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{{Infobox album
| name       = Cuba
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Silos]]
| cover      = Cuba (album).jpg
|border=yes
| alt        =
| released   = 1987
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[rock music|Rock]], [[alternative country]]
| length     =
| label      = Record Collect<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brodeur |first1=Scott |title=The Silos |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=26 May 1989 |department=Features Weekend |page=26}}</ref>
| producer   =
| prev_title = About Her Steps
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = Tennessee Fire
| next_year  = 1987
}}
'''''Cuba''''' is the second album by the American band [[the Silos]], released in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-silos-mn0000421400/biography|title=The Silos &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Silos – Cuba |url=https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/silos-cuba/ |magazine=No Depression |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref> The band supported the album with a North American tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Milano |first1=Brett |title=The Silos something special |work=The Boston Globe |date=15 Feb 1988 |page=30}}</ref>
==Production==
Parts of ''Cuba'' were recorded in [[Deerfield Beach, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Greg |title=Silos are more than the sum of their influences |work=The Miami News |date=2 Jul 1987 |page=C1}}</ref> Although incorrectly credited on some pressings of the album, lead guitarist Bob Rupe re-recorded all of Rick Wagner's bass parts after Wagner left the band.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sound, Success of the Silos Springs from Restraint |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1988-02-26-8801120389-story.html |work=Sun Sentinel |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref> A video was made for "Tennessee Fire", which became a hit on [[MTV]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezTpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA318|title=New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB|first=Steven|last=Blush|date=October 4, 2016|publisher=Macmillan|via=Google Books}}</ref> "For Always" is about marital bliss.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Browne |first1=David |title=The Silos' 2nd Album Yields Bumper Crop of Fine Rock |work=Daily News |date=20 Jul 1987 |location=New York |page=29}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cuba-mw0000195561|title=Cuba - The Silos &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="CS">{{cite news |last1=McLeese |first1=Don |title=Silos 'Cuba' |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=July 27, 1987 |department=Features |page=31}}</ref>
|rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev3score = B+<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=The+Silos|title=Robert Christgau: CG: The Silos|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=7 |page=454}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=1015}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |pages=634–635}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
|rev7score = 7/10<ref>{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |page=355}}</ref>
}}
''[[Trouser Press]]'' wrote that the album "finds Mary Rowell’s violin emerging as an integral element in the Silos’ sound."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Silos |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/silos/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Reader]]'' thought that "there's a sober, even slightly ominous undercurrent to these matter-of-factly domestic songs."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-silos--cuba-mofungo--end-of-the-world-part-2/Content?oid=871109|title=The Silos—Cuba|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|work=Chicago Reader}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' opined that "[Walter] Salas-Humara takes a longer view of relationships than most pop songwriters ... from low-key stories, the Silos draw rock epiphanies."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/12/arts/recordings-292287.html|title=Recordings|first=Jon|last=Pareles|date=July 12, 1987|work=The New York Times}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' declared the album to be "the finest independently released rock album in '87."<ref name=CS/>
[[AllMusic]] called the album "something of a low-flying classic," writing that "lyrics like 'Margaret goes to bed around eight/I go to bed around one' capture something elusive with small, everyday details."<ref name="auto"/> ''[[Kansas City Pitch|The Pitch]]'' deemed it a "masterwork," writing that it "is thought by some to be the holy grail of the alt-country movement."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thepitchkc.com/the-silos/|title=The Silos|work=The Pitch|date=March 15, 2007}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Tennessee Fire
| length1 = 5:37
| title2 = She Lives Up the Street
| length2 = 3:12
| title3 = For Always
| length3 = 4:13
| title4 = Margaret
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = Mary's Getting Married
| length5 = 3:49
| title6 = Memories
| length6 = 3:02
| title7 = Just This Morning
| length7 = 3:44
| title8 = Going Round
| length8 = 4:10
| title9 = It's Alright
| length9 = 2:31
| title10 = All Falls Away
| length10 = 4:38
| total_length =
}}
==Personnel==
*John Galway - drums
*[[Mary Rowell]] - violin
*Bob Rupe - guitar, bass
*[[Walter Salas-Humara]] - guitar, vocals
==References==
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[[Category:The Silos albums]]
[[Category:1987 albums]]