01 (3:11) Si Tu Me Quieres 
02 (2:58) Pueblos 
03 (2:51) Mira La Chica 
04 (3:22) Cafe
05 (2:46) Chan Chan 
06 (3:57) Canastero 
07 (3:37) Donde Esta Mi Amor 
08 (3:26) Amor 
09 (3:28) La Tounga 
10 (3:24) Sol Y Luna 
11 (3:17) Guaranga 
12 (3:05) Pasajero 
13 (3:04) Recuerdos A Zucarados 
14 (3:40) La Vida De Gipsy

Diego Baliardo - Charango, Guitar, Palmas, Vocals
Paco Baliardo - Charango, Guitar, Palmas, Vocals
Tonino Baliardo - Charango, Guitar, Palmas, Vocals
Michael Delakian - 	Trumpet
Philippe Eidel - Accordion, Bouzouki, Charango, Keyboards, Mandolin, Percussion, Piano
Pierre-Olivier Govin - Saxophone
Bernard Paganotti - Bass, Bass (Upright)
Jasko Ramic - Accordion
Patrice Renson - Drums
Andre Reyes - Charango, Guitar, Palmas, Vocals
Francois Canut Reyes - Charango, Guitar, Palmas, Vocals
Nicolás Reyes - Charango, Guitar, Palmas, Vocals
Patchai Reyes - Charango, Guitar, Palmas, Vocals
Antonio Rivas - Accordion
Ava Saty - Duduk 

It's been two years since the Gipsy Kings' masterpiece Roots, an album where they kissed big, extravagant production, as well as big drums and keyboards, goodbye. Apparently old habits are hard to break. On the cover of 2007's Pasajero, the Kings look back to the natural thang. They are posed on a picnic table in the middle of some wild grass and trees, playing together, laughing, and singing. Covers can be deceiving, and this is one of them. Pasajero is a big return to glossy sound, extravagant production, big drums, dub bass, and electronic programming and percussion. There's no problem if you dig your Kings that way, of course. The group lays down impeccable nuevo flamenco fusion with all sorts of world traditions, such as reggae on "Pueblos," with a splashy horn section playing in fine dub-cum-mariachi style and a bubbling bassline over the drums. The Reyes family knows what it wants, apparently, as the horns and keyboards dig deeper into both reggae and son grooves on "Mira la Chica." Not only do they not give up their danceable edge, they seem intent on making it so pronounced that it overrules everything else. The raw vocals are there, but they seem at odds with the sheen of the production by Philippe Eidel and the Kings. The return to the slicker stylings and the integration of more forms are utterly comprehensible when one considers how much Latin popular music has changed in the past couple of years. The Kings are used to being on top of the charts, and they aren't about to throw in the towel to go back to folk music. That said, there are rootsy tunes here, though they are in the minority. That doesn't mean this record is a loss: far from it. On "Café," the band (with Eidel on accordion) goes backward, strutting through a joyous singalong son. "Canastero" is a mid-tempo ballad full of passion, pathos, and the kind of longing that's hard to find anywhere but in the Kings' best songs. One of the more experimental tunes, "Sol y Luna," features the upright bass playing of Bernard Paganotti (he's amazing throughout the album), and also a shimmering kit drum played by Patrice Renson, with Ava Saty's duduk playing a stunning little melody throughout this heady romantic tune. It may, in fact, be the finest moment on the record -- and an all too brief one. The percussion and upright bass playing on "Guaranga" are fine ballast for the fiery flamenco guitaristry on the instrumental. In sum, Pasajero is a mixed bag, in terms of an eclectic mix of tunes. The big-band numbers don't work quite so well, but they aren't in the majority here either. [Pasajero was re-released in 2007 on Nonesuch as an enhanced CD with bonus video footage] ---Thom Jurek, Rovi

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01. Djobi Djoba 
02. Baila Me 
03. Bamboleo 
04. Pida Me La 
05. Bem,Bem,Maria 
06. Volare 
07. Moorea 
08. A Mi Manera 
09. Un Amor 
10. Galaxia 
11. Escucha Me 
12. Tu Quieres Volver 
13. Soy 
14. La Quiero 
15. Allegria 
16. Vamos A Bailar 
17. La Dona 
18. Medley

Whenever I see "Greatest Hits" type albums, I wonder how much input the artists themselves have over the track selection. Sometimes I guess the answer is "not much." This Gipsy Kings compilation, however, is a good representation of the band's repertoire. Gipsy Kings Greatest Hits includes a similar track listing as Best of the Gipsy Kings, including the same medley available on the U.S. release. Several changes have been made, however, including the versions of Escucha Me and La Quiero different than those available in the States, and Pida me La, which is totally unavailable in the U.S. Much to my irritation, Greatest Hits contains both Volaré and A Mi Manera, which, while decent covers, don't in my opinion represent the Gipsy Kings' true potential and have no business on an album of this style, although you won't catch me saying so in print. Why the powers that be decided to release both Greatest Hits and Best of the Gipsy Kings is beyond me, but for the record I prefer Best of the Gipsy Kings. Regardless, Greatest Hits is a good compilation, especially because it contains several tracks not otherwise available in America. ---gipsykings.net

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01. Bamboleo (3:25)
02. Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu) (3:39)
03. Baila Me (3:45)
04. Solo Por Ti (Amiwawa) (4:00)
05. Vamos A Bailar (4:55)
06. A Mi Manera (Comme D'Habitude) (3:52)
07. Tu Quieres Volver (3:13)
08. Bem, Bem, Maria (3:04)		play
09. Soy (3:11)
10. Moorea (4:02)
11. Sin Ella (Live) (4:36)
12. Djobi, Djoba (3:26)
13. Hit Mix '99 (3:55)
14. La Quiero (3:44)
15. Oh Eh Oh Eh (3:20)
16. Pida Me La (3:11)		play
17. Petite Noya (3:39)
18. Como Ayer (3:25)
19. Come Siento Yo (3:22)
20. Hotel California (Spanish Mix) (5:48)

Members:
    Nicolas Reyes - lead vocals, guitar
    Paul Reyes - backup vocals, guitar
    François "Canut" Reyes - backup vocals, guitar
    Patchai Reyes - backup vocals, guitar
    Andre Reyes - backup vocals, guitar
    Diego Baliardo - guitar
    Paco Baliardo - guitar
    Tonino Baliardo - lead guitar

The Gipsy Kings are largely responsible for bringing the joyful sounds of progressive pop-oriented flamenco to the world. The band started out in Arles, a village in southern France, during the '70s when brothers Nicolas and Andre Reyes, the sons of renowned flamenco artist Jose Reyes, teamed up with their cousins Jacques, Maurice, and Tonino Baliardo, whose father is Manitas de Plata. They originally called themselves Los Reyes and started out as a Gypsy band traveling about playing weddings, festivals, and in the streets. Because they lived so much like Gypsies, the band adopted the name the Gipsy Kings. Later, they were hired to add color to posh parties in St. Tropez. Popularity did not come to Los Reyes right away, and their first two albums attracted little notice. At this point the Gipsies played traditional -- albeit passionate -- flamenco music punctuated by Tonino's precise guitar playing and Nicolas' exceptional voice. Though they had devoted fans, they still had yet to gain wider recognition until 1986 when they hooked up with visionary producer Claude Martinez, who could see that the Kings had the makings of a world-class band.

Thanks to Martinez, the Kings began to relax a bit and take on a more contemporary edge, combining their traditional songs with sounds from the Middle East, Latin America, North Africa, a hint of rock, and their inimitable joy. It was, in a music industry filled with flamenco purists who resisted any kind of change, a very daring move, and many felt the Gipsy Kings would fall flat and disappear. But the naysayers were wrong. In 1987, they released "Djobi Djoba" and "Bamboleo" on an independent label and scored two smash hits in France. Their success led them to sign with Sony Music and release their eponymous debut album later that year. Again, they had tremendous sales in France, and then found their album was appearing on the Top Ten album charts in 12 European countries, including England, which is traditionally unreceptive to international music.

In the late '80s, the Gipsy Kings, debuted in the U.S. at the New York New Music Seminar. This led them to sign to Sony in America. In 1989, they were invited to perform at the inaugural ball for George Bush, but they chose to return home to rest and be with their families. Later that year, they held an SRO concert at the Royal Albert Hall, where the Gipsy Kings hobnobbed with some of the world's biggest pop stars, including Elton John and Eric Clapton. To top off their great year, the Kings' debut album spent 40 weeks on the U.S. charts and went gold, becoming one of the few Spanish albums to do so. The Kings have had an active release schedule ever since, including the albums Mosaique (1989), Live! (1992), Love & Liberte (1994), Tierra Gitana (1996), Cantos de Amor (1998), Somos Gitanos (2001), Roots (2004), and Pasajero (2007). --- Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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CD1
01. Un Amor
02. Djobi Djoba
03. Escucha Me
04. Viento del Arena
05. Este Mundo
06. Trista Pena
07. Galaxia
08. Tu Quieres Volver
09. Habla Me
10. A Mi Manera (Comme D’Habitude)
11. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)
12. Pida Me La
13. La Dona
14. Ternuras (Instrumental)
15. Baila Me                 play
16. Madre Mia
17. Inspiration

CD2
01. Bamboleo                 play
02. Medley
03. Caminando Por La Calle
04. Vamos A Bailar
05. No Vivire
06. Love And Liberte
07. Bem, Bem, Maria
08. Camino
09. Oy
10. Passion
11. Moorea
12. La Quiero
13. Allegria
14. Quiero Saber
15. Soy

Gipsy Kings is a group of Spanish-language musicians from Arles and Montpellier, France. Although group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos, Spanish Romani people who fled Catalonia during the 1930s Spanish Civil War, with the exception of Chico Bouchikhi who is of Moroccan and Algerian descent. They are known for bringing Rumba Catalana, a pop-oriented music distantly derived from traditional flamenco music, to worldwide audiences. Their music has a particular Rumba Flamenca style, with pop influences; many songs of the Gipsy Kings fit social dances, such as Salsa and Rumba. Their music has been described as a place where "Spanish flamenco and Romani rhapsody meet salsa funk".

Gipsy Kings - to francuski zespół muzyczny. Muzycy z pochodzenia są hiszpańskimi Cyganami, których przodkowie uciekli z Katalonii podczas hiszpańskiej wojny domowej. Ich styl, Rumba Catalana to bardziej popowa odmiana tradycyjnego flamenco. Członkowie zespołu należą do dwóch spokrewnionych rodzin, Reyes i Baliardo.

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1. Somos Gitanos 
2. Magia Del Ritmo
3.  Libertad 
4. Poquito A Poco 
5. Lleva Me El Compas 
6. Felices Dias 
7. Solo Solo Dire 
8. Majiwi 
9. Como Un Silencio 
10. Jo Busco Un Camino
11. Flamencos En El Aire 
12. Mi Fandango 
13. One Love

Nicolas Reyes, lead vocal (1-5, 8-10), backing vocal (12)
Tonino Baliardo, lead guitar (all)
Patchaï Reyes, lead vocal, backing vocals (7)
André Reyes, backing vocal (1-5, 8-10, 12), rhythmic guitar and palms (3), lead guitar (12)
Gipsy Kings, rhythmic guitar and palms
Georges Reyes, rhythmic guitar & palms (1-6, 8, 10, 12), rhythmic guitar (6, 7, 9, 11), backing vocal (8, 12)
Dominique Vernhes, accordion (1)
Dominique Droin, organ (1), keyboards (4, 8, 9, 11), piano (10), acoustic guitar (11)
Gérard Prévost, bass (all)
Rodolfo Pacheco, congas (1, 8, 10, 12)
Thierry ‘Titi’ Robin, bouzouk and oud (2)
Rabah Kalfa, derbouka, bender, and rek (2)
Abdel Hamid Hmaoui, ney (2)
Laurent de Gaspéris, electric guitar (2)
Denis Benarrosh, percussion (3, 5, 6, 9, 11)
Eric Berdeaux, tambourine (4)
Bob Boisadan, accordion (7, 12), piano (7)
Jorge ‘Negrito’ Trasante, drums (7), timbales (8, 12), bells (12)
Marc Jacquemin, drums (8)
Myriam Serfass, harp (9)
André Ceccarelli, drums (10)
Loïc Ponthieux, overdub cymbals (10)

Somos Gitanos is the Gipsy Kings’ first studio recording since the 1997 album Compas. Continuing to blend French, Spanish, and North African influences in their music, tracks like “Majiwi” merge the sounds of traditional Flamenco with Middle Eastern modalities, while “Lleva me a compass” has a strong Latinate flavor. Other tracks such as “Mi Fandango” are more roots-based evocations of the cante jondo tradition. Lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo showcases his virtuoso technique on the instrumental ballads “Flamencos en el Aire” and “Felices Dias.” ---nonesuch.com

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