Artist

Carlos Gardel

Carlos Gardel appears 2 times in our Tango list, placing as high as No. 4. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

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Volver
1935 · Odeon
Ranked No. 4 in Tango
Gardel died in a plane crash months after recording it, which has not helped anyone hear it clearly. Strip the myth away and the phrasing is still unmatched.
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El Día Que Me Quieras
1935 · Odeon
Ranked No. 7 in Tango
The other side of Gardel: no irony, no port-district hardness, just a tune of enormous warmth. Written with Alfredo Le Pera, who died in the same crash.
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