Mambo Sinuendo

Mambo Sinuendo
Studio album by Manuel Galban and Ry Cooder
Released	January 28, 2003
Genre	Latin Jazz lounge mambo
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Ry Cooder
Manuel Galban and Ry Cooder chronology
The End of Violence (1997) Mambo Sinuendo (2003) Chávez Ravine (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
The Village Voice	B−[3]

Mambo Sinuendo is a studio album released by Cuban performer Manuel Galbán and producer Ry Cooder. The album was the first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for Galbán and the second for Cooder (after Buena Vista Social Club in 1998), and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 46th Grammy Awards.^[4]

Album history

About the recording of this album, Cooder notes that "Galbán and I felt that there was a sound that had not been explored in a Cuban electric-guitar band that could re-interpret the atmosphere of the 1950s with beauty, agility, and simplicity. We decided on two electrics, two drum sets, congas and bass: a sexteto that could swing like a big band and penetrate the mysteries of the classic tunes. This music is powerful, lyrical, and funny; what more could you ask? Mambo Sinuendo is Cuban soul and high-performance."

Track listing

This information from Billboard.com.^[5]

1. "Drume Negrita" (Ernesto Grenet) — 5:00
2. "Monte Adentro" (Arsenio Rodríguez) — 2:53
3. "Los Twangueros" (Manuel Galbán, Ry Cooder) — 4:42
4. "Patricia" (Pérez Prado) — 3:29
5. "Caballo Viejo" (Simón Díaz) — 3:51
6. "Mambo Sinuendo" (Manuel Galbán, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) — 2:31
7. "Bodas de Oro" (Electo Rosell "Chepin") — 4:40
8. "Échale Salsita" (Ignacio Piñeiro) — 4:27
9. "La Luna en Tu Mirada" (Luis Chanivecky) — 4:13
10. "Secret Love" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) — 5:49
11. "Bolero Sonámbulo" (Manuel Galbán, Ry Cooder) — 4:31
12. "María la O" (Ernesto Lecuona) — 4:19

Personnel

This information from Allmusic.^[6]

• Manuel Galbán — Guitar
• Ry Cooder — Organ, guitar, electric bass, steel guitar, piano, producer, vibraphone, tres
• Orlando "Cachaito" López — Bass
• Jim Keltner — Drums
• Joachim Cooder — drums
• Miguel "Angá" Díaz — Conga
• Yaure Muniz — Trumpet
• Herb Alpert — Trumpet
• Carla Commagere — vocals
• Juliette Commagere — Vocals
• Demetrio Muniz — Musical Director
• Jerry Boys — Engineer, mastering, mixing
• Nick Gold — Executive in Charge of Music
• Jimmy Hoyson — Assistant engineer
• Simon Burwell — Assistant engineer
• Isel Martinez Rodriguez — Assistant engineer
• Tom Leader — Mastering
• Sara Daoud — Production coordination
• Zita M. "Toti" Morriña — Production coordination
• Rail Jon Rogut — Digital editing
• Doyle Partners — Design

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 79 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 32 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 13 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 28 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 28 French Albums (SNEP)[12] 81 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 29 Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 29 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15] 14 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] 17 Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] 46 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 31 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 45 UK Albums (OCC)[20] 40 US Billboard 200[21] 52 US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[22] 1 US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[23] 1 US World Albums (Billboard)[24] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 58

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Rolling Stone review
3. Christgau, Robert (December 2, 2003). "Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot 2003". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
4. National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (March 25, 2004). "Mambo Sinuendo". Allmusic.com. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
5. Billboard.com (January 28, 2003). "Mambo Sinuendo". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
6. Mambo Sinuendo - Liner notes (February 28, 2003). "Mambo Sinuendo". Allmusic.com. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
7. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 65.
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23. "Manuel Galbán Chart History (Latin Pop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
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25. "Jaaroverzichten 2003". Ultratop. Retrieved October 18, 2020.