Track Listing

1. Histoire du Zouk - Kali
2. Chale Lanmou - Tabou Combo
3. Serjyo - Bago
4. Pump Me Up - Krosfyah
5. Ice Cream - Coalishun
6. Roots, Rock, Reggae - Bunny Wailer
7. Pa Fe Mwen la Pen - Eric Virgil
8. Chayew Ale
9. Dokte - Ralph Thamar
10. Don't Touch My Tempo - Arrow

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40623 in Music
• Released on: 1997-07-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .17 pounds

Amazon.com
The Caribbean is home to a string of tourism-friendly island nations and some of the world's most amazing music. Along with lush vegetation, sugar-sand beaches, and spicy food, each island is defined by its local sound, which remains fairly consistent whether the lyrics deal with partying, courtship, or social protest. This set is devoted to dance-oriented Haitian compas, Jamaican reggae, zouk from the French Antilles, and Trinidadian calypso's faster and more rhythmically intense descendant, soca (from SOul-CAlypso). The Martinican star Kali's "L'Histoire de Zouk" tells the tale via snippets from the past, while his neighbor Eric Virgal's hit, "Pa Fe Mwen La Pen," is a gooey romantic ballad. Krosfyah ups the ante with "Pump Me Up," a sassy carnival anthem that provides an enjoyable contrast to the low-down, earthy swing of Bunny Wailer's "Roots, Rock Reggae," and the bawdy double-entendres of Coalishun's "Ice Cream." --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews

Irresistible dance music
This is a wonderful album that will put you in a dancing mood. An instant pick-u-up. This is zouk, soca and reggae music from Martinique, Barbados, Haiti and Jamaica. This album, like most of the Putumayo releases, not only has well known artists such as Bunny Wailer and Arrow, but also little known artists as well. It is a great place to begin for someone who wishes to explore Caribbean music. Every song on here is irresistible and will make you wish you were in the Caribbean. The 15 page booklet contains information on each artist and the song they perform.

Pahtie Tyme!
This is possibly the best Soca compilation I'd ever heard. Everything, from the soft, gentle vibes of Pa Fe Mwen La Pen, to the kicking beat of Krosfyah's Pump Me Up is worth a purchase on it's own... they all just get better and better everytime you hear them....

Four-and-a-half too low
This album is worth more than five stars. Four and a half stars is too low. We played it so long out of the box we got tired of it. But now we're playing it again and liking it more than the when we first bought it. We think this is one of the best Putamayo albums - totally worth the money, totallly worth five stars.