El Chicano • The Best Of El Chicano

Review by Al Campbell

As part of Universal's 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection, the 12-track Best of El Chicano disc highlights the group's best-known material released in the early to mid-'70s. While the group has often been compared to Santana, they were a much tighter outfit, bypassing extended jams and sticking closely to their combined roots of soul, salsa, and Latin jazz. Beyond their two genre-defining hit singles, "Brown-Eyed Girl" (1972) and "Tell Her She's Lovely" (1973), the collection includes such album tracks as "Viva Tirado," "The Latin One," and "Juntos," mixed with boogaloo-tinged Latin jazz written by Tito Puente, Herbie Hancock, and Ray Barretto. Along with Cannibal & the Headhunters and the Premiers, el Chicano were among the first generation of Hispanic rockers to gain national attention and break out of the local East Los Angeles scene of the '60s and '70s. It's encouraging that their music is finally being given the proper attention it deserves.

info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chicano

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Reseña de Al Campbell

Como parte de los 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection de Universal, el disco de 12 temas Best of El Chicano destaca el material más conocido del grupo, publicado a principios o mediados de los años 70. Aunque el grupo a menudo ha sido comparado con Santana, eran un grupo mucho más apretado, que pasaba por alto las mermeladas extendidas y se aferraba a sus raíces combinadas de soul, salsa y jazz latino. Más allá de sus dos éxitos de género, "Brown-Eyed Girl" (1972) y "Tell Her She's Lovely" (1973), la colección incluye temas de álbumes como "Viva Tirado", "The Latin One" y "Juntos", mezclados con jazz latino teñido de boogaloo escrito por Tito Puente, Herbie Hancock y Ray Barretto. Junto con Cannibal & the Headhunters y los Premier, el Chicano estuvo entre la primera generación de rockeros hispanos en ganar atención nacional y salir de la escena local del Este de Los Ángeles de los años'60 y'70. Es alentador que su música finalmente reciba la atención adecuada que merece.

info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chicano

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Tracklist
1 Viva Tirado
2 Brown-Eyed Girl
3 El Cayuco
4 Tell Her She's Lovely
5 The Latin One
6 Sabor A Mi
7 Juntos
8 (Se Fue Mi) Cha Chita
9 Cubano Chant
10 Cantaloupe Island
11 Ahora Si
12 Gringo En Mexico

Label: Geffen Records ‎– B0002946-02
Series: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection –
Released: 2004
Genre: Jazz, Latin, Pop, Folk, World, & Country




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