Grupo Exterminador - De Parranda Con El Diablo 3 (CD)

All Music Guide

Some listeners refuse to listen to any recordings that are performed in a foreign languageif they can't understand all the words, they aren't interested. But not everyone feels that way; there are people who love Edith Piaf's recordings but speak no French or enjoy Talip Ozkan but don't understand a word of Turkish. And even if one doesn't speak any Spanish at all, he/she can still appreciate De Parranda Con el Diablo on a musical and rhythmic level and find Grupo Exterminador's norteño/TexMex to be highly infectious. That said, knowing some Spanish certainly doesn't hurt where this CD is concernedit isn't necessary, but it doesn't hurt. In the ‘90s and 2000s, Exterminador has offered some of the liveliest, most colorful storytelling in norteño music, which combines Mexican ranchera with German polkaand on Narco Corridos, Vol. 3: De Parranda Con el Diablo, they continue to do it with a healthy dose of humor. Indeed, Exterminador brings a uniquely Mexican sense of humor to “La Leona," “...El Garañon de Michoacan" and other memorable corridos. Clearly, they've learned a thing or two from los Tigres del Norte, a norteño/TexMex powerhouse that is famous for their roughandtumble tales of Mexican life. Not everything on this CD is hardcore norteño; “Necesito Un Amor" and “Nos Tienen Envidia" find them detouring into popminded tejano and grupero territory, and “La Manguera" is a vibrant example of cumbia mexicana (a Mexican interpretation of the Colombian cumbia rhythm). Nonetheless, De Parranda Con el Diablo is a norteño album first and foremostnorteño is what they do best, and they do it with a lot of heart on this excellent CD. - Alex Henderson, All Music Guide Read more Less