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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: Dreamworks
Salesrank: 61386
Released: November 25, 2003 |
| Our Price: $3.53 |
| Used Price: $0.98 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Folklore Track Listing:
1. One-Trick Pony
2. Powerless (Say What You Want)
3. Explode
4. Try
5. Fresh Off the Boat
6. Forca
7. Saturdays
8. Picture Perfect
9. The Grass Is Green
10. Build You Up
11. Island of Wonder
12. Childhood Dreams
Editorial Review:
On her second album, Nelly Furtado takes a hard left turn. The colorful but incomplete fusion of her debut, Whoa, Nelly!, gives way on the tellingly titled Folklore to an approach that lets in some acoustic sounds that take the music in an entirely different, richer direction. At times sounding like a dead ringer for singer-writer Sam Phillips (whose work colors each episode of the TV series "Gilmore Girls"), Furtado aims for more rock-oriented ground without losing the Brazilian influences that are so much a part of her identity. Her voice and tunes are strong, and both words and music paint a young woman still very much in movement, change, flux. It’s an intriguing sound, and one that thoughtful listeners will cherish. --Rickey Wright
Folklore Reviews:
Folklore 
2009-09-18 - Folklore being Furtado's 2nd album suffers from her taking herself a little bit too seriously and the lyrics are suffering because of this. The melodies are amazing but the lyrics seem heavy handed at times as if she is adding a level of seriousness that at times feels forced. The reviews were generally negative when this album came out and Allmusic, Rolling Stone, Spinn and Blender all gave the album 2/5 or 3/5. I think 2/5 is a bit low but 3/5 is more then generous since the lyrics really drag down this album. The booklet is a mixed bag with Ms Furtado dressed is some truly atrocious outfits and the font for the lyrics is too small. All the lyrics are included and we get a list of whom plays what on each track. 3/5.
Carry on, Nelly! 
2009-03-27 - "Folklore" has been with me for 4.5 years, and I still listen to this album from start to finish. Some tracks are weaker than others, but all of them flow thematically and beautifully. This is Nelly Furtado's most reflective, wise, and mellow album. I'm in the minority, but I have and love all three of her albums for different reasons when I'm in different moods, making Furtado one of my favorite artists for her versatility.
For "Folklore" alone, this is my favorite. Whereas "Whoa, Nelly!" was raw and incomplete that showed her potential and "Loose" is polished with slick dance moves, "Folklore" is somewhere in between. It's got the sort of raw emotions and aching melancholia (Try, The Grass is Green, Picture Perfect); upbeat, group-friendly, kickass beats (Forca); and defiant, in-your-face anthems (One-Trick Pony, Powerless, Explode). What I can directly relate, and what I love most about the album, are the roots that she connects to (Powerless, Saturdays, Island of Wonder) from her parents' home country of Portugal to hers of Canada and the more theoretical kind in everybody.
I feel like if Furtado switched the order of her second and third album, Folklore would receive more accolade then it has right now and would have received more publicity. No matter; this gem is sure to win some more fans who wish to see Furtado's more reflective and intuitive side. Forca!
Amazing Album!
2009-03-17 - I first discovered Nelly Furtado with her single "I'm Like a Bird" but I didn't know that was her who sang that song... Well flash forward to 2007 when I first heard her song "Say It Right". I definitely fell in love with this song so I looked it up and got Loose. I then realized that she had made two previous albums and got them too, and that was when I realized that she sang "I'm Like a Bird".
Anyway, Folklore has to be her best album. It has so much meaning in the lyrics and her style is definitely something unique and amazing. I can say now that since I have heard her older work, that her older style is definitely her best. If you like her newer style a lot, you will probably not like her older style as they are very different.
fire and ? 
2009-02-20 - Not really surprised, I knew what to expect and was really satisfied. Worth getting, anyhow.
Nelly Furtado
2009-02-02 - Bought as a gift. It is what it is. It will please the Nelly Furtado fan.
