Clasicos de la Provincia [Import]

Carlos Vives | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000015TN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,842 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #64 in Music > World Music > South & Central America > Colombia

Track Listings

1. Gota Fría

2. Amor Sensible

3. Alicia Adorada

4. La Hamaca Grande

5. El Cantor de Fonseca

6. Matilde Lina

7. Altos del Rosario

8. Honda Herida

9. La Cañaguatera

10. Lirio Rojo

11. La Tijera

12. Compae Chipuco

13. Pedazo de Acordeon

14. La Celosa

15. Contestacion a la Brasilera

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is where it all began...!!, November 3, 2004

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Mauricio Ramirez (Bogota, COLOMBIA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clasicos De La Provincia (Audio CD)

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.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars una de las mejores muestras de musica latina, December 15, 2000

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pablo rossi (BUENOS AIRES, BUENOS AIRES Argentina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clasicos De La Provincia (Audio CD)

este cd de carlos vives rescata uno de los ritmos musicales colombianos ("vallenatos")a traves de una seleccion de los mejores temas de distintos autores.Pese al cambio de ritmo y orquestacion, la adaptacion de Vives logra un formidable ritmo y encanto, sin que pierdan sus caracteristicas originales. No hay en este cd ningun tema que pueda juzgarse ni siquiera mediocre. El resultado es notable y permite descubrir y valorar un ritmo colombiano, que a partir de su primera audicion sera dificil que se despegue algun dia de nosotros.Es una obra indispensable, para aquellos que gusten de ritmos diferentes bien tratados y una muestra del respeto que merece nuestra musica. De mis 400 cd de latinoamerica es uno de los dilectos.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The drop that filled the bucket, January 26, 2006

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Manny Hernandez "@askmanny" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
(HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Clasicos de la Provincia (Audio CD)

"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.