Best Tango Album in the World Ever

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00008L3R0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,856 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #8 in Music > World Music > Latin Music > Tango
  • #8 in Music > World Music > South & Central America > Argentina
  • #45 in Music > Latin Music > Latin Pop

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Mi Buenos Aires Querido - Carlos Garcia

2. La Cumparsita - Jose Basso

3. Por Una Cabeza (from "Scent of a Woman") - The Tango Project

4. Cambalache - Julio Sosa with Leopoldo Federico

5. El Firulete - Mariano Mores

6. Canaro En Paris - Hector Varela

7. Rodriguez Pena - Francisco Canaro

8. Sur - Jorge Sobral with J.A. Giaimo

9. 9th Of July - Osvaldo Pugliese

10. El Esquinazo - Carlos Garcia

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Caminito - Flordino Sassone

2. El Choclo - Alfredo De Angelis

3. Yira Yira - Flordino Sassone

4. Cafetin De Buenos Aires - Hugo Del Carril

5. A Media Luz - Carlos Garcia

6. El Portenito - Carlos Garcia

7. Taquito Militar - Mariano Mores

8. Re Fa Si - Alfredo De Angelis

9. Adios Muchachos - Flordino Sassone

10. Ojos Negros - Raul Garello

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My review is for ballroom dancers, September 14, 2005

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Shellie Hubbard "shubbard" (hattiesburg ms) - See all my reviews
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If you're just learning tango and wish to practice on your own, this is a wise investment. You won't have to disrupt your practice running back and forth to your cd player to select tracks. You won't drive yourself nuts listening to the same song stuck on loop play. Basically, this is a good cd of classical, non-elevator tango music that does not beat you over the head with a nausiating DUM DUM DUM DUM beat. (Well, most of the songs do not.)

There are a few lousy tracks within this collection, but it has been my experience that with all cds there will always be tracks you tend to skip over.

Do not let the $14.99 price tag for a two disk set turn you off. This is good music.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Variety, April 8, 2008

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L. Gallagher (USA) - See all my reviews
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It's not the Best Tango Album in the World Ever! But it's pretty darn good. This is NOT an album where all the songs sound the same; there is a remarkable variety in the song selection. You'll hear everything from vocals, like Gardel's Volver, to Fuga Y Misterio performed by The 12 Cellists of the BPO, a strange but enchantingly beautiful selection. I highly recommend this album, but there are two reasons you might not want to buy it. First, if you already own "Buenos Aires by Night" (EMI Odeon) you'll find that eleven of the songs appear on both albums, so look for an album without so much overlap. Second, if you are looking for tango dance music, you'll find that the tempo on many of the songs is not even enough to use for International Ballroom Tango or American Social Tango. A talented tanguero could pull off Argentine tango to several of the selections, however. For dancing the tango, I would recommend
Bailemos Tango!: A Century of Tango on the Dance Floor (Rhino) by various artists or La Melodia De Nuestro Adios (El Bandoneon) by Francisco Canaro, both of which are traditional tango music. For more contemporary, club style tangos, try Lecons de Tango (Milan Music/WEA Corporation) by various artists. It contains a lot of upbeat, even tempoed "electronic mixes" so you'll either love it or hate it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mostly Pleased, September 30, 2010

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Norita Blood - See all my reviews

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I received the 2 cd album and was very happy with the artists and their work. However, one of the songs in one of the cd's had a glitch, so I couldn't listen to it. I sent it back to Amazon and they immediately sent me a replacement. However, that had a glitch on the very same song. This seems to be a problem with the master. I then let Amazon know about this, but I decided not to send the cd album back. Since it was going on my MP3, I simply cut it out. I also sent a letter to the music company explaining the problem, but have never gotten a reply. I am completely happy with Amazon's policy in this matter.
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