Oh Melancolia [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
Digitally Remastered. Originally Released in 1988.

Oh Melancolia,Silvio Rodriguez,EMI Int'l,Latin,Latin Pop

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Average customer rating: one of the very best album of silvio

Oh Melancolia Silvio Rodriguez Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DXX1 Release Date: 2006-12-05

Tracks:

1. Cuando Yo Era Un Enano
2. Eva
3. Locuras
4. Con Un Poco De Amor
5. Jerusalen Ano Cero
6. Entre El Espanto Y La Ternura
7. Bolero Y Habanera
8. La Prision
9. La Prision (Fragmento)
10. Amigo Mayor
11. Oh Melancolia
12. Yo Soy De Donde Hay Un Rio
13. Verbos En Juego
14. Hay Quien Precisa (Fragmento)
15. El Extrano Caso De Las Damas De Africa
16. Hay Quien Precisa
17. En El Jardin De La Noche

Customer Reviews:

one of the very best album of silvio.......1999-09-04

this is a a great album the lyrics of silvio and the music of afrocuba make a perfect combination.

Average customer rating: 3.5 stars: Beautiful but far from his best

Oh Melancolia Silvio Rodriguez Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Music | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Causas Y Azares Dias y Flores Triptico, Vol. 2 Unicornio Mariposas ASIN: B000065SZN Release Date: 2002-03-27

Tracks:

1. Cuando Yo Era Un Enano
2. Eva
3. Locuras
4. Con Un Poco De Amor
5. Jerusalen, Ano Cero
6. Entre El Espanto Y La Ternura
7. Bolero Y Habaneras
8. La Prision
9. La Prision (Fragmento)
10. Amigo Mayor
11. Oh Melancolia
12. Decimas A Mi Abuelo
13. Verbos En Juego
14. El Extrano Caso De Las Damas De Africa
15. Hay Quien Precisa
16. En El Jardin De La Noche

Album Details

Digitally Remastered. Originally Released in 1988.

Customer Reviews:

3.5 stars: Beautiful but far from his best.......2003-12-04

Silvio recorded this album in 1988 with a sound that grew somewhat distant from his traditional "basic" guitar work alongside his beautiful voice, but didn't quite make it with the entire album. The song "Locuras", besides being the best track in the album, is the exception to this, with its amazing acoustic guitar lines and uplifting lyrics. But in general, the album shows comes out as symphonic/classical in its overall orchestration.

"Entre El Espanto Y La Ternura" (sung by an impressive choir), "Oh Melancolia" (with a classic piano intro), "Eva" (with guitar with baroque keys and horns accompanying), "Hay Quien Precisa" (with strings as its backbone), and "En El Jardin De La Noche" (a piece with a bolero feel in its early moments) are the biggest highlights in terms of the classic sound of the album, yet they don't ever attain the level of exquisiteness that previous orchestrated Silvio works reached (such as the case with 'Causas y Azares') or the more intimate quitar/singer albums had before and continued to have after 'Oh Melancolia!'

Average customer rating: SILVIO "THE MAESTRO" Silvio wasn't meant for a band Silvio in his best,mood style Silvio at his best...

Oh Melancolia Silvio Rodriguez Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Music | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00003IR84 Release Date: 1998-12-01

Tracks:

1. Cuando Yo Era un Enano
2. Eva
3. Locuras
4. Con un Poco de Amor
5. Jerusalen Aero
6. Entre el Espanto y la Ternura
7. Bolero y Habaneras
8. Prision
9. Prision [Fragmento]
10. Amigo Mayor
11. Oh Melancolia
12. Yo Soy de Donde Hay un Rio
13. Verbos en Juego
14. Hay Quien Precisa [Fragmento]
15. El Extraaso de las Damas de Africa
16. Hay Quien Precisa
17. En el Jardin de la Noche

Album Details

Reissue of the Original Album from 1988. Digitally Remastered.

Customer Reviews:

SILVIO "THE MAESTRO".......2001-11-22

SILVIO RODRIGUEZ IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SONG WRITERS AND SINGERS OF CUBA.HE AND PABLO MILANES TOUCH THE SOUL OF MANY PEOPLES WITH THEIR LYRICS.

Silvio wasn't meant for a band.......2001-04-26

"Causas y Azares" was ok, something different, a change. But this second album with Afrocuba was, in my opinion, a little bit too pretencious, starting with the cover of the record itself. (que no le pega a Silvio, vaya). The tittle song has a very nice melody but the words don't seem to come from Silvio: a long list of adjectives without much meaning. Can anybody tell me at the end whether "la melancolia" was a young girl or an old lady? However, most of the songs are great. He just should have recorded them only with his guitar. His voice and style just weren't meant for that kind of music and arrangements. I might have given the album 4 stars, but comming from Silvio, 3 is all it gets. My least favorite Silvio record until the sad appearance of "Mariposas".

Silvio in his best,mood style.......2000-08-25

This is one of the best Silvio's albums you can get. It's a wonderful trip for his melancholic,softly mood of writing,with a few wondering songs like "La prisión","Bolero y habanera" and,of course,the title song of the disc.Rodriguez brings us the sensibility of a prime autor and you doesn't need to understand spanish to feel the great kindness of a human being always concearn with the world he lives.If you never hear Silvio this is also a nice introduction to his style and a fine example of his art

Silvio at his best..........2000-06-19

This album made me realize, after years of listening and loving Silvio's music and poetry, that he is a genius. His depth, his understanding of human nature, of life's mysteries, never cease to amaze me. His incredible sense of humour is at its best in "El extrano caso de las damas de Africa". It is true that nowhere else, but in Cuba, a certain kind of chocolate covered cookie is called "africana" and this is exactly what this song is all about: not really about "ladies from Africa", but about these delicious chocolate cookies...His understanding of life's very nature are captured in Eva; Locuras; Oh melancolia; Bolero y Habaneras; Jerusalen ano cero. His eagerness to know everything there is between life and death, heaven and earth, make him the extraordinarily gifted poet he is, a true genius. No matter how far away I am from my motherland, his beautiful music and profound poetry follows me everywhere, as a reminder of how proud I should be to have witnessed his talent during my lifetime.

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Oh Melancolia Silvio Rodriguez Manufacturer: Alex ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008ENLZ Release Date: 1993-05-06

Tracks:

1. Cuando Yo Era un Enano
2. Eva
3. Locuras
4. Con un Poco de Amor
5. Jerusalen Aero
6. Entre el Espanto y la Ternura
7. Bolero y Habaneras
8. Prision
9. Prision [Fragmento]
10. Amigo Mayor
11. Oh Melancolia
12. Yo Soy de Donde Hay un Rio
13. Verbos en Juego
14. Hay Quien Precisa [Fragmento]
15. El Extraaso de las Damas de Africa
16. Hay Quien Precisa
17. En el Jardin de la Noche

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