| Cuba | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Silos |
| Cover: | Cuba (album).jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Genre: | Rock, alternative country |
| Label: | Record Collect[1] |
| 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.[2] [3] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[4]
Parts of Cuba were recorded in Deerfield Beach, Florida.[5] 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.[6] A video was made for "Tennessee Fire", which became a hit on MTV.[7] "For Always" is about marital bliss.[8]
Trouser Press wrote that the album "finds Mary Rowell’s violin emerging as an integral element in the Silos’ sound."[9] The Chicago Reader thought that "there's a sober, even slightly ominous undercurrent to these matter-of-factly domestic songs."[10] 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."[11] The Chicago Sun-Times declared the album to be "the finest independently released rock album in '87."
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." The Pitch deemed it a "masterwork," writing that it "is thought by some to be the holy grail of the alt-country movement."[12]