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Entertainment WeeklyJan 20, 2012Call it Buena Vista Shredding Club. [27 Jan 2012, p.71]
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Q MagazineFeb 22, 2012Groundbreaking and mind-boggling. [Mar 2012, p.111]
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Feb 10, 2012Area 52 is hands down the duo's most grandiose, outlandish opus yet.
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Jan 23, 2012This album expands the very definition of musical collaboration.
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Jan 23, 2012A seething, soundtracky, high-gloss, high-energy orchestral Latin "fusion", full of licks and stabs and twiddly bits.
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Jan 20, 2012A classy, varied and upbeat set.
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Jan 25, 2012The charm of the band's guitar work sometimes gets lost in the middle of C.U.B.A.'s added instrumentation.
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Feb 2, 2012It's an enjoyable album, and the playing is astoundingly good.
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Feb 7, 2012Here they are in sonic competition with a dense mix of world-class musicians, making the overall result great, but washing out the instrumental singularity that they are known for.
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Jan 25, 2012As an Afro-Cuban record, it's solid.
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Feb 10, 2012Mis-steps like the sticky Santana-worship on 'Hanuman' are far less palatable, but when the combinations match up, it proves exactly how impressive this band have become.
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MojoJan 31, 2012They're still best when the basic Paco Pena influences surface. [Feb 2012, p.94]
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Jan 26, 2012Their sense of adventure seemingly knows no bounds, yet when, after six leisurely minutes of jazz-rock noodling, 11.11 suddenly segues into a passage of Cuban folk singing backed by a lone drummer, the strong whiff of pretension might hang rather too heavy in the air for some tastes.
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Jan 23, 2012With clean production and virtuoisitic precision, imagine a Latin, metal, jazz inspired mellow mele, on acoustic instruments.
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Jan 23, 2012It's a qualified success.
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UncutJan 20, 2012There's a punch that saves them [from] drifting into coffee-table politesse. [Feb 2011, p.98]
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Jan 20, 2012This album will infuriate many but bewitch some.
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Jan 30, 2012The often overly-enthusiastic arrangements threaten to smother the qualities that made Rodrigo y Gabriela special in the first place with the quiet brutality of their guitar playing often lost in the extended jam-band style... structures.
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Jan 24, 2012It's a nice project that might have been put to better use as a one night only concert, because it's certainly not the crucial next step in the continued evolution of this otherwise fascinating duo.