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Silvio Rodriguez - Oh Melancolia Audio CD

A fair review of the Silvio Rodriguez "Oh Melancolia" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Silvio Rodriguez reviews here, or go back to the Silvio Rodriguez tabs.

Silvio Rodriguez Band: Silvio Rodriguez
Title: Oh Melancolia
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Release Date: 2006-12-05
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Cuando Yo Era un Enano 2: Eva 3: Locuras 4: Con un Poco de Amor 5: Jerusalen Año Cero 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 Extraño Caso de las Damas de Africa 16: Hay Quien Precisa 17: En el Jardin de la Noche

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


Silvio wasn't meant for a band
But this second album with Afrocuba was, in my opinion, a little bit too pretencious, starting with the cover of the record itself. "Causas y Azares" was ok, something different, a change. (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
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. This is one of the best Silvio's albums you can get. 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...
His depth, his understanding of human nature, of life's mysteries, never cease to amaze me. This album made me realize, after years of listening and loving Silvio's music and poetry, that he is a genius. 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.


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


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