Lovely Difficult

Lovely Difficult is the fourth album by Mayra Andrade, released on November 11, 2013 in Cape Verde, Brazil, and much of western Europe.^[2][3] Compared to her first three albums, Lovely Difficult is less traditional and more pop, with collaborations with artists from the United States, Israel, France, and England^[4] and songs in Portuguese, Cape Verdean creole, French, and English.^[5] The first single, "We Used to Call It Love", was released in September 2013.^[3]

Lovely Difficult
Studio album by Mayra Andrade
Released	November 11, 2013 (2013-11-11)
Recorded	Brighton and Hove[1]
Genre	Gypsy jazz, bossa nova, funaná samba, Cuban bolero, slow funaná, coladeira, R&B, reggae, soft rock
Label	RCA Victor / Sony Music
Mayra Andrade chronology
Studio 105 (2010) Lovely Difficult (2013) Manga (2019)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[6]
Music Story	[7]
Rolling Stone Brazil	[8]

The album was nominated in the Best World Music Album category at the 2014 Victoires de la Musique.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ténpu Ki bai"	Mayra Andrade	3:48
2.	"We used to call it love"	Pascal Danae, Mayra Andrade	3:56
3.	"Build it up"	Krystle Warren	3:46
4.	"Ilha de Santiago"	Mário Lúcio Sousa	3:44
5.	"Le jour se lève"	Yann Walcker, Yael Naïm	3:38
6.	"A-mi n kre-u txeu"	Mayra Andrade	4:24
7.	"Rosa"	Mayra Andrade, Munir Hossn	3:14
8.	"96 days"	Hugh Coltman	3:08
9.	"Les mots d'amour"	Tété	3:47
10.	"Trés mininu"	Mayra Andrade, Piers Faccini	3:58
11.	"Téra Lonji"	Mayra Andrade, Pascal Danae	4:24
12.	"Simplement"	Benjamin Biolay	3:48
13.	"Meu farol"	Mayra Andrade, Munir Hossn	3:31