# The 7 Best Flamenco Tracks of All Time

Andalusian song, guitar and dance built by Roma and rural poor communities in the nineteenth century, organised into palos — forms with their own metre and mood, from the near-unaccompanied grief of siguiriyas to the party of bulerías.

- **Origin:** Andalusia, Spain, 1800
- **Tempo:** 60–200 BPM
- **Also known as:** cante jondo, andalusian, cante flamenco
- **Tracks:** 7
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/genre/flamenco/

## The list

### 1. [Paco de Lucía](https://waxonia.com/artist/paco-de-lucia/) — [Entre Dos Aguas](https://waxonia.com/track/paco-de-lucia--entre-dos-aguas/)

*1973 · Philips*

A rumba recorded to fill space on an album, which became the record that made flamenco guitar a world instrument. De Lucía plays it as though the difficulty were beneath mentioning.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Paco%20de%20Luc%C3%ADa%20Entre%20Dos%20Aguas) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyhlad64-s)

### 2. [Camarón de la Isla](https://waxonia.com/artist/camaron-de-la-isla/) — [La Leyenda del Tiempo](https://waxonia.com/track/camaron-de-la-isla--la-leyenda-del-tiempo/)

*1979 · Philips*

Lorca's words, an electric bass, a sitar, and purists burning the record in the street. Flamenco's most consequential act of vandalism, by the greatest singer it produced.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Camar%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20Isla%20La%20Leyenda%20del%20Tiempo) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=0usfxEYijXY)

### 3. [Camarón de la Isla](https://waxonia.com/artist/camaron-de-la-isla/) — [Como el Agua](https://waxonia.com/track/camaron-de-la-isla--como-el-agua/)

*1981 · Philips*

Camarón and Paco de Lucía at the height of a partnership that reorganised the whole art. A voice with sand in it against the cleanest guitar in Spain.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Camar%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20Isla%20Como%20el%20Agua) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=WEkvtUB07BI)

### 4. [Antonio Mairena](https://waxonia.com/artist/antonio-mairena/) — [Seguiriyas](https://waxonia.com/track/antonio-mairena--seguiriyas/)

*1958*

The keeper of the orthodoxy doing the hardest palo there is. No guitar for long stretches, no rhythm you can tap, and it is the deep end of the whole tradition.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Antonio%20Mairena%20Seguiriyas) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-iF_rlHze1w)

### 5. [La Paquera de Jerez](https://waxonia.com/artist/la-paquera-de-jerez/) — [Bulerías de Jerez](https://waxonia.com/track/la-paquera-de-jerez--bulerias-de-jerez/)

*1965*

A voice that could carry across a courtyard without amplification. Bulerías is the party form, and La Paquera makes the party sound like a confrontation.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/La%20Paquera%20de%20Jerez%20Buler%C3%ADas%20de%20Jerez) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=EKKaldmfun8)

### 6. [Ramón Montoya](https://waxonia.com/artist/ramon-montoya/) — [Rondeña](https://waxonia.com/track/ramon-montoya--rondena/)

*1936*

Montoya invented the flamenco guitar solo — before him the instrument accompanied and did not speak. Everything Paco de Lucía did later starts here.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Ram%C3%B3n%20Montoya%20Ronde%C3%B1a) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=YHAH5sxoA90)

### 7. [Kiko Veneno](https://waxonia.com/artist/kiko-veneno/) — [Volando Voy](https://waxonia.com/track/kiko-veneno--volando-voy/)

*1977*

Written by Veneno, made immortal by Camarón, and the point where flamenco admits pop into the room. Light, and far more subversive than it sounds.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Kiko%20Veneno%20Volando%20Voy) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=rb-yeYH6K_g)

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