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Various Artists
Fuerza!
Genres: International Music, Pop, Latin Music

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Trampa - Chao, Manu
2. Amor Pa' Mi - Garcia, Bruno
3. Hasta Siempre - Puebla, Carlos
4. La Raiz - Bedoya, Beto
5. Le Cha Cha Cha - Dusminguet
6. ¡Qué Hummanidad! - Traditional
7. Peligro - Traditional
8. Decadencia - Gonzalez, Cano
9. Urrun - Muguruza, Fermin
10. Les Negresses Vertes - B., Howie
11. Hi Hello - Fidel
12. Kid Chocolate - Garcia, Barbaro Teu

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CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Fuerza!
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Higher Octave
Release Date: 3/27/2001
Genres: International Music, Pop, Latin Music
Styles: Europe, Continental Europe, Reggae, Dance Pop, Latin Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 724385068720

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Judging from the evidence presented here, reggae has definitely hit its heyday in Spain. The majority of the youthful, mainly Spanish bands on this energized anthology quote from reggae, ragga, raggamuffin, and other Jamaican offspring, and they do so with vigor rarely heard since the glory years of punk. Salsa horn charts and manic accordion solos reminiscent of Colombian vallenato give the performances a cutting Iberian edge. Barcelona band Macaco's "La Raiz" sports a Ziggy Marley-esque bilingual lead vocal (mostly in Spanish, occasionally in English) and dub-crazy production worthy of the Mad Professor himself. Basque band King Mafrundi turns Cuban standard "Hasta Siempre" into a Jamaican-style romp, while Sergeant Garcia mixes raggamuffin and an urban Latin atmosphere on the infectious "Amor Pa Mi." In the company of all these upstarts, Buena Vista Social Club alumnus Eliades Ochoa seems like an odd inclusion, though the lovely "Que Humanidad" from his Sublime Ilusion CD stands its ground. --Bob Tarte

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CD Reviews

Lively & danceable!

K. Fritz | 11/11/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Judging by the sound clips, these are 12 eminently listenable tracks from artists I wouldn't mind hearing more of -- bouncy, danceable, hummable, reggae-ish, with lots of lively horns & a dance beat that's practically levitating me out of my chair! Truthfully, I only stumbled across this album while looking for a copy of the track "La Trampa" by Manu Chao & Tonino Carotone, which is the theme song for "Drew Carey's Green Screen Show." It's my 11-year-old son's current favorite TV show, and he sings & hums the song incessantly every time we see an episode. I'm buying the album because of that track, but as I said, based on the music clips, I can tell I'll be playing this album a lot. Here's the track listing with the artists' names (which, as I read Amazon's current entry, includes the track titles but not the artists):

1. La Trampa - Manu Chao & Tonino Carotone

2. Amor Pa Mi - Sergent Garcia

3. Hasta Siempre - King Mafrundi

4. La Raiz - Macaco

5. Le Cha Cha Cha - Dusminguet

6. Que Humanidad - Eliades Ochoa

7. Peligro - Mano Negra

8. Decadencia - El Gran Silencio

9. Urrun - Fermin Muguruza

10. Hasta Llegar - Les Negresses Vertes

11. Hi Hello - Anouk

12. Kid Chocolate - P18"