Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall is a live album by Buena Vista Social Club. The double album documents the band's complete performance at Carnegie Hall, New York City, on July 1, 1998. The album was produced by guitarist Ry Cooder and released ten years after its recording, on October 13, 2008, through World Circuit.

The performance featured veteran Cuban performers such as Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben González, Compay Segundo, and Omara Portuondo. Parts of the concert were featured in Wim Wenders' Oscar-nominated documentary, also called Buena Vista Social Club.

Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall

In 2009, it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe. As of March 2015 it has sold 47,000 copies in United States.

Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall

Track listing

Disc one

"Chan Chan" – 4:45

"De camino a la vereda" – 4:58

"El cuarto de Tula" – 8:00

"La engañadora" – 2:44

"Buena Vista Social Club" – 5:59

"Dos gardenias" – 4:23

"Quizás, quizás, quizás" – 3:47

"Veinte años" – 4:06

Disc two

"Orgullecida" – 3:23

"¿Y tú qué has hecho?" – 3:33

"Siboney" – 2:32

"Mandinga" – 5:29

"Almendra" – 5:49

"El carretero" – 5:38

"Candela" – 7:00

"Silencio" – 4:55

Charts

See also

List of number-one Billboard Tropical Albums from the 2000s

Notes

2008 live albums

Buena Vista Social Club live albums

Nonesuch Records live albums

World Circuit (record label) live albums

Spanish-language live albums

Albums produced by Ry Cooder

Albums recorded at Carnegie Hall

Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall