Buena Suerte, Señorita
1996 studio album by Flaco Jiménez From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
The 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
| 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
| 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
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