''The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera'' is an album by the
Venezuela
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n band
Los Amigos Invisibles
Los Amigos Invisibles (Spanish for "The Invisible Friends") is a Venezuelan band which plays a blend of disco, acid jazz and funk mixed with Latin rhythms. In addition to releasing eleven critically acclaimed albums, the band have been lauded ...
, released in 1998.
Critical reception
The ''
Sun Sentinel
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'' called the album "dance music as self-referentially playful and goofy as anything the B-52s have ever recorded."
Robert Christgau thought that "as members of the international brotherhood of bored middle-class collegians, their specialty is crappy music with a concept."
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The Washington Post
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'' concluded that "in addition to strolling bass, percolating congas, squawking sax and cooing female back-up vocals, the group incorporates hip-hop tricks into such tracks as 'No Me Pagan'."
The ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' determined that "sex and American funk are this Venezuelan sextet's obsessions, and they are fused in a cheeky U.S. debut album filled with wacky disco references and quasi-pornographic lyrics."
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Track listing
#"Güelcome"
#"Ultra-Funk"
#"Mi Linda"
#"Sexy"
#"Las Lycras del Avila"
#"Groupie"
#"Otra Vez"
#"Cachete A Cachete"
#"Balada De Chusy"
#"Asomacho"
#"Ponerte En Cuatro"
#"Mango Cool"
#"Nerio Compra Contestadora"
#"Quiero Desintegar A Tu Novio"
#"El Disco Anal"
#"No Me Pagan"
#"Cha-Chaborro"
#"Aldemaro En Su Camaro"
#"The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera"
References
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1998 albums
Luaka Bop albums
Los Amigos Invisibles albums