Buena Suerte, Señorita is an album by the American musician Flaco Jiménez, released in 1996.[2][3] It was released around the same time as the Texas Tornados' 4 Aces.[4] The first single was "Borracho #1".[5]
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Label | Arista Texas[1] | |||
| Producer | Cameron Randle, Flaco Jiménez | |||
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Production
editThe album was produced by Cameron Randle and Jiménez.[6][7] It was an attempt to recapture a rougher conjunto sound.[8] Some of Buena Suerte, Señorita's songs were composed in the 1950s.[9] All of its vocals are in Spanish; Jiménez sang lead on some songs.[10][11]
Two of the songs are instrumentals.[12] "Tico Taco Polka" is an homage to "Tico Tico Polka", a song performed on The Lawrence Welk Show.[13] Oscar Tellez and Max Baca played bajo sexto and bass, respectively, on the album.[14]
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [15] |
| Edmonton Journal | [11] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[16] |
| MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide | [7] |
The Austin Chronicle determined that "this is vintage Flaco with an all-star cast, making love to and on a passionate pillow of compressed air, the squeezebox between his arms."[17] Entertainment Weekly wrote that, "by mixing polka and waltz rhythms with Mexican folk flavors, he conjures up images of old-world Europe and Mexican dance halls."[16] The Ottawa Citizen concluded that "the accordion in the hands of Jimenez has wit and wisdom, but overall his album suffers from a sameness of tone."[18]
The Los Angeles Times noted that Buena Suerte, Señorita "features rich conjunto-style vocal harmonies and a stripped-down 'garage band conjunto' feel."[19] Texas Monthly deemed it "an exceptional back-to-basics piece of cantina fare—dusty, dirty conjunto that wraps vocal harmonies and a bajo-sexto twelve-string rhythm around Flaco’s pile-driving squeeze-box leads."[20]
AllMusic called the album "good traditional accordion-based Tejano music from the king of the genre."[15]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Borracho #1" | |
| 2. | "Mala Movida" | |
| 3. | "Tico Taco Polka" | |
| 4. | "En Avión Hasta Acapulco" | |
| 5. | "Buena Suerte, Señorita" | |
| 6. | "El Gallo Copetón" | |
| 7. | "Dos Cosas" | |
| 8. | "Contigo Nomás" | |
| 9. | "Mis Brazos Te Esperan" | |
| 10. | "Swiss Waltz" |
References
edit- ^ Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; Trillo, Richard; Duane, Orla; McConnachie, James (June 6, 1999). World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. Rough Guides.
- ^ Baca, Max (May 15, 2021). Crossing Borders: My Journey in Music. University of New Mexico Press.
- ^ Koster, Rick (May 8, 2000). Texas Music. Macmillan.
- ^ Beal Jr., Jim (June 30, 1996). "Texas Tornados deal 'Four Aces'". Music. San Antonio Express-News.
- ^ Burr, Ramiro (May 18, 1996). "Jimenez returns to Conjunto on Arista-Texas set". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 20. p. 11.
- ^ Verna, Paul (May 11, 1996). "Buena Suerte, Senorita". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 19. p. 40.
- ^ a b MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 2000. p. 347.
- ^ Burr, Ramiro (1999). The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music. Billboard Books. p. 120.
- ^ Mitchell, Rick (May 30, 1996). "Flaco Jimenez to headline Miller concert". Houston. Houston Chronicle. p. 1.
- ^ Terrell, Steve (3 May 1996). "Terrell's Tune-Up". Pasatiempo. The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 37.
- ^ a b Levesque, Roger (2 Nov 1996). "Flaco Jimenez: Buena Suerte Senorita". Edmonton Journal. p. C2.
- ^ Portillo Jr., Ernesto (June 20, 1996). "Buena Suerte, Senorita Flaco Jimenez". Entertainment. The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. 14.
- ^ Hoekstra, Dave (August 2, 1996). "Get your ears in gear for a great weekend". Weekend Plus. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 6.
- ^ Ragland, Cathy (May 28, 1996). "Tejano music's big night – Pura Vida will honor Latino legends, sounds". Austin American-Statesman. p. E8.
- ^ a b "Flaco Jiménez Buena Suerte Senorita". AllMusic.
- ^ a b "Buena Suerte, Senorita". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ "Flaco Jimenez". The Austin Chronicle.
- ^ Beyer, Susan (27 July 1996). "Tejano ambassador offers a taste of warm summer". Ottawa Citizen. p. E3.
- ^ Loewenthal, Robyn (15 Feb 1996). "Accordionist Plugs Into the Mainstream With Tex-Mex Style". Los Angeles Times. p. 1B.
- ^ Patoski, Joe Nick (Jun 1996). "Hot CDs". Texas Monthly. Vol. 24, no. 6. p. 21.