Latin Playboys

Latin Playboys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 23, 2010)
• Original Release Date: March 8, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: WEA/Reprise
• ASIN: B000002MPK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,190 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get this CD!, December 3, 1999

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"marzullo" (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Latin Playboys (Audio CD)

When I first bought this CD about 2 years ago, I couldn't believe how good it was--and it is much better than the follow-up, 'Dose.' It is clear that the experimentation on this CD seriously affected the musical direction of subsequent Los Lobos albums (heard 'Colossal Head' or 'This Time' yet?) The music here is simply intoxicating--soulful, mezmerizing, yet rough, fragmented, and minimalistic at the same time. I won't go into individual tracks since the album is best listened to in one complete sitting (which shouldn't be too difficult since it clocks in at under 40 minutes). I often play this CD while laying in bed, waiting to fall asleep. How can an album featuring so much distorted vocals, sharp drum beats, buzz-sawed guitars, and other electronically-concocted sounds be so beautiful and so musically enriching? Well, it is. This is a CD not just for Los Lobos fans, but for anyone interested in well-crafted experimental music that is not the least bit self-indulgent. A solid, solid effort.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOBOS SIDE PROJECT SCORES BIG, March 6, 2004

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Thomas D. Christianson (Ashland, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Latin Playboys (Audio CD)

This side project by the guys from LOS LOBOS is a masterpiece.
Close in style to such wonders as the 'big wolves' KIKO and
COLOSSAL HEAD, it borders on magical in it's brilliance. If you
like either of those offerings you will probably enjoy this
effort. Experimental and somewhat low key, their roots shine
through nonetheless. Head music, that will, at the same time, get
your feet moving. Nearly undescribable (at least to me) in it's
originality, LATIN PLAYBOYS is a must for any LOS LOBOS fan.
Thanks, and may your kindness be repaid threefold.
Tom

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars rare to be worthy of my 5 stars and it is., November 2, 2001

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A Music Lover (the seaside) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Latin Playboys (Audio CD)

David Hildago's masterpiece. This is not just a simple 4 track recording. It incorporates Hildago's 4 track cassette demos left over from the KIKO sessions and adds sounds to them. Where one starts and the other begins is the mystery. That is just a matter of fact, the interest comes from these gems being recognized as worth messing with. Who cares how they recorded it and what fi it is, it is just such and inspired stroke of casual genius that it will sound good in any era.
There was little chance that recreating this on a follow up would hold this new standard, and DOSE does not come close. It sounds like what this album would have been without the inspiration and genius.