Américas is an album by the musical duo Strunz & Farah, released in 1992.[3][4] They supported the album with a North American tour.[1] Strunz & Farah promoted the album as "'a celebration of five centuries of Spanish guitar in the Americas.'"[5] Although often referred to as a flamenco duo, Jorge Strunz felt that the designation did not account for the Latin American influences.[6]
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best World Music Album".[7] It sold around 500,000 copies and peaked in the top five of Billboard's World Music Albums chart.[8][9] Américas was a hit on adult contemporary music radio formats.[10]
The album was produced by Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah.[11] Most of its songs were written by Strunz; he was influenced by Mario Escudero and Sabicas and the Latin music of his youth.[12][13] The duo played Pedro Maldonado flamenco guitars.[6]
The Indianapolis Star wrote that "the music is seamless ... Strunz and Farah's sounds turn magical when they're speedily playing the same notes (as in short snippets in 'Balada')."[15] The Los Angeles Times determined that "the two guitarists have finally found the right balance between compositional interest, bubbling Latin-based rhythms and distinctive, ear-pleasing solos."[16]
Guitar Player lamented that the album "suffers from a sanitized production, a sonic politeness at odds with Spanish guitar's visceral impact."[17] The Boston Globe noted that "flamenco ... works as the unifying thread."[12] The Houston Chronicle stated that the duo "again draw from the distantly-related traditions of Spanish flamenco, Afro-Cuban salsa (and similar Latin folk forms) and middle Eastern music."[18]
AllMusic wrote that the album "melds the flair, dexterity and cultural roots of their combined Latin American and Middle Eastern heritages with the surrounding septet of tremendous musicians."[14]
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