Audio Cassette review:
Malo - The Best of Malo

Malo - The Best of Malo

Band: Malo Title: The Best of Malo Rating: Release Date: 07 October, 1992 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Nena 2: Suavecito 3: Pana 4: Everlasting Night 5: Chévere 6: Love Will Survive 7: Cafe 8: Oye Mamá 9: I'm for Real 10: Latin Woman 11: Moving Away 12: Close to Me 13: Dance to My Mambo 14: Merengue 15: Latin Bugaloo 16: Suavecito [Radio Edit Version]

Customer Reviews latin rock mission district style this is a good cd malo was a band that came out of san francisco missiondistrict the birth place of latin rock and it has some of the best songs that malo made this band was ran by aracelio martinez and also jorge santana calos brother played on thios band so buy it it,s worth it sapo and azteca are other great bay area latin rock bands also. Latin Rock at its best A bit like Santana but not copyist. A marvellous find this generous helping of Malo's best tracks. Perhaps a little more raw and natural and without quite as much of the blues and near-heavy metal influences which Santana sometimes embraced, and which for some could be a possible distraction. (But don't get me wrong, Santana are absolute heros in my book). Great playing across the piece, and above all always highly tuneful and melodic. "Pana" is great, as are "Cafe" and "Nena", but with nearly 75 minutes, there's plenty of other good stuff too. For the full length version of "Cafe" check out the first album "Malo" as well. I first discovered Malo on a live Fillmore album where "Pana" is featured. At the time in the mid-70s all their records were sadly deleted, but I got them as "cut-outs" to my immense good fortune. Now, close on 30 years later, some of Malo's material is available again and has been for a while - this time hopefully for ever, but not necessarily. Get it while you can, starting with this Best Of compilation. MR OPINION APPEARS AGAIN! here's somrthing to think about;In the mid 70s, Carlitos grabbed Malo's keyboard player Richi Kermode & bassist Doug Rauch( one of the best unknown electric bassists , along with Itibere from Hermeto and Rocco Prestia from Tower of Power)and put 'em in his Caravanserai /Welcome period bands, the best Santana ever sounded. MALO!! Yea, for hard street funk,Tower of Power, Panama's MANDRILL & MALO gave it to us, streetwise, hot Latin--con sonido, ritmo y estilo! Unfairly referred, I still hear it "CARLOS SANTANA'S LITTLE BROTHER'S BAND". MALO was always a bit jazzier and a little truer to the New York salsa/rock of Fania records, and Luis on trumpet and Abel Zarate" jazz/rock guitar kicked Jorge Santana's "Carlos sound" 1 notch higher, preventing them from becoming "Santana imitators". Malo really deserved more than just to be a "1 hit wonder"(and what a hit "Suavecito" was!!)Some of the tracks here still kick just as they did inna "old days",and even the dated tracks are nice nostalgia for us "veteranos" who remember the days when music was creative , as record companies didnt force the "homogenious bottom line" as they do today. See where all the "new" groups return to get "ideas". Malo got jazzier as the years moved on, and Abel went on to work with Willie Bobo. . . Malo stopped "making money", and now, this cd is left for history. VIVA MALO!. . You can see a complete list of all Malo discography, or go back to the Malo tabs