# The best flamenco albums of all time

The essential flamenco records named by guides and magazines, from La Niña de los Peines to Camarón, Paco de Lucía and Morente.

- 28 votes · 17 items
- Dec 6, 2024 · indie_canalla
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## Top 17

1. **La leyenda del tiempo — Camarón de la Isla** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1979. A turning point: flamenco with rock and Lorca's poems.
2. **Persecución — El Lebrijano** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1976. The history of the Roma, with lyrics by Félix Grande.
3. **Veneno — Veneno** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1977. Kiko Veneno and the Amador brothers invent something new.
4. **Fuente y caudal — Paco de Lucía** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1973. The album with the rumba "Entre dos aguas" that made him famous worldwide.
5. **Omega — Enrique Morente y Lagartija Nick** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1996. Flamenco, rock, Lorca and Leonard Cohen.
6. **Potro de rabia y miel — Camarón** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1992. His last album, with Paco de Lucía and Tomatito.
7. **Luzia — Paco de Lucía** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1998. Dedicated to his mother, with his own voice.
8. **Cantes gitanos — La Niña de los Peines** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A compilation of the most legendary cantaora.
9. **Ciudad de las ideas — Vicente Amigo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2000. Lyrical guitar, a Latin Grammy winner.
10. **Mi cante y un poema — Estrella Morente** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2001. The debut of Enrique's daughter.
11. **Almoraima — Paco de Lucía** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1976. Flamenco guitar looks to North Africa.
12. **Blues de la frontera — Pata Negra** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1987. Flamenco and blues by the Amador brothers.
13. **El mal querer — Rosalía** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2018. Flamenco and electronic pop that went around the world.
14. **Soy gitano — Camarón** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1989. The best-selling album in flamenco history.
15. **Despegando — Enrique Morente** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1977. Morente starting to break the mould.
16. **Songhai — Ketama, Toumani Diabaté y Danny Thompson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1988. Flamenco meets the Malian kora.
17. **Siroco — Paco de Lucía** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1987. For many his finest solo-guitar album.

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