Oh Melancolia [Import]

Track Listings

1. Cuando Yo Era un Enano

2. Eva

3. Locuras

4. Con un Poco de Amor

5. Jerusalen Año Cero

6. Entre el Espanto y la Ternura

7. Bolero y Habaneras

8. Prision

9. Prision [Fragmento]

10. Amigo Mayor

11. Oh Melancolia

12. Yo Soy de Donde Hay un Rio

13. Verbos en Juego

14. Hay Quien Precisa [Fragmento]

15. El Extraño Caso de las Damas de Africa

16. Hay Quien Precisa

17. En el Jardin de la Noche

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Reissue of the Original Album from 1988. Digitally Remastered.

Oh Melancolia,Silvio Rodriguez,Bmg Int'l,Latin,Latin Pop,Nueva Cancion,Nueva Trova,Tropical

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Oh Melancolia [Import]

Tracks:

Cuando Yo Era Un Enano
Eva
Locuras
Con Un Poco De Amor
Jerusalen, Ano Cero
Entre El Espanto Y La Ternura
Bolero Y Habaneras
La Prision
La Prision (Fragmento)
Amigo Mayor
Oh Melancolia
Decimas A Mi Abuelo
Verbos En Juego
El Extrano Caso De Las Damas De Africa
Hay Quien Precisa
En El Jardin De La Noche

Album Details

Digitally Remastered. Originally Released in 1988.

Customer Reviews:

3.5 stars: Beautiful but far from his best.......2003-12-04

Silvio recorded this album in 1988 with a sound that grew somewhat distant from his traditional "basic" guitar work alongside his beautiful voice, but didn't quite make it with the entire album. The song "Locuras", besides being the best track in the album, is the exception to this, with its amazing acoustic guitar lines and uplifting lyrics. But in general, the album shows comes out as symphonic/classical in its overall orchestration.

"Entre El Espanto Y La Ternura" (sung by an impressive choir), "Oh Melancolia" (with a classic piano intro), "Eva" (with guitar with baroque keys and horns accompanying), "Hay Quien Precisa" (with strings as its backbone), and "En El Jardin De La Noche" (a piece with a bolero feel in its early moments) are the biggest highlights in terms of the classic sound of the album, yet they don't ever attain the level of exquisiteness that previous orchestrated Silvio works reached (such as the case with 'Causas y Azares') or the more intimate quitar/singer albums had before and continued to have after 'Oh Melancolia!'

Average customer rating:

one of the very best album of silvio

Oh Melancolia
Silvio Rodriguez
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music
General | International | Styles | Music
General | Latin Music | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000DXX1
Release Date: 2006-12-05

Tracks:

Cuando Yo Era Un Enano
Eva
Locuras
Con Un Poco De Amor
Jerusalen Ano Cero
Entre El Espanto Y La Ternura
Bolero Y Habanera
La Prision
La Prision (Fragmento)
Amigo Mayor
Oh Melancolia
Yo Soy De Donde Hay Un Rio
Verbos En Juego
Hay Quien Precisa (Fragmento)
El Extrano Caso De Las Damas De Africa
Hay Quien Precisa
En El Jardin De La Noche

Customer Reviews:

one of the very best album of silvio.......1999-09-04

this is a a great album the lyrics of silvio and the music of afrocuba make a perfect combination.

Average customer rating:

SILVIO "THE MAESTRO"
Silvio wasn't meant for a band
Silvio in his best,mood style
Silvio at his best...

Oh Melancolia
Silvio Rodriguez
Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Latin Music | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00003IR84
Release Date: 1998-12-01

Tracks:

Cuando Yo Era un Enano
Eva
Locuras
Con un Poco de Amor
Jerusalen Aero
Entre el Espanto y la Ternura
Bolero y Habaneras
Prision
Prision [Fragmento]
Amigo Mayor
Oh Melancolia
Yo Soy de Donde Hay un Rio
Verbos en Juego
Hay Quien Precisa [Fragmento]
El Extraaso de las Damas de Africa
Hay Quien Precisa
En el Jardin de la Noche

Album Details

Reissue of the Original Album from 1988. Digitally Remastered.

Customer Reviews:

SILVIO "THE MAESTRO".......2001-11-22

SILVIO RODRIGUEZ IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SONG WRITERS AND SINGERS OF CUBA.HE AND PABLO MILANES TOUCH THE SOUL OF MANY PEOPLES WITH THEIR LYRICS.

Silvio wasn't meant for a band.......2001-04-26

"Causas y Azares" was ok, something different, a change. But this second album with Afrocuba was, in my opinion, a little bit too pretencious, starting with the cover of the record itself. (que no le pega a Silvio, vaya). The tittle song has a very nice melody but the words don't seem to come from Silvio: a long list of adjectives without much meaning. Can anybody tell me at the end whether "la melancolia" was a young girl or an old lady? However, most of the songs are great. He just should have recorded them only with his guitar. His voice and style just weren't meant for that kind of music and arrangements. I might have given the album 4 stars, but comming from Silvio, 3 is all it gets. My least favorite Silvio record until the sad appearance of "Mariposas".

Silvio in his best,mood style.......2000-08-25

This is one of the best Silvio's albums you can get. It's a wonderful trip for his melancholic,softly mood of writing,with a few wondering songs like "La prisión","Bolero y habanera" and,of course,the title song of the disc.Rodriguez brings us the sensibility of a prime autor and you doesn't need to understand spanish to feel the great kindness of a human being always concearn with the world he lives.If you never hear Silvio this is also a nice introduction to his style and a fine example of his art

Silvio at his best..........2000-06-19

This album made me realize, after years of listening and loving Silvio's music and poetry, that he is a genius. His depth, his understanding of human nature, of life's mysteries, never cease to amaze me. His incredible sense of humour is at its best in "El extrano caso de las damas de Africa". It is true that nowhere else, but in Cuba, a certain kind of chocolate covered cookie is called "africana" and this is exactly what this song is all about: not really about "ladies from Africa", but about these delicious chocolate cookies...His understanding of life's very nature are captured in Eva; Locuras; Oh melancolia; Bolero y Habaneras; Jerusalen ano cero. His eagerness to know everything there is between life and death, heaven and earth, make him the extraordinarily gifted poet he is, a true genius. No matter how far away I am from my motherland, his beautiful music and profound poetry follows me everywhere, as a reminder of how proud I should be to have witnessed his talent during my lifetime.