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Classics
Compilation album by
Rhythms del Mundo
ReleasedJuly 15, 2009
Recorded2007–2008
Genre Salsa, mambo, son, bolero, Latin, tropical
Label Universal Music
Rhythms del Mundo chronology
Rhythms del Mundo
(2006)
Classics
(2009)

Rhythms del Mundo: Classics is the follow-up album to the internationally successful album Rhythms del Mundo, released in 2009, with the Buena Vista Social Club appearing with artists including the Killers, Amy Winehouse, Keane, Jack Johnson, the Rolling Stones, KT Tunstall and Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Charity

Proceeds from the album benefited the environmental non-profit organization Artists Project Earth, which raises awareness and funds for climate change projects and for disaster relief efforts. The artists on this album fully support the record as a commitment to the music and to the cause that it endorses.

Track listing

All tracks by RDM, featured performers listed below.

  1. " Hotel California" – The Killers
  2. " Cupid" – Amy Winehouse
  3. " Imagine" – Jack Johnson
  4. " Under Pressure" – Keane
  5. " Walk on the Wild Side" – Editors
  6. " I Heard It Through The Grapevine" – Kaiser Chiefs
  7. " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – Cat Power
  8. " Under the Boardwalk" – The Rolling Stones
  9. " Runaway" – The Zutons
  10. " Because the Night" – KT Tunstall
  11. " Bohemian Rhapsody" – Augusto Enriquez
  12. " For What It's Worth" – OneRepublic
  13. " Big Yellow Taxi" – Aquila Rose and Idana Valdes
  14. " Beat It" – Fall Out Boy and John Mayer
  15. " Purple Haze" – RDM
  16. " Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Shanade
  17. " Are You Ready for Love" – The Kooks
  18. " Mi Cherie Amour" – Eros Ramazzotti
  19. " Stairway to Heaven" – Rodrigo y Gabriela

Charts

Chart performance for Rhythms del Mundo Classics
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums ( ARIA) [1] 89
Austrian Albums Chart [2] 30
Belgium (Flanders) Albums Chart [2] 58
French Albums Chart [2] 124
Mexican Albums Chart [2] 4
Swiss Albums Chart [2] 25
US Top Heatseekers ( Billboard) [3] 30

References

  1. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 233.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba (album)". Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  3. ^ "Rhythms del Mundo: Classics > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

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