The Rough Guide to Salsa (1997 album)

The Rough Guide to Salsa

Compilation album by

Various artists

Released

18 November 1997

Genre

World, Salsa

Length

67:43

Label

World Music Network

Full series chronology

The Rough Guide to Reggae
(1997)

The Rough Guide to Salsa
(1997)

The Rough Guide to English Roots Music
(1998)

Complete list

The Rough Guide to Salsa is a world music compilation album originally released in 1997. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,^[1] the album gives broad coverage to the salsa genre of Latin America, focusing on classic styles.^[2] Seven of the fourteen tracks are by Cuban musicians, five are Colombian, and one each is Venezuelan and American. The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network. Liner notes were written by Tom Andrews.^[3] This was the first of three similarly named albums: the second was released in 2007; the third, in 2012.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]

The album received positive reviews. Raymond McKinney of AllMusic called it a "superb introduction".^[4] Michaelangelo Matos of the Chicago Reader felt it went down "as smooth as ice cream", praising its lack of drum machines.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist (Country)	Length
1.	"Carruseles"	Sonora Carruseles	3:46
2.	"Pegaso"	The Latin Brothers	4:31
3.	"Pa'l Bailador"	Joe Arroyo Y La Verdad	4:30
4.	"Azulito"	Mario Bauzá	4:16
5.	"El Lenguaje del Son"	Ritmo Y Candela II & Carlos "Patato" Valdes	6:24
6.	"Guateque Campesino"	Conjunto Campesino Cuyaguateje	4:30
7.	"Se Quema la Chumbambá"	La Familia Valera Miranda	4:57
8.	"Mulence"	Jesús Alemañy & ¡Cubanismo!	5:24
9.	"Mulata Coqueta"	Oscar D'León	5:40
10.	"Del Monton"	La Sonora Dinamita	3:22
11.	"Manyoma"	Fruko y sus Tesos	4:08
12.	"La Negra Tomasa"	Grupo El Organo Pinareño	5:25
13.	"Tumbao a Peruchin"	Alfredo Rodriguez	4:39
14.	"Fiesta a la King"	Charlie Palmieri	6:11

References

^ Douglas H., Henkle (2012-10-23). "Rough Guide Discography / World Music Network Discography". FolkLib Index : A Library of Folk Music Links. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
^ ^a ^b Matos, Michaelangelo (5 November 1998). "A Rough Guide to the Rough Guides". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
^ World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
^ ^a ^b McKinney, Raymond. "Rough Guide to Salsa". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 Jan 2014.

v t e World Music Network Rough Guide albums (complete list)
1994–1997	World Music West African Music Scottish Music Irish Music Kenya & Tanzania India & Pakistan The Andes Zimbabwe North Africa Classic Jazz One Voice: Vocal Music from Around the World Flamenco Reggae Salsa
1998–1999	English Roots Music African Blues South Africa Brazil Cuba Eastern Europe Portugal Cajun & Zydeco Native American Music Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World Australian Aboriginal Music World Roots Tango Japan Rhythm-Time: World Percussion
2000–2005	Indonesia Unwired: Africa Unwired: Latin America Central America Highlife Canada Ethiopia Morocco Dub
2008–2013	Congo Gold Blues Revival Greek Café Bhangra Afghanistan Desert Blues Morocco Psychedelic Africa Ethiopia Voodoo Senegal Arabic Revolution African Disco Acoustic Africa

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