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Ruben Blades | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 1990)
• Original Release Date: March 20, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000002H7A
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,366 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best album in my entire collection!, January 10, 1999

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John Bartelt "JB3" (L.A., CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

If I were stuck on a desert island with only one CD, this would be it. Blades is most commonly known in the U.S. as a screen actor, but he's best known everywhere else in the world as an incredibly mature, phenomenal, and politically meaningful singer and songwriter. This album contains the best performances of his 30-plus album career. There's no one else quite like him. One warning for Blades-novice gringos: all of the songs on this album are sung in Spanish, and for once, there are no English translations in the accompanying material. Still, and even if you don't speak Spanish, this is the best and most meaningful salsa music on the planet, hands down. The melodies and and rhythms are amazingly complex. After literally hundreds of listenings, it still moves my soul like no other music ever has. Also, at a full 74 minutes long, you definitely get your money's worth in terms of length. My only gripe about the CD is that two songs that are on the cassette version ("Patria" and "Claro Oscuro"), were omitted from the CD due to space limitations, and I would have happily paid more for a longer two-CD set. Still, it's the finest album I've ever owned. !Se puede!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars El poder de la letra, October 2, 2001

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Virgilio Krumbacher - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

El poder de la letra de las canciones de Ruben Blades es reconocido en todo el mundo. Muchas canciones de salsa tienen textos obsoletos; afortunadamente tenemos a Ruben Blades que compone canciones que siempre llevan en significado, ya sea social, político o hasta económico. Ruben Blades se hizo famoso con Pedro Navaja, una canción muy larga que uno no quiere que termine.
Éste CD contiene otras canciones como El Padre Antonio, Decisiones o Buscando América que son inolvidables. Qué suerte que tuvo Latinoamérica cuando Ruben perdió las elecciones en Panamá. Haz música Ruben que allí eres el primero.

Virgilio Krumbacher

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I only wish I had been in that club for this taping!!, April 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

Ruben Blades is the consumate artiste...actor, singer/songwriter, politician. This CD absolutely FLAMES, and my only question is...how in the world did they ever keep that club from disintegrating when he finished up with "Muevete" ("Move yourself!" for those who might not catch the political/social reference)?? I make a lot of tapes for friends, and this is one song EVERYONE demands on each tape...sometimes on both sides!