This is a true curiosity of the Cuban music boom of the ’90s. In a conscious attempt to cash in on the cigar fad, a group of songs about tobacco was assembled by a good instrumental group and over-layered by a Cuban version of the Swingle Singers, with lush, over the top vocals wholly out of place with the subject matter and the music. If you adore Manhattan Transfer and don’t love Cuban songs enough to be offended, you’ll enjoy puffing a stogie while this disc spins in the background. –Louis Gibson

Cigar Music: Tobacco Songs From Old Havana