded a well-known version of the song.

References

^ "Cafe Bossa". SittiOnline.Multiply..com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011.
^ "Cafe Bossa (Limited Edition) - Sitti". Titik Pilipino. Archived from the original on August 8, 2001. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
^ "Cafe Bossa = Sitti". iTunes. 25 January 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
^ "Cafe Bossa = Sitti". Amazon. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
^ "Sitti - Cafe Bossa". Titik Pilipino. Archived from the original on November 13, 2006.
^ ^a ^b "Awards". SittiOnline.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2010.

[cafecert-1] "Cafe Bossa". SittiOnline.Multiply..com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011.

[cafe_limited-2] "Cafe Bossa (Limited Edition) - Sitti". Titik Pilipino. Archived from the original on August 8, 2001. Retrieved December 16, 2010.

[itunesdl-3] "Cafe Bossa = Sitti". iTunes. 25 January 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2010.

[amazondl-4] "Cafe Bossa = Sitti". Amazon. Retrieved December 16, 2010.

[titikinfo-5] "Sitti - Cafe Bossa". Titik Pilipino. Archived from the original on November 13, 2006.

[sitti_awards-6] "Awards". SittiOnline.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2010.

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