Putumayo Presents: Euro Lounge
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Free Music Review: Fun, relaxing, upbeat
Hit: 4 Stars
I love this CD! Great selection, various styles, it says on the jacket that it's guaranteed to make you feel good, and it's true!Free Music Review: One of Putumayo's better European compilations
Hit: 3 Stars
Europe is a mixed bag musically,despite all the disparate countries now being the European Union.This explains the varying quality of Putumayo's European compilations;while I enjoy "Greece:A Musical Odyssey",with its combination of modern&traditional elements as well as "Athens to Andalucia",I find "Paris"&"French Cafe" sappy&annoying.
So it is with "Euro Lounge." The Lounge series is one of Putumayo's best series."Euro Lounge" isn't the strongest,but it's still good.It has a continental sensibility,reflecting France,Italy,the Netherlands,Spain--and even Macedonia&Turkey.
Highlights-
1)Un Simple Histoire-Thievery Corporation adds its own trip hop twist to chanson.
2)Limbe-An ethereal composition from Italy.It's also got bhangra,which makes it worthy.
3)Salpica-A funny techno Latino tune.Mambotur has a sense of fun.Now I should get some Senor Coconut,with his techno Latino twist of Kraftwerk with his "El Baile Aleman."
4)Girl-A mysterious,jazzy tune from Turkey.Smooth Turkish jazz--it's Turkish delight.
5)Sweet Sadness-Another easygoing,bittersweet tune from Italy.
6)Stojne Bre Mome Kocansko-A hypnotic tune sung by a septuganerian from Macedonia.
7)El Ultimo Habitante del Planeta-A humorous tune from Spain,complete with a theremin fit for a '50s sci-fi movie.
8)Voulez-vous?-Arling&Cameron at their cheesy best.
"Sempre de domenica"&"Non Sarai Mai" are okay compositions from Italy.
While not the best of Putumayo's Lounge CDs,it is one of their better European compilations.It's a relaxing CD,fit to accompany tapas&Sangiovese.
Free Music Review: What Europe is this?
Hit: 1 Stars
International music is one of the most diverse and rich genres of music. Contemporary labels mix traditional regional sounds and native languages with upbeat modern pop which preserves cultural identities and creates and enjoyable listening experience for locals and foreigners. However, all hope is lost with Storper's Putumayo record label which can't grasp the concept of a country or region's own distinct folkways. Despite being the most popular world music brand, Putumayo fails to present each region's own musical identity outside of Africa and Latin America. This is a huge disappointment for those expecting the many sounds of Europe on one CD; Euro Lounge neglects encompassing the many tones of this culturally-diverse continent. An emphasis is placed on Turkish (arguably not even European) and the areas of Western/Southern Europe that speak the very common Romance languages. Euro Lounge even includes Thievery Corporation- an Indian-Brazilian dub group- in a CD that supposedly highlights Europe's harmony. Even the cover art doesn't look European. Putumayo can't seem to create a record without mixing in some third world brown/black nation's sounds, which is a real injustice to such a multifarious and inimitable continent.Free Music Review: Should be called "Arabic Lounge"
Hit: 1 Stars
I can't say I like this album like I like the other Putumayo ones- the title is misleading. It is mostly Middle Eastern music, which I guess has become the dominant music in Western Europe but it's not my favorite music and it wasn't what I'd intended to buy.Free Music Review: Euro Lounge Best of the Series
Hit: 1 Stars
I bought both World Lounge and Euro Lounge, Euro is the best by far!
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