Buena Vista Social Club (Sdtk) by Buena Vista Social Club

Pros: The feel, sound, and SOUL of Cuba
Cons: Nope!

Is there even one person in the world whose spirits don't lift to the heavens when they hear the soul-inspiring Hallelujah refrain of Handel's Messiah? Handel, in that one passage, proved to the ages that he felt and understood the human ...

Pros: great music, skilled musicians
Cons: none

I had read about the movie "Buena Vista Social Club" from Wim Wenders first and knew I had to see it because anything of him is a must-see to me. (Just think of "Himmel ueber Berlin"/ "Wings of Desire" and his other...

Pros: A brilliant, joyous recording.
Cons: Made me wish I took Spanish in high school instead of French.

While visiting some friends, with several three-year-olds swirling around us and shrieking (mine included) as the adults tried to talk, this disc was playing in the background. And somehow, amidst the cacophony, this lush, warm, soulful and vibrant music...

Pros: great soulful sound of cuba
Cons: not much

This is a really beautiful album. The Cuban musicians on this album are of consummate skill and are seasoned so well that the album is flawless. Most of the musicians have been playing or singing for 20 years + and you can hear it in their music.
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Pros: great songs, different, sweet melodies, joyful music
Cons: songs occasionally melt into one another

The first time I heard this CD I was standing outside in a park, and it was blasting out of a Volkswagen Vanagon in the parking lot. I wasn't (and for the most part still am not) a big fan of world music, but when I closed my eyes I could picture the...

Pros: One of the best CDs of all times
Cons: None

A friend recommended the CD to me and trusting him, I bought it. I loved it so much that I bought 10 copies of it last new year's eve and gave it to my friends as a part of my 1999 Best CDs Gift Package. Everybody loved it of course.

By now,...

Pros: Extremely rich in flavour!
Cons: No, I can't find any!

Ray Cooder has done a great job of getting all of these great Cuban musicians under one roof. Ruben Gonzalez, Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo and many others have been producing music for a long time and this music can finally be heard!

Cuba...

Pros: Compay Segundo has a young new wife
Cons: Ry Cooder's out of context slide guitar

This is Cuban music watered down for the American audience. The music mostly appeals to the ignorant/uninformed listener. If you've never heard Cuban music before, and you want to get in on the 'World Music' thing, buy all means, buy the album....

Pros: the best cuban album made
Cons: none that an open minded person can see

if there is an ounce of rhythm in your heart you can appreciate this beautifully composed album. it is composed of great musicians from cuba ,all still alive and kicking, thank god they got to be recognized while they were alive. i cannot stand still...

Pros: Music that's just nice to listen to
Cons: Spanish lyrics?

The Buena Vista Social Club has to be the greatest collection of any kind of music I have ever heard. I was not a huge fan of Latin music before listening to this album, and now I own multiple albums of Cuban folk music, including an individual album...

Pros: original music, extremely talented musicians
Cons: none

"...You dig and dig and sometimes you find something." In the introduction to this album Ry Cooder describes how his journey to Cuba led to the discovery of the most amazing music, which became this album. "The Buena Vista Social...

Pros: good record and great film, must see
Cons: it is abetter if you know some spanish

The Buena Vista Social Club is a unique story of musicians from the 20-40"s who made "musica campesina" sort of folktales. Their content is based on real life stories of poverty in Cuba during that period.
Wim Wenders uses Digital...

Pros: complete talent, cultural exposure, smooth music
Cons: there are no cons in listening and purchasing this quality music

When I first viewed the film, Buena Vista Social Club, I was speechless. The music performed by the Cuban musicians was unlike any I had ever heard. I knew that I had to find the music that went along with the lives of these wise and talented people....

Pros: beautiful, lively latin beats and voices
Cons: all spanish language, for those who don't speak spanish

This piece of music masterminded by Ry Cooder has become a key point in my music collection. It contains many beautiful tracks performed by some of the greatest cuban musicians of this half of the century. It is filled with infectious afro-cuban beats...

Pros: Good rhythm, good even after many plays
Cons: None

A friend recommended the Buena Vista Social Club and I was shocked when I first listened to it. He was in to mostly alternative and jazz, and this surprised me, since it is all traditional Latin music.

I actually didn't like it at first, but...