Musical Journey to Caribbean & Mexico

Marty Robbins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 10, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001AYG
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #352,654 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Girl from Spanish Town

2. Kingston Girl

3. Sweet Bird of Paradise

4. Jamaica Farewell

5. Calypso Girl

6. Back to Montego Bay

7. Girl from Spanish Town

8. Kingston Girl

9. A Woman Gets Her Way

10. The Mango Song

11. Calypso Vacation

12. Blue Sea

13. Bahama Mama

14. Tahitian Boy

15. Native Girl

16. Girl from Spanish Town

17. Yours (Quiereme Mucho)

18. You Belong to My Heart

19. La Borrachita

20. La Paloma

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Marty is splendid on this Caribbean and Mexican collection, June 19, 2000

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This review is from: Musical Journey to Caribbean & Mexico (Audio CD)

Marty Robbins was an extraordinarily versatile vocalist, and this collection only illuminates this fact. Even though not all of the tunes on this collection are up to Robbins' very lofty standards, he handles them with incredible ease and leaves the listener spellbound. "Girl from Spanish Town" and "Sweet Bird of Paradise" are Mr. Robbins at his absolute best. For those who would like to hear him sing in Spanish, look no further -- what beauty! It is very apparent that Robbins had a lot of fun with this material, and his voice has never been better. You have to smile even on some of the weaker tunes like "The Mango Song" or "Bahama Mama." His English-language Mexican-flavored hit "Camelia" is a must-have for the Robbins fan. Listening to this CD takes me instantly to a tropical paradise.

5.0 out of 5 stars A real change of pace for Marty !!!! but he does it fantastic !!, October 14, 2011

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There are 25 songs on this cd, and only two written by Marty. He wrote "Girl From Spanish
Town", and it is on this cd three times !!! He actually recorded it three different times
in three different ways!! I like comparing the three. Marty was very good at singing
Calypso music. There are two songs where he puts on an accent while he sings! You can't
even tell that it is him, until he hits those high long notes, then you say, oh yeah, it is
Marty. haha. I wouldn't call this collection "hard core" calypso, it is just nice gentle
calypso, sorta like "devil woman". It is just so enjoyable. I love to let it play over
and over. When you get to the Mexican part (9 songs) there are a few sung in Spanish. They are really done lovely, but i prefer the 16 calypso ones. Marty was such a wonderful
eclectic singer, and this album surely proves it !!!! Enjoy !!