Latin Playboys (album)
Encyclopedia
Latin Playboys is the self-titled debut album of the Experimental
band Latin Playboys
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of The Village Voice
gave the album a positive review and named it the best release of 1994.
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
band Latin Playboys
Latin Playboys
Latin Playboys is a musical group comprising David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake, active in the 1990s.-History:The band began with a series of demo recordings made by Hidalgo on a home cassette tape 4-track machine...
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Reception
Robert ChristgauRobert Christgau
Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...
of The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
gave the album a positive review and named it the best release of 1994.
Track listing
- "Viva la Raza" – 2:45
- "Ten Believers" – 3:17
- "Chinese Surprize" – 3:07
- "Mira!" – 1:22
- "Manifold de Amour" – 2:02
- "New Zandu" – 3:11
- "Rudy's Party" – 2:28
- "If" – 1:41
- "Same Brown Earth" – 3:45
- "Lagoon" – 2:24
- "Gone" – 2:51
- "Crayon Sun" – 3:04
- "Pink Steps" – 2:07
- "Forever Night Shade Mary" – 3:05