Cantamos

Poco

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 2003)
• Original Release Date: December 1974
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B000093FKR
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,436 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Reissue of 1974 album from Wounded Bird for the country rock act. This album marks the emergence of Rusty Young as a composer of merit. Side one rocks out hard and fresh while the second side deals with lost love and broken-hearted romance. Much of the magic of their earlier albums has been recaptured. 9 tracks. 2003.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Country Rock that should be owned by all Fans, January 18, 2004

By	Mitchell Howard ""the People's Friend"" (Havelock North, NZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In terms of the Country Rock genre, you simply need this album. The singing and playing on Cantamos makes all their previous albums and future pale into comparison except perhaps "Seven" The major highlight is Rusty Young`s emergence as a song writer. His efforts are some of the strongest on what is a very even high qulity album. "Sagebrush Serenade" which effectively marries, Bluegrass, High Harmonies and Country Rock together and High and Dry which is straight Country Rock, sung by Tim Schmit will leave you wanting more. Paul Cotton has major highlights, "Western Waterloo", Another Time Around are lyrical improvements and really rock out. Tim Schmit has Bitter Blue which continues his growth as a songwriter and has the more commercial "Whatever Happened to your smile?" The strongest song on the album is All the Ways which is quite simply a classic. Realistically this is as strong an album as Poco ever did and one which I would strongly recommend to all Eagles, JD Souther, James Taylor fans as an example of how good Country Rock did get in the early mid `70`s.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last, Great POCO Album..., June 18, 2003

By A Customer

Sure, other albums that followed are good (Head Over Heels, Rose of Cimmaron and Legend), but Cantamos is the last all around "Great" Poco album with the classic Poco sound (Banjo pickin', superb pedal steel, breakdowns/hoe down feeling to some of the songs, and smooth vocalizing from Schmitt and Cotton)

Highlights for me are "Sagebrush Seranade", "High And Dry", "Another Time Around", and "Whatever Happened To Your Smile". But the whole album is superb.

Not a bad "Post Furay" Poco album.

One of the best! Get it!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DEFINITELY THE BEST POCO ALBUM OF THE 1970S, April 1, 2005

By	TIM LUCERO "THE PSYCHODELIC ROCK" (Huntsville, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews

When I borrowed the lps "A GOOD FEELING TO KNOW," "SEVEN" (my least favorite album), and this album from my oldest brother-in-law, I heard the best mixture of country, bluegrass, folk, and rock and roll on CANTAMOS. My only complaint is that if RUSTY YOUNG did not sing any lead vocal on the outstanding songs he wrote for this album, that was a major mistake because he had and has a much more calm and relaxing voice than bass guitarist TIM SCHMIT. Meanwhile, TIM'S BITTER BLUE is an excellent acoustic song with his low-pitch lead vocal, harmony vocals, steel and lead guitar riffs by RUSTY and PAUL COTTON, but his WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOUR SMILE is the best song I have ever heard by TIM. Plus, it has an excellent tone of his lead vocal, dobro and steel guitar by RUSTY, the acoustic and lead guitar by PAUL, and harmony vocals by the band, and it even outdoes his future EAGLES hit "I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY." PAUL'S "ONE HORSE BLUE" is the best song he has written and sung for the band that features blasting banjo and steel guitar riffs by RUSTY, excellent guitar riffs lead vocal by PAUL, drums by GEORGE GRANTHAM, bass guitar by TIM, and harmony vocals by the band. His "SUSANNAH" is also an excellent acoustic ballad with the harmony vocals, dobro and steel guitar by RUSTY. His WESTERN WATERLOO is a excellent country/folk/rock song with his lead vocal and guitar riffs, RUSTY'S banjo and pedal steel guitar riffs, tim's bas guitar riffs, GEORGE'S drumming, and the band's harmony vocals. ANOTHER TIME AROUND is a excellent rock song with dobro and lead guitar riffs by RUSTY and PAUL. Now comes the best songs RUSTY has written. His "SAGEBRUSH SERENADE" is a outstanding beginning with the acoustic guitars, vocals, and pedal steel guitar at the beginning of the song, and then come the blasting banjo, dobro and pedal steel guitar by RUSTY, lead guitar by PAUL, drums by GEORGE GRANTHAM, and bass guitar by TIM that kick the song into high-gear overdrive ya truckers. His "HIGH AND DRY" is an excellent song with the harmony vocals, the acoustic electric, and bass guitar riffs, and the drums. "ALL THE WAY" is excellent too. It features laid-back vocals, crisp sounding acoustic guitar by RUSTY and PAUL'S lead guitar riffs. Furthermore, I once played my 12-string acoustic guitar while I listened to this album on my stereo. Overall, this is a must have for all the pre-LEGEND POCO fans.