Sounds of the Carribean

Sounds Of The Caribbean | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 1998)
• Original Release Date: April 22, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B000006N1O
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,597 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #66 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Zouk

Track Listings

1. Limbo Bug

2. Gumbo Calypso

3. Tarlatane

4. Brown Skin Girl

5. Not Me

6. Jamaican Mambo

7. Iron Bar

8. Grandma's Calypso

9. Yodel Merengue

10. Voodoo Rumba

11. Bwi Express

12. Everybody Limbo

13. Invader's Mambo

14. Let's Calypso

15. Angelico

16. The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant surprise, December 7, 2007

By 

Robert M (Clawson, Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sounds of the Carribean (Audio CD)

I'm sure we all order things sometimes from Amazon just because they're cheap and it's possible that they might not be a complete turkey. That's what I did with this CD (altho I had heard one track from it on "On The Rocks", the excellent on-line only Lounge music station provided by one of the satellite radio services). You can imagine my pleasure, therefore, to discover that not only is the disc definitely not a turkey but that every track is delightful. Most of it is Caribbean Lounge stylings, naturally with steel drums frequently added into the mix, played in a manner that is both stylish, laid-back and gently energized. While it's a little off the beaten path of my listening, it blends well into my Lounge/Exotica collection.

No information is given about any of the performers, and I suspect they are all amateur musicians, but they are obviously talents on their instruments and, more importantly, they all sound like they're having great fun making this music and their pleasure comes across to the listener. A while ago, I reviewed a CD by a professional band who I thought sounded enough like amateurs (in the negative sense of the word) that it was downright queasy listening. There are no such problems here. These amateurs sound like professionals and never get in the way of the music. About every fourth track is a vocal and to me it sounds like each vocal track has a different singer on it. Truly a sampling of the Caribbean. Once again, I suspect the singers are all talented amateurs but none of them is less than a pleasure to hear.

Without being demonstration quality, the sonics are modern day and good enough and never sound inadequate. I'm well pleased to add this surprisingly enjoyable disc to my shelves and if your listening tastes are similar to mine (or just want some stylish sounds for a pool or Tiki party), I think you might enjoy it too.