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Released: 1997-09-16

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Title Tracks for Buena Vista Social Club
  • 1. Chan Chan
  • 2. De Camino a la Vereda
  • 3. El Cuarto de Tula
  • 4. Pueblo Nuevo
  • 5. Dos Gardenias
  • 6. Y Tú Qué Has Hecho?
  • 7. Veinte Años
  • 8. El Carretero
  • 9. Candela
  • 10. Amor de Loca Juventud
  • 11. Orgullecida
  • 12. Murmullo
  • 13. Buena Vista Social Club
  • 14. La Bayamesa

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\I felt like I'd trained all my life for this album. It's the peak." So says guitar master Ry Cooder about his first recording since his Grammy-winning Talking Timbuktu he teams with a galaxy of Cuba's finest musicians"

Product Details
Buena Vista Social Club
  • Audio CD: 0 pages (1997-09-16)
  • Publisher: Nonesuch
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Studio: Nonesuch
  • Sales Rank in Music: #1280

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105 of 107 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a magical CD!, June 22, 2000
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Michael Fletcher (Murrieta, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buena Vista Social Club (Audio CD)
I first heard of Buena Vista Social Club through a colleague of mine. He would play this CD in his office and I found the melodies quite rhythmic and haunting.

Once I purchased my copy of this wonderful CD, I was really hooked. The more I listen to it, the more I love it. The love and emotion for the artists' craft comes through and leaves an indelible mark on each listener's heart.

These once forgotten musicians through the help of Ry Cooder have been able to share their traditional melodies with the western world.

I was amazed to see how successful this album's sale have been for a world music title. But a few listens later, it didn't surprise me at all. I guess people just know great music when they hear it even when it crosses ethnic and language boundaries.

By the way, I'm an audiophile and the sound quality on this album is exceptional. The sound has a lot of depth and ambiance. Try this CD in a high end audio system and you'll experience a certain...Read more

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74 of 75 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A magical gathering, December 20, 1999
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This review is from: Buena Vista Social Club (Audio CD)
This is an album of great delicacy and power, recorded with a reverence for the music and the musicians, in which every musician's humor and grace is allowed to shine through. For those who claim there are better records of son music out there--maybe. But how many have done as much for this kind of music? None. Especially magical is the fact that this group could easily never have happened were it not for a few people with the dedication to see that it did. The story behind this album is as inspiring as the music. These tracks have a little something for everyone: melancholy, laughter, power and grandeur. Shame on those reviewers slamming Ry Cooder, as if he were just another "musical imperialist," a slick showbiz creep exploiting these musicians, as if he weren't one of the most tasteful and versatile players in the world today. Let's make one thing perfectly clear: it took many wonderful people to make this record, but without Ry Cooder, it would never have had...Read more
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80 of 84 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Full Of Life And Energy., June 4, 2000
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Michael Kropotkin "Kropotkin" (Orange County, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buena Vista Social Club (Audio CD)
"Buena Vista Social Club" is a collection of music done with true feeling, talent and spirit. Great music never gets too old and here is evidence the great music from Cuba is still vibrant today as it was 40 years ago. The film based on the group had a special message about how age doesn't matter in the area of the great artists. One of the musicians here is in his 90s and look at how alive and energetic and moving this music is! The vocals, the music, the lyrics are all rich and full of style. These are real musicians playing real music. Like Santana's "Supernatural," "Buena Vista Social Club" is more of an experience than just good music. Songs like "Chan Chan" are really deep and move you in a nice way, others like "Candela" just excite you with the energy and fun feeling of it all. I'm grateful to Ry Cooder for bringing back these incredible musicians who play some of the best Cuban music ever. The only reason other...Read more
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