Rough Guide: Tango

Various Artists - Intl. - So. & Central America - Argentina/ Tango, Rough Guide (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 8, 2001)
• Original Release Date: May 25, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: World Music Network
• ASIN: B00000IWQ4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #507,326 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #34 in Music > Indie Music > Latin Music > Tango

Track Listings

1. Aguafuertes Portenas - Litto Nebbia

2. Tango de los Abuelos, los Padres y los Hijos - Roberto Polaco Goyeneche

3. Afiche - Adriana Varela

4. Tres Minutos con la Realidad - Astor Piazzola

5. El Bazar de los Juguetes - Alberto Podesta

6. Cafe Homero - Nestor Marconi

7. 200 Años - Agri/Binelli/Fedel Y Ferrerr

8. Lilian - Hector Varela

9. Danzarin - Leopoldo Federico/Roberto Grela

10. Cada Vez Que Me Recuerdes - Adriana Varela

11. Melancolico Buenos Aires - Astor Piazzola

12. El Ultimo Guapo - Alfredo Belusi

13. Orlando Goñi - Anibal Troilo

14. Caminito - Carlos Gardel

15. Cuando Tu No Estas - Nestor Marconi Trio

16. Retrato de Nana - Carlos Buono Orquesta

17. El Tiempo Sera Testigo - Hector Varela

18. El Marne - Eduardo Arolas

19. La Cumparsita - Los Solistas De D'Arienzo

20. Farol - Virgilio Exposito

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars holy cats, the liner notes say "introduction"...., September 9, 2003

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brigid o'shaughnessy (San Francisco, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rough Guide: Tango (Audio CD)

this is a taste, a fun get-to-know-you cd. the songs are varied, and god forbid some stray from the standard tango. i for one like the way some of the artists incorporate their own flavor into the music. if you're looking to do your dissertation on tango, then by all means, this is not for you. if you want a cd to eat dinner to, drive your car to, clean house to, and generally enjoy life to, well then give this one a go.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not so bad..., August 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Rough Guide: Tango (Audio CD)

I agree that the heavily stylised singing gets in the way of enjoying the music.

In addition, they only included some of the 'more listenable' (ie less danceable) of Piazzolla's work, which is a bother as he's my favourite dance-music composer...

In all, it has some interesting tracks, and makes an interesting addition to my car's CD stack. Not a great one though.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rough Guide: Tango., April 12, 2000

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Rick McGarrey - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rough Guide: Tango (Audio CD)

There is a lot of good Tango music, but the people who made this sampler album weren't able to find any of it. It's like they were trying to put together the strangest, most marginal stuff they could find. The singing is distractingly stylized, and most of the music is just plain odd. It's hard to dance to, and even harder to listen to. If you want a good sampler album, get "The Fabulous Tango Collection" or the movie soundtrack to "The Tango Lesson".