¡Ay Caramba! (album)
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| Released | 4 July 2005 | |||
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| Length | 60:38 | |||
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¡Ay Caramba! is the second studio album by English group Ska Cubano, released on 4 July 2005 by Casinosounds.[4] It was released in the US by independent label Cumbancha. The album mixes Jamaican ska, Afro-Cuban son, retro swing, salsa and Colombian cumbia.[4][5]
Steve Hands of musicOMH wrote that the album "possesses the grainy authenticism of goodtimey Ska, just before the euphoria of Jamaican independence subsided, full of tall tales, late-nite shebeens, rum, and rhumba".[4] Brent Hagerman of Exclaim! called the album "a pan-Caribbean jam from the early '60s that never had a chance to happen since the Cuban revolution largely cut off musical ties between Cuba and the rest of the Caribbean".[5]
