Reviews (page 15 of 15)
Sunny day listening
interesting fusion of salsa and jazz. the pianist and guitarist are virtuosos to boot. i heuristically don't like salsa rhythms but this put me in a great move and i was groovin to it wooooohooo
Great to revisit this one.
Spanish language. Gorgeous instruments. Would love to wander the river walk listening to it
Gorgeou
Reminds me of Mike Irace, traveling, and Tropico 5/6
Not a fan
Leuke summer vibes, alsof je in Spanje op vakantie bent
Top notch chill Cuban music. Maybe best for background listening?
Brilliant for any occasion
Oooooh very curious to hear this one. I remember when this came out and seeing the album cover everywhere. This is nice background music. I like. I'l put it on at breezy backyard parties.
Always enjoyed this album
I like this album, it has very cool songs in it
I haven't listened to a lot of cuban music so this was a real treat to listen to critically. Well produced with a lot of beautiful musicianship on display. Favorite Song: Dos Gardenias
Classic
I mean, its an all time classic of all time! The idea behind Buena Vista Social Club was to revive pre-revolutionary music of Cuba, listening to this record definitely paints that landscape.
Love it start to finish. Timeless. Contains all life itself.
Not my style
Gawd, this is so good. Absolutely heartfelt and timeless.
Absolutely impeccable Cuban music. The artistry and lyrical genius on here is hard to deny. Near perfect. Will always put this on if I have a rainy day.
Some beautiful Cuban music came out of this album, and even though I couldn't understand the lyrics, I could appreciate the jam. This album was thrown together with a makeshift band in Havana within only 6 days! The music feels like a jam-sesh between friends at a local club, which might explain why it was so easy to record. The only reason I can't rate it higher is because I don't speak Spanish.
kinda nice ngl
It's the cheesy backpacker hostel mainstay, but still warms my cold heart
Smooth grooves and vibes for days. What does that mean? I don’t know, but I really dug this. It sounds like people having a great time together, and I am here for that.
*dança com o tronco e mexendo os bracinhos*²
Blended harmonies, sugary melodies, complementary percussion, buttery voices. A pleasing medley it'd be churlish to pretend isn't, well, pleasing. So I happily tolerated it and would be unlikely to object if I ever heard it again even though ultimately polite musicianship doesn't lift, cleanse or scratch my soul and music that tends too agreeable makes me a tad dis. If that sounds contrarian I guess that's because, to an extent, that's how I like my music - with contradictions and contradistinctions. To put it in a less assholish way: I tuned out a lot That seems to be part of the design here, which I don't get. That's like opting to get your hair stroked when you could get your butthole eaten ;) Okay, now I am being churlish. It was very pleasant.
Such a fantastic album, Ry Cooder is a national treasure.
La joya de cuba.
Un disco interesante, se nota una influencia peculiar en ciertos arreglos, principalmente en la guitarra/cuatro y en las melodias de la voz.
Heard this when it was released. Ridiculously enjoyable and authentic. One of my go to albums when I'm looking for something different.
This is sublime, loved every song.
This album opened my eyes to Latinx music and the pure talent that these artists have is immense. Favorite songs: Chan Chan, De Camino LA Vereda, Pueblo Nuevo
Sounds like something I've already heard accidentally in the background of a Mexican restaurant. Definitely joyous and fun but too repetitive for my tastes.
Taco Tuesday!
Didn't have time to listen to the whole thing but liked what I heard. Made me think of community feel and carefree dancing and things which was a bit sad. The wiki page about this album is interesting.
Lift music for lifts.
Un album recontra escuchado. Joya de músicos.
Chiquitos: Official Soundtrack
I'm a sucker for this Spanish language music. Album is mostly just good background noise.
Musically good, but it’s easy to lose engagement since I don’t speak the language.
Not really my thing. Good background music but nothing special.
like cuban gypsy kings. very much sounds like restaurant background music. maybe that's its purpose and its really good at it.
This made me feel things in my plums. An album with a sunny disposition. Could be 4 songs shorter, and it won't inspire you to go be the next Bowie, but I'm very happy that it exists and that I now know about it.
Tough to give this one a 3 because it's a good album. Refreshing and interesting. Vibes upon vibes. But few stand out tracks.
Good background noise.
Kannte ich schon. Ist super, lässt aber zum Ende nach
I was introduced to this album by my Chinese-Brazilian roommate along with a bunch of bossanova stuff. I played this one and Joao Gilberto Live in Montreux endlessly for months, and I still come back to this one frequently. It's even on my regular running playlist. I just love it.
Good music to work to
Okay but a tad boring. Probably good background music.
Classic.
This reminds me of the background music in a romantic comedy movie were they see each other from across the room...
An instant classic when it came out, and an album I still regularly listen to.
Tough one to rate. Its really good. Different, groovy, fun, chill. It's just not something that Im likely to listen to again as anything other than background music.
This was nice as background music through a few meetings
I'm sure it's nice if you're Spanish
Not for me this one.
Relaxing
- nice, doesnt bother you, calming - tropico and pablo escobar
This is really rather good. It's an instant good mood being piped directly into my ears. I have no idea of anything they're singing about, but whatever it is it's being done really well. The music is lovely throughout. An enjoyable listen from start to finish.
Latin grooves by old boys. Best Tracks: Chan Chan, Pueblo Nuevo, Buena Vista Social Club
good one, sounds like Cuba
Class album
Enjoyed this - heard of it but never listened.
Got spacked out of me heed to this!
I felt like a sexy latino on a sun drenched beach in a quiet fishing town in Cuba sipping pina coladas and smiling at the world. Then I got angry that I wasn't on a beach in the sun, drinking and punched a wall.
It sounds like I'm sat in Spanish class learning about the days of the week. And then I'm sat in a bar trying to get into it, being all cultural, but just a bit gash
Good fun, I’m trying to decided whether this would be better if I could understand Spanish or maybe because i don’t understand the lyrics it makes seem more profound. They are probably just singing about really mundane shit just like Taylor swift does.
Love it. Mum had this album and a live DVD too ... remember this album cover vividly
Love this album, always feels like a tropical escape. Great songs, wonderful feeling I get from it. All in all fantastic for an album where I don’t understand a single word.
Memories 😊
Nice, easy listen. Background music.
nice, but not something i'd be in a hurry to go back to. i mind when it came out and it was refreshingly different but now it's a lot easier to find stuff like this...if you wanted to!
❤️
"!Óigame compay! No deje camino por coger la vereda" (De camino a la vereda) "Yo soy el árbol conmovido y triste" (¿Y tú qué has hecho) Increíble pero me sé como la mitad de canciones de este disco sin tener recuerdo de haberlo escuchado nunca. Un beso a Elíades Ochoa, rey.
nice latina music
3/5
Buena vista!!!!
Need to listen again
3.5 + Sunny and cozy jams from Cuban music veterans. The album has a nice live feel. Perfect for roadtrips or anytime you want something easy bopping in the background. I acknowledge the quality of this album but if I'm being honest, I found myself unexcited to revisit it. Besides \"Chan Chan\", the songs no longer move me.
5
Maybe with the companion film it becomes more interesting....
Light 4! Guitars slap on this
Good backgound listening. Nothing struck my fancy.
“Buena Vista Social Club” by Buena Vista Social Club (1997) Music by artists in their 70s looking back 50 years. Painful. An interesting project, but not the kind of soulful musical experience it could have been. Recording technique is (deliberately?) retrograde, apparently having all musicians performing together in one take, with all the attendant flaws of the method (fret buzzing, unplanned distortion, uncontrolled mixing, shallow texture, little to no separation, etc.). Songs lack variety, and individual performances are only fair. This album is mostly of interest to those who are nostalgic for pre-Castro Cuba. I’d prefer to throw out the communists and let young Cuban musicians develop a natural creativity. But I’m not in charge. 1/5
Another fantastic jazz album! I call it jazz just because this feels like Latin Jazz. Apple is calling it Bolero. Either way, I’m digging this. I love the drum beats and the chorus lines. I felt like I was allowed into the Buena Vista Social Club. The album cover is perfect as well, fits the music just right. This is the kind of stuff I can listen to on a summer day, sipping on a drink at the beach or just hanging out with friends. A really fun album to have on. As with many Jazz type albums, I don’t have more to say than that and that I loved it.
This one was a great Latin music album. Worth it!
Compay ... etc
Niet echt mijn genre
Classic, no surprises
Lovely album. Really enjoyed the Cuban vibes and African overtones. Dad enjoyed it too. I made him listen in the car. I would most certainly listen to this again
Vibe
Great example of Afro-Cuban jazz. Pueblo Nuevo is stinky, but every other track is great. 8/10, didn't know they had 20 members.
Not something I would've ever listened to. Not bad, but probably won't listen to again.
What's not to like!? Hazy, sunny Cuban music in dreary British January.
Muy bueno y sabroso
good album for what it is but not my cup of tea. cant really understand a word they’re saying as i don’t speak spanish but i can appreciate it for what it is.
What a refreshing album from a talented group of Cubanos. I can definitely see myself spinning this again in the future in order to set a mood, transport myself to another place, dance, or meditate on our brothers and sisters in this intriguing country. I can hear joy and pain in each song, much like Jamaican reggae or Latin/Mexican mariachi music. I am ready to get out of this country and hide in someone else's culture for a while....
Concept album!
maravillosa musica cubana
Great recording, many latino great songs and themes, Cuba is in many ways linked to México and we’ve always loved the BVSC
Whoa, nice! So soon we're back in Havana! I recognized this name immediately, and I realized that's because there's a documentary by Wim Wenders about this project that's in the Criterion Collection. I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't this. This is some great Cuban music--less jazzy, and more organic than what we heard on Machito. At points I think it could use more energy, particularly in the vocal performances, but it's still a trip worth taking. I could never dislike an album like this. Inevitably though, when it comes to Latin-American music, I can't help but compare what I hear to Totó La Momposina's "Pacantó," which is one of my all-time favorite albums. This doesn't reach the same high-water mark for me, but it's still great. Lots on here to love. Favorite tracks: El Carretero, Chan Chan, El Cuarto de Tula. Album cover: Pretty simple photograph, but I think it's mostly effective. I really like the BVSC stamp, that's a really cool design. But I also think they could've gone with a more exciting, more culturally indicative picture. Actually, this reminds me of that Oasis album cover, What's the Story, Morning Glory. That was two years before this, so maybe these Cubans were huge fans paying homage to their love of Wonderwall. 4/5
Cuba
Nice
Cannot beat this classic! Truly beautiful music from la isla. I played this for my abuelo and he wept.
All-time classic. Always enjoy listening to this, front to back.
I love this album. Haven’t listened to it in a long time. It’s the spirit of Cuba - and by extension - the Caribbean. The songs have a folk-tune, comforting quality to them that transfers to the listener, even if you can’t understand all the lyrics.
Quisiera darles 5 en pero sería yo muy barco. De cualquier forma no tiene desperdicio.
This was so uplifting, relaxing and coooool. I really enjoyed it
Funky. I like it.
Bueno
Neat Spanish album
Have you seen Chef?
While this style of music isn't exactly my jam, I did enjoy this. Definitely gives you the feel of sitting on a sidewalk cafe in Cuba sipping a mojito. 3 stars.
Beautiful Latin sound. Didn’t have as strong as a finish as I wanted, but a pleasure to listen to regardless
I heard “Chan Chan” in college in…music theory, I think? Anyway, I really liked that song, so I anticipate liking the rest of the album. Yes, I absolutely loved this album. It was so relaxing and beautiful and just good. I should download it.
Very good Cuban sound
Chan chan is straight 🔥🔥🔥
Damn good
Writing this review last minute so it'll be a shorter one. This album has some serious classics on it! There's many songs I've heard on this before but I never knew it was this band. These songs are much more traditional and folky than our previous venture into the afro-cuban msuic scene, so this was a unique experience. This is a solid album with a lot of cuban "bangers" that create a nice and pleasant atmosphere, while expertly executed, left me wanting more artistically. But overall, I had a great time listening to it.
I feel it
Perfect
I need to listen to more latin jazz.
Just happy vibes.
Sin lugar a dudas. Solo es cinco porque no hay seis.
Sigo escuchando ese disco cada cierto tiempo en uno de esos dominguitos desqueahacerados.
Good album, a bit long and samey. I love the salsa vibe from a lot of it. Not amazing but solid
Spanish vibe. Throw on background record player
no bueno
this is peak cuban music i really felt like i was just chilling in havana and i've never even been
Can't understand them. Good brass. Pedal steel, nice.
Interesting Spanish language music.
Ry Cooder PARIS, TEXAS !!!!!!!!!
funky
Pleasant latin music
one part mariachi, one part classy as fuck dinner party music.
Fantastic album, well worth a listen.
Wasn't feeling it, probably good though
Sort of felt like I was waiting for my Burrito at Guzman to start with but it all came together at Pueblo Nuevo - I imagine Cat Empire would've listened to a lot of this kind of stuff.
I'm not sure if I like this album because it's just different from so much of my music. Or if it's really that good. I think it's good.
Big yikes. A few fun mariachi moments, and fairly competent jazz, but I really can't enjoy it - did not finish.
It's good.
Some fantastic stuff on here bringing that kind of Latin jazz back to the forefront
Would be good for coffee shop
Absolutely joyous.
It was good fun.
Move your feet to the Cuban beat, unless you don’t have any feet
An alum I already know. Beautiful. I'll enjoy getting to know this again.
This was a wonderful album to have on in the background while I worked today. Loving the latin sounds.
this is cool!
Not so much my style of music, but I like it. Also getting me pumped for my trip to colombia.
Finally, a jazz (adjacent) album! This one’s a classic for sure, brings me back to my Afro Latin & Carribbean Music course I took at Columbia.
Loving it! Makes me dance - 5 stars
danza danza!
Enjoyable mostly but not an every week thing.
- Caribean flavor 🤙
Fun good, not something I'll listen to regularly
Jo men det är lite gütt. Men lite enformigt
Enjoyable, pleasant - the same way I would describe my Nan's quiche Lorraine. I can see why some people would love it, but it doesn't get me excited. Maybe the magic of this album got lost in translation.
Good, but not quite as stellar as I had remembered.
What a beautiful album.
It was good. Don't know that it would ever be a go to, but I enjoyed the music.
Buena vista social club - cuban like!!!
spanish music idk not my style
Sounds even better than it did in 1997. Better stereo now :)
I would rather drink Cuba Cola!
Chill. Vibes. Feeling the roots.
not a bad album, but no songs stood out individually as fantastic. Would be a good album to put on as background noise while cooking
Well, that was an unexpected joy to listen to. I don't understand a word they're saying but dang if I don't wish I did. They seem to be having so much fun. In some ways, I'm glad I couldn't understand what was being said. It made the whole album into a killer soundtrack for work that enhanced the experience but didn't distract me from the words I was writing. Musicality is so on point it should be bleeding. Just really great.
Traditionel cubansk musik, afslappende
Feels like I should be driving through desert mountains, or I’m at a local Mexican restaurant set to a calming radio station
Perfect jazz album. Really took me to an happier place
8/10 FT: Amor de loca juventud
Some fun pre-castro cuban vibes, very nice listen on a rainy day definitely set a mood
3/1 Great album, wish I was there. Standout Tracks: El Cuarto de Tula, Dos Gardenias, Veinte Años, Candela, Amor de Loca Juventud, Buena Vista Social Club
Pretty cool latin jazz piece
Theres nothing inherently wrong with the album, its just not my cup of tea.
3
Cool!
Even though it compiles lots of different musicians, there is a great flow to this album. I particularly enjoyed the piano tracks. Highly recommended!