Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas
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Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas
- Artist: Linda Ronstadt
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- Release Date: April 27, 2004
- Total Time: 67:40
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Rock
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Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas is a collection culled from Linda Ronstadt's three Spanish-language recordings: Canciones de Mi Padre (1988), Mas Canciones (1990), and Frenesi (1992). In addition, it features the self-penned cut "Lo Siento Mi Vida" from the 1976 album Hasten Down the Wind. While the compilation contains no new tracks, its issue makes sense because Ronstadt won Grammys for each of her Spanish-language outings. Its remastered sound, personal notes, and photographs that annotate the selections make for a fine travelogue through this aspect of the singer's long career. It is worth mentioning, too, for those who never encountered Ronstadt's forays into Spanish-language and Latin music, that these titles are all among the most interesting and compelling in her catalog. There is no hint of revisionism or novelty in their presentation or articulation. They are works of popular art that reflect not only her heritage, but a kind of intimate history of this music in North America -- while many of the songs here are well known in their communities of origin, this was their first hearing for most Anglos who brought them, via each individual album's popularity, into the canon of mainstream music and paved the way for artists like Los Lobos to make albums such as La Pistola y el Corazon (one of their finest outings ever). Ronstadt proved such projects could work and made major-label corporate interests open to them. Musically, this set is gorgeous: full of life and passion, and brimming with stunning moments in both the vocal performances and arrangements. Wonderful. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi| Mi Jarana Es Mi Fusil... (2006 Album by Son del Centro) | |
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| Compilation album by Linda Ronstadt | ||||
| Released | April 27, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | March 1976 – September 1993 | |||
| Genre | Mariachi, Latin, Mexican | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Producer | Peter Asher | |||
| Linda Ronstadt chronology | ||||
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Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas is a compilation album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt, released in 2004.
The tracks were compiled from Ronstadt's previous Spanish-language albums Canciones De Mi Padre, Mas Canciones, and Frenesi as well as "Lo Siento Mi Vida" from Hasten Down the Wind and "Adonde Voy" from Winter Light.
This album is currently out of print in the United States.
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Music critic Thom Jerek praised the compilation in his Allmusic review, writing: "Its remastered sound, personal notes, and photographs that annotate the selections make for a fine travelogue through this aspect of the singer's long career... these titles are all among the most interesting and compelling in her catalog. There is no hint of revisionism or novelty in their presentation or articulation. Musically, this set is gorgeous: full of life and passion, and brimming with stunning moments in both the vocal performances and arrangements. Wonderful."[1]
Track listing
- "La Charreada" (Felipe Bermejo) – 3:46
- "Rogaciano el Huapanguero" (Valeriano Trejo) – 3:07
- "Cuando Me Querias Tu" (Emilio Catarell Vela) – 3:07
- "Lo Siento Mi Vida" Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Edwards, Gilbert Ronstadt) – 3:55
- "Mi Ranchito" (Felipe Valdes Leal) – 3:34
- "La Cigarra" (Ray Pérez, Soto) – 3:50
- "Perfidia" (Alberto Dominguez, Milton Leeds) – 3:46
- "Siempre Hace Frio" (Cuco Sanchez) – 3:19
- "La Mariquita (Lady Bug)" (Rubén Fuentes) – 2:59
- "Quiéreme Mucho" (Augustin Rodriguez, Gonzalo Roig) – 3:26
- "Verdad Amarga" (Consuelo Velázquez) – 3:27
- "Por un Amor" (Gilberto Parra) – 3:02
- "El Sol Que Tú Eres" (Traditional) – 3:03
- "Tata Dios" (Trejo) – 4:19
- "Adónde Voy" (Tish Hinojosa) – 3:11
- "Mentira Salome" (Ignacio Piñeiro) – 2:53
- "Piel Canela" (Bobby Capo) – 3:06
- "Hay Unos Ojos" (Fuentes) – 2:49
- "El Sueno" (Nicandro Castillo) – 3:43
- "El Crucifijo de Piedra (The Crucifix of Stone)" (Roberto Cantoral) – 3:18
References
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r687103. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
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