Track Listing

1. Tranquila - Luis Vargas
2. Para Que Me Mate un Hombre Que Me Mate Una Mujer - Juan Manuel
3. Procura - Chichi Peralta
4. Bodegueros - Luis Kalaff, Joseito Mateo
5. Lo Que le Paso a Juan - Alfredo Polonia
6. Pegao de Qué?! - Juan Bautista
7. Nuestros Lazos - Ramon Cordero
8. Caña Brava - Alberto Beltran,
9. Mi Niña - Cheche Abreu
10. Inmenso Amor - Bolivar Peralta
11. Anoche - Raulin Rodriguez

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50861 in Music
• Released on: 2000-02-22
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Alongside son and merengue, Republica Dominicana tightly focuses on the unmined treasure of bachata music: a particular style of Cuban music featuring intense African percussion, wily ringing guitar, and exotic Iberian-flavored melody. First on the bandwagon of what's sure to be an international explosion, Putumayo brings a fresh and exciting sound to fans of Afro-pop, Cuban, and various Latin music. A sampler rather than a cumulative compilation, Republica Dominicana highlights genre superstars from Juan Luis Guerra to Chichi Peralta and stylistic forefather Ramon Cordero, offering the listener choice cuts from which to further explore bachata and its relations. As with all the label's releases, this disc comes with extensive and finely detailed liner notes. The other side of the coin, in a manner, Republica Dominicana in its contrast of dark and light is especially recommended for fans of 1999's Putumayo Presents Cape Verde. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews

Inaccurate and misleading title
I think the music in this CD is very good, but it's NOT authentic Domincan music. I'd say only a few songs are truly from the island. Native Dominicans listen to different beats like bachata and merengue; they don't usually hear plena and guaracha. This is a poor choice of music to be represented in this CD. The title should've been something else, not República Dominicana. As I stated before, the music is good, but if you're looking for genuine Dominican rhythms, it's not the perfect CD to purchase.

Noooooooo..........................!!
I consider this CD as barely of Dominican nature, musically. Although the Cd is composed of Dominican artist, it seems that only rythms other than Dominican folklore were selected for this album. The only artist that artistically represents a pure Dominican rythm is Chi Chi peralta, Fernando Echavarria and him are the originators and creators of the "Meren-son" a mxture of merengue and Dominican son. Basically, all the songs are not purely of Dominican nature, they are mixture of rythms, all influenced entirely by cuban music. To better understand Dominican music, I would advise you to listen to the following artists:

**Juan Luis Guerra(merengue & Bachata)
*Sergio Vargas(merengue)
Jossie Esteban(merengue);(the older the CD, the better he is)
*Los hermanos Rosario(merengue)
*Johnny Ventura(merengue)
*Luis Vargas(Bachata)
*Luis Segura(Bachata)
Anthony Santos(Bachata)

These are just a few artist that you will fall in love with.

Not what I was looking for!!
Well, I was looking for more of the classic bachatas and meregues. I was hoping to hear artists like El Ciegito de Nagua and Cuco Valoy. Those are some of the true legends in "perico ripiao"(which is the classic merengue) and bachata. This cd doesn't sound like it's all dominican, but more of a compilation of whatever they could fill it with.