20 Grandes Éxitos (Los Fabulosos Cadillacs album)

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20 Grandes Exitos
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ReleasedApril 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)
Genre Rock, ska, reggae
Length84:41
Label Sony
Producer Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, KC. Porter
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs chronology
Fabulosos Calavera
(1997)
20 Grandes Exitos
(1998)
La Marcha del Golazo Solitario
(1999)

20 Grandes Exitos (English: 20 Big Hits) is the second Compilation album by Argentine rock and ska band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, released in 1998. It is a two-CDs set covering 8 years and 6 albums plus a never-released song "Igual a Quien"

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "20 Grandes Exitos is an excellent collection of newly-recorded versions of Los Fabulosos Cadillacs' best and best-known songs that should serve as a good introduction for the curious. ". [1]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

Disc one

No.TitleWriter(s)Original Album and YearLength
1."Yo No Me Sentaría En Tu Mesa" (I Would not Sit at Your Table) Vicentico, Flavio Cianciarulo, Fernando Ricciardi, Sergio Rotman Yo Te Avise , 19872:55
2."Mi Novia Se Cayó En Un Pozo Ciego" (My Girlfriend Fell in a Blind Hole)Vicentico, Cianciarulo, Luciano Giugno, Vaino RigozziYo Te Avise, 19873:54
3."Conversación Nocturna" (Night Time Conversation)Vicentico, Ricciardi, Rigozzi, Mario Siperman El Ritmo Mundial , 19883:34
4."Contrabando de Amor" (Smuggling of love)Vicentico El Satanico Dr. Cadillac , 19893:27
5."Caballo de Madera" (Wooden Horse)Cianciarulo Volumen 5 , 19903:15
6."Radio Kriminal"Vicentico, CianciaruloVolumen 5, 19904:20
7."Carnaval Toda la Vida" (Lifelong Carnaval)Vicentico El León , 19926:07
8."Rios De Lágrimas" (Rivers of tears)RotmanEl León, 19922:56
9."Arde Buenos Aires" (Buenos Aires Burns)CianciaruloEl León, 19923:14
10."Gallo Rojo" (Red Rooster)VicenticoEl León, 19924:27

Disc two

No.TitleWriter(s)Original Album and YearLength
1."Manuel Santillan, El León (Tumbao)" (Manuel Santillan, The Lion)Cianciarulo 3:24
2."Matador" (Killer)Vicentico Vasos Vacíos , 19944:34
3."Vasos Vacíos (En Vivo)" (Empty Glasses (Live))VicenticoEl Ritmo Mundial, 19884:19
4."Mal Bicho" (Bad Bug)Cianciarulo Rey Azúcar , 19954:04
5."Carmela"RicciardiRey Azúcar, 19952:58
6."Saco Azul" (Blue Coat)Vicentico, Valeria Bertuccelli Rey Azúcar, 19953:34
7."Las Venas Abiertas De América" (The Open Veins of America)CianciaruloRey Azúcar, 19952:43
8."Strawberry Fields Forever" Lennon–McCartney Rey Azúcar, 19954:17
9."Padre Nuestro (Versión Dub)" (Our Father (Dub Version))VicenticoRey Azúcar, 19953:37
10."Queen Of The Ghetto (Versión Dub)" Big Youth, RotmanRey Azúcar, 19955:28
11."Mal Bicho (Babasónicos)" (Bad Bug (Babasónicos band))Cianciarulo 3:56
12."Igual A Quien (Inédita)" (Same as Who (Unpublished))Vicentico 3:38

Personnel

Technical personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 30, 2011