''Allegria'' is a compilation album by the
Gipsy Kings
Gipsy Kings (originally Los Reyes) are a musical group founded in 1979 in Arles, France. The band, whose members have Catalans, Catalan heritage, play a blend of Catalan rumba, flamenco, Salsa music, salsa, and Pop music, pop. They perform mos ...
, released in 1990 for US audience. It is a merged album of the original
Allegria
''Allegria'' (Italian; "joy") is the debut studio album by the Gipsy Kings, released in 1982 in Europe.
Overview
This album and its successor, '' Luna de Fuego'', are very different from their later albums. They are both "unplugged" and traditi ...
album from 1982 and
Luna de Fuego from 1983. The decision was also made to delete four tracks from the two European recordings, possibly to make the double recording fit onto one CD. The four songs which didn't make the cut were "Djobi Djoba", "Pharaon", "Recuerda", and "Gipsyrock".
Unlike the Gipsy Kings' other U.S. releases, Allegria has the same acoustic style as their first European albums.
Track listing
External links
Allegria at gipsykings.net
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Gipsy Kings albums
1990 live albums