The Prosthetic Cubans

Infobox Album |
Name = The Prosthetic Cubans
Type = studio
Artist = Marc Ribot


Released = June 16, 1998
Recorded =
Genre = Lounge music, Latin jazz
Length = 46:41
Label = Atlantic
Producer = J. D. Foster
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hcftxqljldfe~T1 link]
Last album = "Shoe String Symphonettes"
(1997)
This album = "The Prosthetic Cubans"
(1998)
Next album = "Yo! I Killed Your God"
(1999)

"The Prosthetic Cubans" is a studio album recorded in New York City by Marc Ribot with Los Cubanos Postizos and features compositions by Arsenio Rodriguez. It was the first album by The Prosthetic Cubans and was followed by "Muy Divertido! in 2000.

Track listing

# "Aurora en Pekín" (Alfredo Bolona) – 5:31
# "Aquí Como Allá" (Arsenio Rodriguez) – 4:51
# "Como Se Gozo en el Barrio" (Rodriguez) – 3:29
# "Postizo" (Marc Ribot) – 4:55
# "No Me Llores Más" (Luis Martinez Griñán) – 5:39
# "Los Teenagers Bailan Changui" (Rodriguez) – 4:49
# "Fiesta en el Solar" (Rodriguez) – 5:05
# "La Vida Es un Sueño" (Rodriguez) – 3:30
# "Esclavo Tristé" (Rodriguez) – 6:06
# "Choserito Plena" (Inacio Ríos) – 2:46

Personnel

*Marc Ribot – guitar, trumpet, vocals
*Brad Jones (all but (10)) – bass
*EJ Rodriguez – percussion, vocals
*Robert J. Rodriguez (all but (6)) – claves, drums, percussion, vocals
*John Medeski (2,4,5,8) – organ, meloton
*Anthony Coleman (3,6) – organ
*Madeline Hunt-Ehrlich (4) – vocals
*Mattan Ingram (4) – vocals
*Miles Ingram (4) – vocals
*Gregory Ribot (10) – baritone saxophone