Café Bossa
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Café Bossa is the debut album by Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 bossa nova
Bossa nova
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 singer Sitti
Sitti Navarro
Sitti Katrina Navarro , also known as Sitti, is a Filipino bossa nova singer. After releasing her first album, Café Bossa, in 2006, other bossa nova acts in the Philippines followed. Navarro is also featured in the segment "A.S.A.P. Sessionistas" of the variety show ASAP...

. It was released on January 25, 2006 by Warner Music Philippines
Warner Music Group
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. 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 on September 17, 2006, denoting over 60,000 units sold in the country.

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

Track listing

All tracks were produced by Neil C. Gregorio.

Personnel

Credits were taken from Titik Pilipino.

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
    Sitti Navarro
    Sitti Katrina Navarro , also known as Sitti, is a Filipino bossa nova singer. After releasing her first album, Café Bossa, in 2006, other bossa nova acts in the Philippines followed. Navarro is also featured in the segment "A.S.A.P. Sessionistas" of the variety show ASAP...

     - 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
    Quezon City
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    , Philippines
    Philippines
    The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

    ) - album recording
  • Warner Chili Red Studio - sequencing

Certifications

Country Provider Certification Sales
Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

PARI 2× Platinum 60,000+
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