Marisa Monte. "I began on a stage. The arc of my career was built on direct contact with the public in live performances. In the fifteen years since I began, I have not recorded often because of long tours that have kept recording periods far apart. Five records in fifteen years without counting the Tribalistas project and the ones I produced for other artists. "Universo ao Meu Redor", is focused more on the atmosphere surrounding samba than on samba itself, on it's most frequent subjects: love, nature, music itself, the human condition, the singing of the birds, our back yards, and lives lived together through art... I invited Mario Caldato, who I have always wanted to work with, to produce this record with me. He is responsible for the sonic personality of the record".
1) Universo Ao Meu Redor
2) O Bonde Do Dom
3) Meu Canário
4) TRÊS Letrinhas
5) Quatro Paredes
6) Perdoa Meu Amor
7) Cantinho Escondido
8) Statue of Liberty
9) Al Alma E a Matéria
10) Làgrimas E Tormentos
11) Satisfeito
12) Para Mais Ninguém
13) Via Saber?
14) Pétalas Esquecidas
15) [CD-ROM Track]