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Tropic Nights is a studio album by Mexican singer Elvira Ríos, released in 1940 by Decca Records. The album was received positively by critics.

Tropic Nights
Studio album by
Released1940
Recorded21–22 May 1940
Genre
  • Bolero
  • foxtrot
  • waltz
LabelDecca
Elvira Ríos chronology
Tropic Nights
(1940)
Sensualidad
(1952)

Critical reception


Tropic Nights received positive reviews in the early 1940s. Stage commended both Ríos' performance and Morand's orchestra: "Miss Rios displays perfect diction, great charm, and above all, a lovely voice. The orchestra accompanies in the best Latin tradition".[1] Harper's Bazaar described the album's tracks as "Mexican and Cuban melodies smolderingly interpreted by Elvira Rios".[2] Commonweal recommended it: "Decca has a good album called Tropic Nights, Mexican songs suavely delivered by Elvira Rios".[3]

Decca reissued the album in the late 1940s and 1950s. In his 1947 book Records for Pleasure, music editor John Ball, Jr. wrote: "Miss Rios has mastered completely the intimate style of half-voice singing that can make of a Spanish song a most potent and intoxicating brew".[4] In 1952, High Fidelity reviewed the album and highlighted Ríos' talent and prestige:

"If you enjoy Latin American music in a quiet vocal presentation, you may enjoy this record. Miss Rios brings admirable restraint of performance to these eight south-of-the-border standards and takes her place as an outstanding vocalist along with some of the well-known [Mexican] males: Nestor Chayres, Tito Guizar, and others".[5]


Track listing


Disc 18082
No.TitleWriter(s)RecordedLength
1."Tú no comprendes" (You Don't Understand)Rafael Hernández21 May 1940[6] 
2."Perfidia" (Tonight)Alberto Domínguez21 May 1940[6] 
Disc 18083
No.TitleWriter(s)RecordedLength
3."Flores negras"Sergio De Karlo21 May 1940[6] 
4."Farolito"Agustín Lara22 May 1940[6] 
Disc 18084
No.TitleWriter(s)RecordedLength
5."Noche de ronda"María Teresa Lara22 May 1940[6] 
6."Murmullo" (Let Me Whisper)Electo Rosell22 May 1940[6] 
Disc 18085
No.TitleWriter(s)RecordedLength
7."Vereda tropical" (Havana For A Night)
  • Juan Peso
  • Gonzalo Curiel
21 May 1940[6] 
8."Te vi pasar"Agustín Lara22 May 1940[6] 

References


  1. Stage, Volume 1. Ince Publishing Company. 1940. p. 27.
  2. Harper's Bazaar. Hearst Corporation. 1941. p. 123.
  3. "Commonweal". Vol. 33. Commonweal Publishing Corporation. 1941. p. 133. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. Ball, Jr., John (1947). Records for Pleasure. Rutgers Univ. Press. p. 194.
  5. High Fidelity, Volume 2. ABC Leisure Magazines. 1952. p. 72.
  6. "Recordings by 'Elvira Rios W Jose Morand Orch'". The Honking Duck. Retrieved 3 January 2018.





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