Clasicos de la Provincia

1. Gota Fría

2. Amor Sensible

3. Alicia Adorada

4. Hamaca Grande

5. Cantor de Fonseca

6. Matilde Lina

7. Altos del Rosario

8. Honda Herida

9. Cañaguatera

10. Lirio Rojo

11. Tijera

12. Compae Chipuco

13. Pedazo de Acordeon

14. Celosa

15. Contestacion a la Brasilera

Clasicos de la Provincia,Carlos Vives,Polygram Records,Colombia,Latin,Latin Music,Latin Pop,Tropical

Average customer rating:

Amazing dance tunes from a little-known Latin genre
The drop that filled the bucket
Amazing!
This is where it all began...!!
You don't have to be Colombian to love this one!

Clasicos de la Provincia
Carlos Vives
Manufacturer: EMI Latin
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Colombia | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00004X0R9
Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

La Gota Fria
Amor Sensible
Alicia Adorada
La Hamaca Grande
El Cantor De Fonseca
Matilde Lina
Altos Del Rosario
Honda Herida
La Canaguatera
Lirio Rojo
La Tijera
Compae Chipuco
Pedazo De Acordeon
La Celosa
Contestacion A La Brasilera (Fragmento)

Customer Reviews:

Amazing dance tunes from a little-known Latin genre.......2006-10-29

This Vives' superb 1994 musical debut brought the amazing vallenato musical tradition to world consciousness. CLASICOS is a collection of twentieth-century Colombian vallenatos, a muscial form originally played with triangle, guitar and accordion, but here updated to include an impressive array of drums and electric instruments. This is mountain dance music, what Colombians listen to when they party, and it is simply intoxicating.

The classic heavy-groove "La Gota Fria" kicks the disc off with its story of duelling musicians, and is followed by love songs, laments and even a track ("Alicia Adorada") which filters reggae through Latin sensibilities. From classic portraits of vallenato life-- the town drunk of "Compae Chipuco"-- to love songs like "Amor Sensible," Vives' collection explores the genre's best tunes.

Vives' band, La Provincia, includes members whose fathers wrote some of the tunes, and all are superb players. The music is fluid, supple, deeply groovy and compulsively danceable. The band-- and disc's-- highlight, however, is the awesome accordeon playing of Egidio Cuadrado. As a Guatemalan friend put it, "Jimi Hendrix was the Egidio Cuadrado of the electric guitar," and if so, "Purple Haze" must be Hendrix' guitar version of "Pedazo de Acordeon." Cuadrado, like Keith Richards or Bob Mould, drops blasts of rhythm, then drifts away into sly fragments of solos and back, all in a breath.

Vives is also a superb live player and a fairly entertaining guy-- if he comes to your area, make the effort to see him!

The drop that filled the bucket.......2006-01-27

"La Gota Fria" (translated "The Cold Drop") was the drop that filled the bucket, back when Carlos Vives broke into the forefront of the Latin American radio airwaves. He busted in with a blend of Colombian folklore music (vallenato) with rock instruments that was not just original, but also sounded amazingly contagious. Within a few months, everyone knew who he was and the rest became history.

After this album, he had a stream of releases, all of which have been up to the public's expectation, maintaining a seamless combination of the genres with lyrics that get you off your feet, either to dance, to fall back laughing or to kiss your loved one. Carlos Vives knows how to do it, and he does it well.

Amazing!.......2005-09-23

Loved his CDs, love his music, love his voice...He never dissapoints you, a must buy!!!

This is where it all began...!!.......2004-11-04

Carlos Vives will probably be remembered as the man who globalized Colombian music and musicians.

Clasicos de la Provincia is where it started. Being a Colombian, I really like vallenato. Even though Carlos didn't use the pure original rhythm, this CD is wholly based on it, adding modern sounds such as guitars.

Most of the songs are old classics, and they're top quality by their own. Yet, Carlos Vives manages to create a powerful mixture and made them accesible to another audience. Great combination, great energy... overall, a must-have if you like this type of thing!!! 5 stars.

You don't have to be Colombian to love this one!.......2003-10-07

Bought this CD as a present for hubby and we played it in the car driving through the Canadian Rockies and were just blown away.We had so much fun and listened to it over and over. The bighorn sheep even loved it. It sounds good everywhere and is just a masterpiece. Run to buy it and his last three as well, especially Fruta Fresca.