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A decline in creativity

Surjorimba Suroto | Jakarta, Indonesia | 01/18/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I've been Matt Bianco's fan since their first album and I have all their albums. Noticing that their music has grown (or should I say mutated) over the years, I can't say that this album is a masterpiece. The songwriting is very good, indeed. But apart from the Cuban music they played, I found nothing new about them. Similar exploration was done in their Another Time Another Place album. Also on Gran Via and World Go Round. Those albums were much better than Rico. Except for the vocals and beautiful piano by Fisher, the music is just like ordinary Cuban music. Not Matt Bianco."

Rico Suave !!!

Armando M. Mesa | Chandler, AZ | 01/30/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Received this the other day in the mail... Absolutely thrilled with this c.d. This group never disappoints ! In fact, on this latest effort they have turned the speed up a notch or two for strict partying purposes. Here you have two European/British guys who can capture almost any rich Latin style of music and whip it into a "having a good time" frenzy.However, don't let the cd title or the first 2-3 tracks make you think the entire album is one big Cuban fiesta. While the entire disc is set on a vacation mode the styles slightly vary from Latin-cha-cha music to slight hip hop to jazzy pop with a faint techno edge towards the end of the disc (check out Underground with lead singer using a vocoder and the hi-tech club beats reminiscent of Moby)!... This comes highly recommended with a tall Blue Hawaiian or a cool Marguerita and the beach !!!"

Cuba!

Dirk Pilat | New Zealand | 05/19/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"New change of direction for MB: In their exploration of latino music they find Cuba and Cuba seems to like it! "Cha Cha Cuba" is a great track recorded in the same studio as the "Buena Vista Social Club" and sounds very acoustic and quite infectious. " Sunny side up" might just be one of the best pop songs ever written and "Could you be" is such a great lovesong that it is hard not o melt like butter. Great Album!"