Republica Dominicana

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 22, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Putumayo World Music
• ASIN: B00004785Z
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,124 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #4 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Dominican Republic
  • #10 in Music > Latin Music > Tropical > Merengue
  • #30 in Music > Latin Music > Tropical > Salsa

Track Listings

1. Tranquila - Luis Vargas

2. Para Que Me Mate Un Hombre Que Me Mate Una Mujer - Juan Manuel

3. Procura - Chichi Peralta

4. Los Bodegueros - Joseito Mateo/Luis Kalaff

5. Lo Que Le Paso A Juan - Alfredo Polonia

6. Pegao De Que - Juan Bautista

7. Nuestros Lazos - Ramon Cordero

8. Cana Brava - Alberto Beltran Y Su Conjunto Tipico

9. Mi Nina - Cheche Abreu

10. Inmenso Amor - Bolivar Peralta

11. Anoche - Raulin Rodriguez

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Inaccurate and misleading title, April 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Republica Dominicana (Audio CD)

I think the music in this CD is very good, but it's NOT authentic Domincan music. I'd say only a few songs are truly from the island. Native Dominicans listen to different beats like bachata and merengue; they don't usually hear plena and guaracha. This is a poor choice of music to be represented in this CD. The title should've been something else, not República Dominicana. As I stated before, the music is good, but if you're looking for genuine Dominican rhythms, it's not the perfect CD to purchase.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Noooooooo..........................!!, July 27, 2003

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Franklin a. (Reading, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Republica Dominicana (Audio CD)

I consider this CD as barely of Dominican nature, musically. Although the Cd is composed of Dominican artist, it seems that only rythms other than Dominican folklore were selected for this album. The only artist that artistically represents a pure Dominican rythm is Chi Chi peralta, Fernando Echavarria and him are the originators and creators of the "Meren-son" a mxture of merengue and Dominican son. Basically, all the songs are not purely of Dominican nature, they are mixture of rythms, all influenced entirely by cuban music. To better understand Dominican music, I would advise you to listen to the following artists:

**Juan Luis Guerra(merengue & Bachata)
*Sergio Vargas(merengue)
Jossie Esteban(merengue);(the older the CD, the better he is)
*Los hermanos Rosario(merengue)
*Johnny Ventura(merengue)
*Luis Vargas(Bachata)
*Luis Segura(Bachata)
Anthony Santos(Bachata)

These are just a few artist that you will fall in love with.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was looking for!!, April 14, 2007

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Yan Tee "Yani" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Republica Dominicana (Audio CD)

Well, I was looking for more of the classic bachatas and meregues. I was hoping to hear artists like El Ciegito de Nagua and Cuco Valoy. Those are some of the true legends in "perico ripiao"(which is the classic merengue) and bachata. This cd doesn't sound like it's all dominican, but more of a compilation of whatever they could fill it with.