Carlos Vives - La Tierra Del Olvido
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Artist: Carlos VivesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-09-23
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
- Pa Mayte
- Fidelina
- La Tierra Del Olvido
- Zoila
- Rosa
- Acua
- La Cachucha Bacana
- Diosa Coronada
- La Puya Puya
- Ella
- Jam En Jukumey
Music reviews of La Tierra Del Olvido
Music Review: One of the best cds of the '90s, bar none
Rating: 5 Stars
This is the absolute best of world music, and deserves the attention of music fans everywhere. Imagine someone with the voice (and looks) of Michael Bolton and the musical sensibilities of David Hidalgo (of Los Lobos) and Dave Matthews, and you'll have some idea of the appeal of Carlos Vives. Vives' musical project is to make danceable pop music that incorporates all of the various elements of Columbian music - Afro-Caribbean zouk and salsa, the pan-pipes of the Andean Indians, Creole accordion ballads, and, of course, American rhythm and blues - in a synthesis that expresses the melting-pot vitality of his country. He succeeds at that in spades, but the result is completely accessible and enjoyable to anyone in the world who likes pop music and doesn't mind if it comes without irony, agression, or depression. This album alternates layered, syncopated pop songs with simpler, traditional (or traditional-sounding) tunes. Both are uniformly strong - there isn't a weak track on the album. The standout songs include the title track (a gorgeous mid-tempo love song), the first track (at least on my copy, Pa' Mayte, an homage to African influences on Caribbean music that includes a rap about Vives' home soccer team), and Diosa Coronada, one of the traditional tunes. Vives has a first-rate band (multiple percussion, bass, guitars, accordion, and flutes), led by an accordion player, Egidio Cuadrado, who is simply amazing. The lyrics, if you understand them, are not especially deep, but are as stong as any in Latin American music and generally pretty satisfying. I would note that my wife, who doesn't understand a word of Spanish and whose musical tastes generally run to 60s Motown and Shawn Colvin singer-songwriter types plays this disk constantly whenever she feels like a pick-me-up. You can't resist dancing a little.
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