A Foreign Sound is the thirtieth studio album by Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist Caetano Veloso, released on 6 April 2004 on the record label Nonesuch.

[20] While many songs are Tin Pan Alley standards, the album features compositions from Kurt Cobain, Stevie Wonder, and DNA;[20] Veloso has cited rock music as being a vital influence for him.

"[25] Stephen Deusner, in his review for Pitchfork, gave the album an 8.8 out of 10, noting that "Veloso aims to reinterpret these songs, to make them sound new and foreign to American ears.

Sanches remarked that Veloso's reinterpretations of songs such as Paul Anka's "Diana" and Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" juxtapose conventions with inventive subversions, resulting in a "chessboard, labyrinth, and Rubik's cube" of musical ideas.

[18] Robin Denselow from The Guardian gave the album two stars out of five, noting that while some tracks "do justice to Veloso's famously cool and intimate vocals", others are "pleasant but dull" or even "downright dreadful".

[28] Marcus Preto from Rolling Stone Brasil said that the album sounded "bureaucratic", "long" and "drawn out", stating: "Far from any piece one could expect from Caetano Veloso.

[30] Matt Fink for Paste described A Foreign Sound by Caetano Veloso as "ambitious" and noted its wide-ranging selection of American pop classics, bringing together Cole Porter, Kurt Cobain, Irving Berlin, Bob Dylan, and Stevie Wonder under "one conceptual umbrella".

[31] Achy Obejas from Chicago Tribune describes the album as a "whole mess", saying that the only two that stand out are "Jamaica Farewell", which Veloso mostly leaves alone, and "The Man I Love", which is here "full of light and grace".