- Category: Music » Latin Music » Mexican
- Format: CD Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
- Release Date: June 27, 2006
- Label: Sony BMG Latin
- UPC: 828768424421
- WAPI (Tower ID): 105913421
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #80039 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #1408 in Latin Music (See Top 100 Latin Music Bestsellers)
- #245 in Mexican (See Top 100 Mexican Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "The Living Legend" by Vicente Fernandez to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Living Legend"Browse more products related to "Vicente Fernandez"ReviewVibe (p.160) - "He's the champion interpreter of the timeworn ranchera, a wildly melodramatic country blues, peppered with sunburned trumpets and sweeping violins." Title NoteWith his booming operatic voice, matinee idol looks (he bears an uncanny resemblance, mustache and all, to Burt Reynolds), and over the top flamboyance (no one looks better in a sombrero, or owns more of them), Vicente Fern ndez has been Mexico's leading ranchera singer for some four decades. He's also a major star within the Mexican-American community -- he's got a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame (Fern ndez has appeared in dozens of films in Mexico) and routinely sells out large arenas throughout the U.S., where adoring fans (particularly females) have been known to faint at the mere sight of him, holster on his hip, fronting a super-sized strings-and-horns orchestra and belting out his hits. Unfortunately, despite a discography numbering upwards of 100 albums, Fern ndez, when he's considered at all by the mainstream American press, has been derided as a camp act and has received little recognition outside of media serving his core audience. Astoundingly, this is the first comprehensive box set devoted to the singer's work, really the first serious survey of his recordings, and if there is any justice, it will spur a reconsideration north of the border of this icon's contributions. Its 36 tracks were hand-picked by Fern ndez, whose intention was to showcase the diversity of songs, and emotions, in his considerable repertoire. Its three discs are divvied thematically -- M‚xico Lindo y Querido (Pretty and Wanted Mexico), A Tu Salud (To Your Health), and Mujeres Divinas (Divine Women) -- to emphasize Fern ndez's ongoing connection to the people of Mexico and their everyday thoughts, feelings, and concerns. With his larger-than-life baritone, he wrings the last drop of melodrama out of every song, covering the waterfront from love to loss, tragedy to triumph. A single-disc version of The Living Legend is also available, but the more in-depth boxed collection (which includes excellent biographical liner notes by Ramiro Burr and dozens of wild photos) is worth the commitment if one really wants to understand why Vicente Fern ndez is so revered, such a phenomenon, that at home he's called "the Mexican Sinatra." ~ Jeff Tamarkin If You Enjoy "The Living Legend (Box Set) (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Living Legend (Box Set) (CD)" by Vicente Fernandez (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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