Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall

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Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall
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Live album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 2008
RecordedJuly 1, 1998
Genre
Length77:01
Label
Producer Ry Cooder
Buena Vista Social Club chronology
Buena Vista Social Club
(1997)
Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall
(2008)
Lost and Found
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall is a live album by Buena Vista Social Club. The double album documents the band's complete performance at Carnegie Hall, New York City, on July 1, 1998. The album was produced by guitarist Ry Cooder and released ten years after its recording, on October 13, 2008, through World Circuit.

Contents

The performance featured veteran Cuban performers such as Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben González, Compay Segundo, and Omara Portuondo. Parts of the concert were featured in Wim Wenders' Oscar-nominated documentary, also called Buena Vista Social Club .

In 2009, it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe. [2] As of March 2015 it has sold 47,000 copies in United States. [3]

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Chan Chan" – 4:45
  2. "De camino a la vereda" – 4:58
  3. "El cuarto de Tula" – 8:00
  4. "La engañadora" – 2:44
  5. "Buena Vista Social Club" – 5:59
  6. "Dos gardenias" – 4:23
  7. "Quizás, quizás, quizás" – 3:47
  8. "Veinte años" – 4:06

Disc two

  1. "Orgullecida" – 3:23
  2. "¿Y tú qué has hecho?" – 3:33
  3. "Siboney" – 2:32
  4. "Mandinga" – 5:29
  5. "Almendra" – 5:49
  6. "El carretero" – 5:38
  7. "Candela" – 7:00
  8. "Silencio" – 4:55

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall
Chart (2008)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] 49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6] 39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 35
French Albums (SNEP) [8] 44
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 49
Irish Albums (IRMA) [10] 47
Italian Albums (FIMI) [11] 77
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico) [12] 57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 37
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 55
US Billboard 200 [15] 200
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard) [16] 10

See also

Notes

  1. Thom Jurek. "Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall". AllMusic . Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  2. "Color". Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  3. "Upcoming Releases". Archived from the original on 2015-03-25.
  4. "Austriancharts.at – Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  5. "Ultratop.be – Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  6. "Ultratop.be – Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  8. "Lescharts.com – Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  10. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Buena Vista Social Club". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  11. "Italiancharts.com – Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  12. "Mexicancharts.com – Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  13. "Swisscharts.com – Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  14. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  15. "Buena Vista Social Club Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  16. "Buena Vista Social Club Chart History (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 3, 2023.

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