El Circo Y Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio

Maldita Vecindad | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 10, 1991)
• Original Release Date: September 24, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony U.S. Latin
• ASIN: B000005LEN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,658 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pachuco

2. Un Poco de Sangre

3. Tońo

4. Solin

5. Kumbala

6. Un Gran Circo

7. Pata de Perro

8. Crudelia

9. Mare

10. Querida

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's the best Maldita Vecindad CD out of the 4., November 30, 1998

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This review is from: El Circo Y Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio (Audio CD)

Maldita Vecindad's "EL CIRCO" is a mixture of many styles of music. It's pretty cool. I say it's the best of all four CDs, including the last one. A faster version of "EL CIRCO" is "EN VIVO:GIRA PATA DE PERRO" Which is cool too, because it's the live version of the songs. In other words the songs of this CD are MALDITA VECINDAD's BEST.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A classic of Rock en Español, October 19, 2010

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J. Rodriguez (Fresno, California, United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: El Circo Y Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio (Audio CD)

What can I say of this title than anybody my age that grew up in Mexico doesn't already know? But, for those of you that are not 30-something and did not grow up in Mexico, here it goes:

It is ska-type music created during the revival of Spanish-language(specially, Mexican) rock and roll. Maldita Vecindad has many "non-traditional" instruments that you would not expect in a rock group, such as trumpets or a saxophone, but also has the basic rock instruments, such as percussion and guitars.

This is one of the bands that I now appreciate much, much more than when I was listening to them as a 13-year-old. The lyrics are filled with observations of the street and the people that are struggling to make a living. For example, Solin, which I really like, is about a street performer that can tell the future, among other things. Poco de Sangre is about a street kid that is a window washer that was run over by a "rich" (i.e. somebody that owns a car) guy. The lyrics, and the music, are just fantastic.

I purchased this CD because I lost my copy along the way and because I misread the tracks on the best of CD, believing that Kumbala- about a couple that falls in love in some sort of salsa bar and which is my all-time favorite Maldita song - was not included in it, but it was.

So, for the uninitiated, I would recommend the best of, Rock En Espanol: Lo Mejor De Maldita Vecindad.

If you speak or understand a little bit of Spanish, it will be much more enjoyable. However, if you don't, don't fret: it is still a great band.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Muy Bien, March 9, 2006

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Santiago Alejandro Moscoso "Wolfly" (Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: El Circo Y Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio (Audio CD)

Es un disco que marco una época en el Rock latino. Lo mejor de la Maldita