Rough Guide Mambo
Various Artists
Reviews
Decca
Reviewed 2004-02-26
Reviewed 2004-02-26
Yes! Grab your favorite partner and dance everyone,to this wonderful collection of excellent Latin artists. It’s hot and sweaty and sexy and if you can sit still while listening to this, you’re dead. Crank it up and play it all!
1. A fast, high-energy, horn-driven dance.
2. Big-band mambo w/that delicious 50’s sound.
3. A strong jazz sound w/a sexy, sophisticated groove.
4. Fast from the start Latin jazz w/amazing vibraphone.
5. Sexy & brassy w/an older sound & some great piano.
6. Female vox reciting poetry, hot percussion. Horns. Wow.
7. Fast & modern w/electronica/perc/chorus/horns in a jazzy blend.
8. Horns/perc/piano/chorus. A deliciously relaxed, classic sound.
9. A big sound from a swinging band. Hot and sexy.
10. Fast & energetic w/big horns, lots of percussion, and good vocals.
11. Piano grounds this track that also features vocals/horns/perc.
12. It’s just fun. Old-timey, almost kitschy, and infectiously upbeat.
13. Another older track. A sweet Latin jazz sound & good energy.
14. Latin piano jazz w/mambo spice. Great stuff.
15. Lightly swinging w/some sweet trombone/perc/vocal blends.
16. A salsa mambo w/fiery horns & perc & nice vocals.
17. You know this one. Horns, perc, vox…a catchy groove.
2/2004
1. A fast, high-energy, horn-driven dance.
2. Big-band mambo w/that delicious 50’s sound.
3. A strong jazz sound w/a sexy, sophisticated groove.
4. Fast from the start Latin jazz w/amazing vibraphone.
5. Sexy & brassy w/an older sound & some great piano.
6. Female vox reciting poetry, hot percussion. Horns. Wow.
7. Fast & modern w/electronica/perc/chorus/horns in a jazzy blend.
8. Horns/perc/piano/chorus. A deliciously relaxed, classic sound.
9. A big sound from a swinging band. Hot and sexy.
10. Fast & energetic w/big horns, lots of percussion, and good vocals.
11. Piano grounds this track that also features vocals/horns/perc.
12. It’s just fun. Old-timey, almost kitschy, and infectiously upbeat.
13. Another older track. A sweet Latin jazz sound & good energy.
14. Latin piano jazz w/mambo spice. Great stuff.
15. Lightly swinging w/some sweet trombone/perc/vocal blends.
16. A salsa mambo w/fiery horns & perc & nice vocals.
17. You know this one. Horns, perc, vox…a catchy groove.
2/2004
Recent airplay
I Don't Speak Spanish
No Cover, No Minimum — Feb 09, 2017
I Don't Speak Spanish
No Cover, No Minimum — May 02, 2014
Mambo Rage, Mambo Ay Ay Ay
It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood — Apr 01, 2014
Ican
No Cover, No Minimum — Jun 10, 2011
La Vos Del Caribe
No Cover, No Minimum — Mar 11, 2011
Mambo Lenko
No Cover, No Minimum — Jan 14, 2011
Charting
2004-03-01 — 2004-05-03
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 2 | 3 |
| Apr 18 | 2 |
| Apr 11 | 2 |
| Apr 4 | 4 |
| Mar 28 | 3 |
| Mar 21 | 2 |
| Mar 14 | 5 |
| Mar 7 | 4 |
Track listing
| 1. | Mambo Rage | ||
| 2. | Mambo Lenko | ||
| 3. | Mambo | ||
| 4. | Mambo Macumba | ||
| 5. | Mambo Coco | ||
| 6. | I Don't Speak Spanish | ||
| 7. | Night of the Living Mambo | ||
| 8. | Mama Y Tata | ||
| 9. | Sasuama | ||
| 10. | Mambo Costanzo | ||
| 11. | La Vos Del Caribe | ||
| 12. | Mambo Ay Ay Ay | ||
| 13. | Ritmo Pa' Gozar | ||
| 14. | Ican | ||
| 15. | Chiquilla Ideal | ||
| 16. | Que Se Sepa | ||
| 17. | Mambo No. 5 |