1. Cafe Tacuba - La Muerte Chiquita
2. Julieta Venegas - Lo Que Pidas
3. Sidestepper - Deja
4. Juana Molina - Insensible
5. Jorge Drexler - El Pianista del Gueto de Varsovia
6. Thievery Corporation - Shadows of Ourselves
7. Plastilina Mosh - Baretta 89
8. Aterciopelados - Baracunatana
9. Los Amigos Invisibles - Gorditas de Mario
10. Manu Chao - Clandestino
11. Omara Portuondo - No Me Vayas a Enganar
12. Brazilian Girls - Homme
13. Los Lobos - Carabina 30-30
14. Ozomatli - Saturday Night
15. Kinky - Sol (Batucada)
16. El Gran Silencio - Sound System Municipal
Album Description
A definitive collection of live, Latin-themed performances from America's influential public radio show, "Morning Becomes Eclectic". Includes Platinum-selling artists (even an Oscar winner) and Latin music's most popular acts, such as Julieta Venegas, Brazilian Girls, Manu Chao, Ozomatli, Cafe Tacuba, Thievery Corporation, and more.
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The free-format radio show, "Morning Becomes Eclectic," broadcasting from the Los Angeles-based station KCRW, is arguably the nation's most iconoclastic and influential program. This compilation of live, in-studio performances by some of today's Latin musicians, topped the iPod charts, and for good reason. In spirit with the show, this collection's diversity of North and South American, and Caribbean artists offers an impressive sonic census of the Hispanic, African, pop, and Brazilian influences that characterize that genre. Latin music really sizzles in this live context, whether it's the soothing sonorities of Omara Portuondo's bolero "No Me Vayas a Enganar," the Chicano rock of Los Lobos's "Carabina 30-30," or Ozomatli's Spanglish rap on "Saturday Night." If anything, this collection shows how rooted this music is in it's acoustic, unplugged traditions, and how revolutionary it can be in its electronic expansions to other musical forms. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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KCRW Presents: Sounds Eclectico
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2005-09-13)
- Publisher: Nacional Records
- Label: Nacional Records
- Encoding: Region 1
- Format: Live
- Studio: Nacional Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 7 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #31078
Avg. Customer Review:
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Summary: MTV-style Latin sampler 2008-11-21
Comment: I've been lsitening to KCRW for many years, off and on, but one things remains constant; they deliver great live in studio songs. Think MTV unplugged alternative style and in this case Latin alternative. Don't you just hate that term alternative? This disc features all the heavies of from the Latin alt.(there, I didn't say it, I feel better) market. Check it out, it's a who's who of Latin alt.(ugh) music. If you are familiar with the songs and the artists not too worry. These versions rock as they are totallly different from what you may already have from the artists disc. Take El Gran Silencio's version of "Sound System Municipal" Libres Y Locos which sounds nothing like the original or the toned down version of Los Aterciopelados El Dorado "Baracunatana." In either case they rock the mic anyway. Great songs include The Richest Man In Babylon Thievery Corporations third world musical vison via "Shadows of Ourselves", " Deja" by Sidestepper which features haunting melodies, the great Manu Chao Clandestino who turns in an accoustic version with nice improvisation,the bubbly-lounge dance grooves of Venezuela's Amigos Invisbiles on "Gorditas de Mario" expousing the virtues of fat tacos metaphorically and the Mexican super group Cafe Tacuba Avalancha de Éxitos presentation of "La Muerte Chiquita" done as only they can. If you are new to music from south of the border, which includes way down south,this is a good place to jump and board and sample these musical delicacies. Try it you'll like it,(tiene mucho sabor)it has lot's of flavor.
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Summary: AMAZING Compilation!!!! 2007-04-05
Comment: I can't believe how seriously amazing a CD they put together here.
It sounds too perfect to be live. You don't even have to know Spanish to appreciate it, in fact, a few songs are fully or partially in English.
You should purchase it from KCRW directly so they get the profit to make more compilations like this.
The music is so varied yet maintains a high level of quality (with the exception of some off-tune singing on the more novelty jams).
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: pretty good 2006-03-11
Comment: The sounds eclectic 3 disc it's better but this is relaxing too, if you don't know about latin groups this is a good way to know that kind of sounds
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Summary: Great compilation of the best music sung in Spanish these days... 2006-02-03
Comment: KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" has a well-earned reputation in indie radio circles, of introducing independent acts to the American public. U.S. and European acts that are initially unknown to most of us typically get exposed first in this program. So is the case with numerous acts that deliver their message not in English, but in Spanish. So, in the same tradition of the successful "Sounds Eclectic" compilations (the most recent one of which was released in early 2005), "Sounds Eclectico" does a magnificent job at presenting the work of some of the best acts that sing "en español" these days.
Though most of the songs on the album are not new to those familiar with the production of the artists included, it represents a great acoustic introduction to those unfamiliar with them. Most of the tracks come from the world of "Latin Rock", with a few exceptions: an exquisite bolero by Omara Portuondo, of Buena Vista Social Club fame; a mariachi performance by Los Lobos; and a lounge rendition by Thievery Corporation. All through the album, there is truly no weak point. It's solid from end to end. As for my favorites, I'd probably say they are Mexicans Cafe Tacuba and Kinky, Argentinean Juana Molina, Venezuelans Los Amigos Invisibles and the most global artist there will ever be: Manu Chao.
This album is a keeper and also a great compilation and an even better introduction to the best of what's around "south of the border".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Yes it's a nice tight compilation 2005-10-15
Comment: Yes, this is a good compilation. It pretty much covers the best of latin music today. The live performances sound great.
Hopefully there'll be more releases like this in the future.
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