Carlos Vives’ Fantasy Island Tracks

If you were stranded on a desert island, which tracks would you absolutely need, to get you through those times of despair? Man cannot live on sun and fish alone right? Our castaway, Carlos Vives, one of the most emblematic artists in Colombia and one of the most important figures in Latin music, with more than 20 million albums sold around the world, puts in his requests for musical salvation...

by Carlos Vives

1. ‘The Brandenburg Concerto’ by Johann Sebastian Bach.

“This is a collection of six works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721. They are sublime pieces of music that I’d play to relax me in times of desperation.”

2. ‘La mujer y la Primavera’ by Alejo Duran

“I've covered many songs of this great artist and this is a song that inspires me to sing to nature, to my loved one (or the memory of a loved one) and to the eternal spring.”

3. ‘Yo No Quiero Volverme Tan Loco’ by Charly Garcia

“He is truly one of the great Latin American artists of the 20th century, whose music marked the lives of many of us artists. I've chosen this song becaise I imagine being on a desert island, at some point the loneliness is going to drive you mad, which is why I’d have to have this song by this Argentine maestro and one of the greatest songwriters this continent has produced.”

4. ‘Un Millon de Amigos’ by Roberto Carlos

“It’s always good to think about your friends, old ones and new ones, it’s a good medicine for loneliness. And what better way that to be sung to by this great Brazilian singer, the king”