Legend of the Sun Virgin [EP]

Yma Sumac

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 5, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1954
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: The Right Stuff
• ASIN: B000002UU2
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #126,408 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Out of Control!, August 1, 1998

By A Customer

Yma Sumac has one of the most outrageous voices in the 20th Century. Her range is dizzying.... her shrill crys and hoots are borne on the wings of exotic birds in heat! Her no holds barred approach to lounge music is unprecidented even today these may years since her career ended.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Yma album, November 2, 2002

By	Beth "bethiejw2" (Mesa, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This album had been accused of being too Hollywood like. Mambo has been declared as the best of Yma's albums. I always have to decide between the two, but Legend wins mostly because of the fun Zana, why it isn't on the Ultimate album is questionable.
Yma Sumac has a voice like no other. She is a dazzling singer, who has reached octaves that no one has ever come close to. Whenever I decide to show people music of the bizarre I pull out Yma along with Mrs. Miller and Little Marcy.
I found Yma once in a record store under easy listening. She is in her own category so I can see the mistake. But she isn't easy listening. She's what I play to wake me up in the morning.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An unforgettably exotic expedition into the high Andes, February 26, 2002

By A Customer

In this unbelievably lush and haunting CD, Miss Sumac unfolds the saga, in song, of an Inca Princess and Virgin of the Sun who falls in love with a mere mortal and is cast out to wander the mountains singing of her love. The songs are in Quechua, language of the ancient Incas and Spanish. One does not have to know either of these languages, though, as her vocal artistry surpasses all boundaries, even that of mortality. This can be viewed as the companion album to ' Voice of the Xtabay', which is also chilling and unforgettable.