Greatest Hits [Import]

Perez Prado | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 26, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: RCA Victor Europe
• ASIN: B00009L1OJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,653 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #26 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Cuba > Big Band
  • #52 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Cuba > Salsa
  • #64 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Cuba > Mambo

Track Listings

1. Mambo No.5

2. Gualione

3. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

4. Mambo Jambo

5. Patricia

6. Peanut Vendor

7. Flight Of The Bumblebee

8. Fireworks

9. Desconfianza (Distrust)

10. Bacoa

11. Historia De Un Amor

12. One Night

13. My Roberta

14. Leyenda Mexicana

15. Borrachita

16. Adios Mi Chaparrita

17. In A Little Spanish Town

18. Mambo No. 8

Editorial Reviews

Includes 18 of all the Best Known Prado Tracks Like "Mambo No.5" (The Original) and "Guagline" (From the Old Guiness Ad).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The inimitable, essential Perez Prado, April 29, 2008

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Richard J. Beck "Doc Beck" (Carbondale, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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I have intended to buy Perez Prado's Greatest Hits for years, and have procrastinated for one reason or another. I dearly regret that procrastination, since I could have been enjoying this fantastic music all that time. Perez Prado's music is as immediately relevant and enjoyable today as it was in the epoch in which he made it. Superior musicianship and arranging render these pieces flawlessly beautiful and moving. Hearing it immediately places one in a frenzied state of movement and dance and brings listeners together in a state of shared ecstasy. It is as accessible to a gringo audience as it is to a group of Latinos. This is a truly international music which celebrates life and musical perfection. It is an indispensible addition to any music-lover's collection. Dr. Richard J. Beck.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music from the 1950s, July 4, 2009

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When I was a child, I heard a couple of songs from this album on the radio, and I liked them. I ordered this album mainly because I liked the song "Patricia." But "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" is also fun. I suspect some of the other songs will grow on me too.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't Get Enough, December 25, 2006

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Judi Copeland "mytigodess" (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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Excellent selection of the greatest hits of Perez Prado and his orchestra. If you love the Latin big band sounds, you will love this.

The music comes out well on the CD. The cover work is great. I loved everything about it.

If I had to compare the sound of his band to someone else, the closest I could say would be if Ricky Ricardo were met up with Brian Setzer.