Fabulosos Calaveras [Import]

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 12, 1997)
• Unknown edition
• Original Release Date: October 21, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B000005MIG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,621 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like A Fine Wine..., July 8, 2002

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Patrick Monahan (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fabulosos Calaveras (Audio CD)

...these guys only get better with age. It only seems natural, as these guys have been around so long, that they expand their musical flavourings. The ska and salsa of their youth still vibrates with energy, but does not allow for the depth of songwriting that began to appear with their forays into different types of music. Thankfully, where most bands fail by trying new things, these guys only get better. One need only listen to the beautiful smokiness of A Amigo J.V. or the spartan Hoy Llore Cancion, with its fantastic harmonies and percussion, to appreciate that these guys bleed music. And if you're jonesing for some of the good old stuff, just put Calaveras y Diablitos on repeat (get Hola for a killer live version, mixing in some Desmond Dekker near the end). This album makes me want to move to Buenos Aires, because there is obviously far more interesting things going on down there than there are up here.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars la magnificencia hecha musica, January 18, 2001

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"sabato48" (Mexico D.F.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fabulosos Calaveras (Audio CD)

decir que este disco de los cadillacs es malo por el simple hecho de que no suena como vasos vacios(el cual por cierto es solo una recopilacion) es tener una mente cerrada y no quererse abrir a las posibilidades que la musica ofrece como decir que este disco es malo despues de oir las letras de canciones como sabato, el surfer calavera,el muerto, niño diamante o piazzolla que los cadillacs despues de este disco ya no son los mismo estoy de acuerdo pero no creo que ese cambio haya sido para mal sino todo lo contrario para mi este disco es el mejor que han grabado aun y cuando no sea el mas popular ya que dejaron a un lado las complacencias y se pusieron a experimentar con una musica la cual nunca habian tocado el resultado una excelente combinacio de ritmos variados que van desde el surf hasta el trash pasando por el jazz y el hardcore en general este disco es magnifico

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulosos Cadillacs Complex Masterpiece, December 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Fabulosos Calaveras (Audio CD)

This CD is very controversial among those who call themselves great fans of Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, a group which may be the most innovative of this century besides the Beatles. People who loved "El Leon" "Rey Azucar" and other amazing CD's by the Cadillacs feel betrayed that the band took a new direction away from more dancable hits like "El Matador", "Mal Bicho" and "Maunuel Santillan" or that in this CD is not as filled with the passionate political messages that had been characteristic of Los Faulosos. Almost enirely gone are the Ska roots of Los Fabulosos and left is a more mature, more complex and introspective work. Granted this CD is not filled with hits that will fill the dance halls and it may take several listens to capture the full brilliance of the music. This is not a collection of songs but an album which is as collectively sound as "Sargent Pepper Lone Heart's Club" was in the 60's and powerful as Nirvana's "Nevermind" or "In Utero" in the 90's.
This is a work as complex as any by Motzart or Beethoven and like them, it will still be held in high regard 200 years from now. If you listen to the album for 200 years it will still find a way to amaze and surprise you with new complexities and interpretations.