Cafe Del Mar 3: Ibiza

Jose Padilla, Cafe Del Mar (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sonic Images
• ASIN: B00000JWQ1
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #241,491 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Walking on Air

2. Tones

3. Sueño con México

4. Blue Bar

5. Emotions of Paradise

6. Nights Interlude

7. Panama Bazaar

8. Dusk

9. Asia

10. Dust of Life [Swoop Edit]

11. My Freedom

Editorial Reviews

Bathed in Mediterranean sunshine, featuring a chilled out selection, the original Balearic chillout album series Cafe Del Mar returns! Featuring Pat Metheny, Nightmares On Wax, Moodswings and more. 13 tracks. React. 2003. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Down Beat and Ambient Mix of Music, February 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Cafe Del Mar 3 (Audio CD)

First off: Please ignore the last review. They were looking for Energy 52's "Cafe Del Mar" (a high energy Trance record on the Hooj label)...not even close...

What a great record! I already had owned Volume 2,4,5,6 and still needed 1 and 3 to complete my set. To be honest, I was a bit hesitant in getting vol.3 since it was the only one of the Cafe Del Mar series to be "domesticated" in the U.S. which normally means bad things. When I put this CD in for the first time I was just blown away at the beauty on this disc. Out of all the Cafe Del Mar series, this one has the smoothest blend of music. It is not as upbeat as 5 or 6 but it is more consistent and flows well. The first four tracks are a very relaxing set of ambient/balearic tunes that really elevate the listener. These tracks are not only relaxing but are very beautiful and deeply satisfying. I personally love Nova Nova's "Tones" (Track 2). It is a piano solo that moves in and out with sweeping emotion. Pat Meheny follows next with a nice island/flamenco/guitar track that really takes you away. Miro's earlier paradise, a slower more "enigma-esque" groove follows and brings beats into the picture so that others can follow while still maintaining that pensive, relaxed mood. Jose Padilla has weaved a web of magic on this disc that can only be "Cafe del Mar". I am continually amazed by Jose's eclectic taste in music. If you haven't bought any of the series, try this one if you'd like a mellow introduction to the series, or volume 5 or 6 for a more upbeat set. Really, they're all amazing and this is the ONLY compilation series I have ever heard such consistency on. Worth the heavy price tag for the rest of them. So here's my order of the whole series: 5,6,3,4,2,1.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, relaxing CD, November 23, 1999

By A Customer

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This review is from: Cafe Del Mar 3: Ibiza (Audio CD)

This CD was mentioned in an article about a celebrity, on a list of "favorite things". That intrigued me enough to listen to the sound bytes, and then, to buy it. Very calming music. I love it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top compilation, December 26, 2007

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Aeneas - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cafe Del Mar Ibiza Volumen Tres (Audio CD)

I'm amazed that this is the first review, as this is a great compilation. To me this vol 3 along with vol 7 is the best of the cafe del mar series. Easy listening and a harmonious mix with some piano music a la cafe style, some light techno, a few dance tracks, some ambient and some jazzy tunes. Uplifting and worth listening to.