Caribbean Guitar

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Caribbean Guitar
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Studio album by
Chet Atkins
ReleasedJuly 1962
Recorded Nashville, TN
Genre Country, pop
Length29:16
Label RCA Victor LPM-2549 (Mono), LSP-2549 (Stereo)
Producer Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins chronology
Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
(1962)		Caribbean Guitar
(1962)		 Down Home
(1962)

Caribbean Guitar is the eighteenth studio album recorded by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1962.

Contents

Note

Atkins' treatment of "Banana Boat Song" is based on The Tarriers' version, not Harry Belafonte's more famous rendition.

Chart performance

The album debuted on CashBox Top Albums (Stereo) on November third that year, peaking at No. 27 during an eight-week stay on the chart. [1]

The album debuted on the Billboard's Top Albums on October thirteenth, peaking at No. 33 during a nine-week stay on the chart. [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
New Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "Chet Atkins's versatility and curiosity have covered a lot of ground, and you would think that his talent would be able to encompass calypso and other Caribbean styles as well. Alas, he isn't given much of a chance here." [3]

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Mayan Dance" (Antonio Lauro) – 2:08
  2. "Yellow Bird" (Marilyn Bergman, Michael Keith, Norman Luboff) – 2:00
  3. "Wild Orchids" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:34
  4. "Bandit" (Alfredo Ricardo do Nascimento, John Turner, Michael Carr) – 2:06
  5. "Jungle Dream" (Natalicio Moreyra Lima) – 2:36
  6. "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" (Erik Darling, Bob Carey, Alan Arkin) – 2:24

Side two

  1. "Montego Bay" (Marvin Moore, Bernie Wayne) – 2:20
  2. "Theme from Come September" (Bobby Darin) – 2:22
  3. "Moon over Miami" ( Joe Burke, Edgar Leslie) – 2:45
  4. "Come to the Mardi Gras" (Max Bulhoes, Milton de Oliveira) – 2:27
  5. "The Enchanted Sea" (Frank Metis, Randy Starr) – 2:19
  6. "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 3:04

Charts

Chart (1962)Peak
position
US Billboard Top Albums [2] 33
US Cashbox Top Albums (Stereo) [1] 27

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 12. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  2. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 13. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Ginell, Richard S. "Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ Watson, Jimmy (February 2, 1963). "Chet Atkins: Caribbean Guitar" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 99. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ AllMusic entry for reissue of Travelin and Caribbean Guitar.
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