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Although Compay Segundo will ever be remembered as one of the great characters of Buena Vista Social Club, that was only one tiny part of his career. Gracias Compay: The Definitive Collection captures some of the great songs from the second wind of his career, when he'd become an international star again. Inevitably, there's his signature song, "Chan Chan," in not one but two versions, but it's simply one of many diamonds here, like "Saludo A Chango," where he duets with rai star Khalèd, and comes out ahead with his laid-back style. That style, however, was typical of the music of Santiago, and it permeated everything Segundo did. The harmonies on the chorus, the singing lines on the tres (or at times on Segundo's own armonico, a cross between a tres and a guitar), and the stripped-down backing of bass and percussion -- his music was just redolent of the area, and it can be heard in his very affecting "Guantanamera," or the recent "Oui Parle Francais." A witty, eloquent writer, he composed more than his share of classics in a long career, and many of them are here, songs like "Saradonga," given definitive performances. And that helps this album really live up to its name.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
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Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Auseron Santiago, Producer - Francisco Repilado, Writer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 Dro East West S. A.
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Auseron Santiago, Producer - Francisco Repilado, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 Dro East West S. A.
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Auseron Santiago, Producer - Francisco Repilado, Writer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 dro east west
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Lorenzo Hierrezuelo, Composer, Lyricist - Auseron Santiago, Producer - Francisco Repilado, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 Dro East West, S.A.
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Auseron Santiago, Producer - Francisco Repilado, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 dro east west
Santiago Auseron, Producer - Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Francisco Repilado, Writer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 Dro East West S. A.
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Auseron Santiago, Producer - Francisco Repilado, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 Dro East West, S.A.
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Auseron Santiago, Producer - Francisco Repilado, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 Dro East West S. A.
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Auseron Santiago, Producer - Eliseo Silveira, Writer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 Dro East West, S.A.
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Auseron Santiago, Producer - Francisco Repilado, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 Dro East West, S.A.
Santiago Auseron, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Francisco Repilado, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 Dro East West S. A.
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Auseron Santiago, Producer - Francisco Repilado, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1996 Dro East West, S.A.
Pedro Flores, Writer - Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Francisco Repilado, Writer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1998 dro east west
Silvio Rodríguez, FeaturedArtist - Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Felipe Goico, Writer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1998 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Performance, MainArtist - Repilado Francisco, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1998 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Martirio, FeaturedArtist - Ortega Gomez, Writer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1998 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Felix B. Caignet, Composer, Lyricist - Felix valoy, FeaturedArtist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1998 dro east west
Pio Leyva, FeaturedArtist - Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Walfrido Guevara, Composer, Writer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1998 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Rodriguez Fiffe Guillermo, Composer, Lyricist - Cuadrado Juan Ignacio, Producer, Engineer - Herrador Oscar, Engineer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 2000 dro east west
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Repilado Francisco, Composer, Lyricist - Francisco Repilado, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Lazaro Luis, Producer - Fernandez Virgilio, Producer, Engineer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1999 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Rafael Ortiz, Composer, Lyricist - Basilio Repilado, FeaturedArtist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1998 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Omara Portuondo, FeaturedArtist - Repilado Francisco, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1998 dro east west
Raimundo Amador, FeaturedArtist - Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Lorenzo Hierrezuelo, Writer - Martirio, FeaturedArtist - Francisco Repilado, Writer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1998 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Khaled, Vocals, Additional Musicians, FeaturedArtist - Alexander Van Looy, Producer - Armando Medina DWolff, Composer, Lyricist - Farid Aouameur, Producer, Engineer, Additional Musicians - Hocine Lasnami, Additional Musicians - Luis Lazaro, Producer - Zaim Abdelovahed, Additional Musicians
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 2002 Dro East West, S.A.
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Repilado Francisco, Composer, Lyricist - Lazaro Luis, Producer - Fernandez Virgilio, Producer, Engineer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1999 dro east west
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Lazaro Luis, Producer - Gabriel Gravier, Writer - Fernandez Virgilio, Producer, Engineer - Prats Rodrigo, Writer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1999 dro east west
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Miguel Matamoros, Composer, Lyricist - Lazaro Luis, Producer - Fernandez Virgilio, Producer, Engineer - Matamoros Miguel, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1999 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Popular, Composer, Lyricist - Repilado Francisco, Composer, Lyricist - Lazaro Luis, Producer - Fernandez Virgilio, Producer, Engineer - Dúo Evocación, FeaturedArtist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1999 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Ortiz Rodriguez Rafael Pascual, Composer, Lyricist - Cuadrado Juan Ignacio, Producer, Engineer - Herrador Oscar, Engineer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 2000 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Cuadrado Juan Ignacio, Producer, Engineer - Herrador Oscar, Engineer - Matamoros Miguel, Composer, Lyricist
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 2000 dro east west
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Repilado Francisco, Composer, Lyricist - Lazaro Luis, Producer - Fernandez Virgilio, Producer, Engineer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1999 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Repilado Muñoz Francisco, Composer, Lyricist - Cuadrado Juan Ignacio, Producer, Engineer - Herrador Oscar, Engineer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 2000 dro east west
Compay Segundo, Vocals, MainArtist - Repilado Muñoz Francisco, Composer, Lyricist - Francisco Repilado, Composer, Lyricist - Cuadrado Juan Ignacio, Producer, Engineer - Herrador Oscar, Engineer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 2000 dro east west
José Fernandez Diaz, Composer, Lyricist - Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Cuadrado Juan Ignacio, Producer, Engineer - Herrador Oscar, Engineer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 2003 Dro East West, S.A.
Compay Segundo, MainArtist - Francisco Repilado, Writer - Lazaro Luis, Producer - Fernandez Virgilio, Producer, Engineer
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 1999 dro east west
Album review
Although Compay Segundo will ever be remembered as one of the great characters of Buena Vista Social Club, that was only one tiny part of his career. Gracias Compay: The Definitive Collection captures some of the great songs from the second wind of his career, when he'd become an international star again. Inevitably, there's his signature song, "Chan Chan," in not one but two versions, but it's simply one of many diamonds here, like "Saludo A Chango," where he duets with rai star Khalèd, and comes out ahead with his laid-back style. That style, however, was typical of the music of Santiago, and it permeated everything Segundo did. The harmonies on the chorus, the singing lines on the tres (or at times on Segundo's own armonico, a cross between a tres and a guitar), and the stripped-down backing of bass and percussion -- his music was just redolent of the area, and it can be heard in his very affecting "Guantanamera," or the recent "Oui Parle Francais." A witty, eloquent writer, he composed more than his share of classics in a long career, and many of them are here, songs like "Saradonga," given definitive performances. And that helps this album really live up to its name.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 35 track(s)
- Total length: 02:16:41
- Main artists: Compay Segundo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: WM Spain
- Genre: Latin
© 2003 Dro East West,S.A. ℗ 2003 Dro East West, S.A.
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