Dance Mania

I poured myself a drink with some rum and sat on my balcony in the sun. Fastest way to travel to a sunny country and getting the feeling of vacation that I really needed. Found myself dancing some wannabe mambo moves during this album. Do yourself a favor and travel to the sound of Tito and his band.

Cool

Shockingly got on pretty well with this!

A nice predecesor to the vast (and better) latin albums produced in the 70's New York

that was awesome - never heard it before!

Great album for reading and just to generally have on

Buena Vista Social Clubia olen välillä kesäisin fiilistellyt ja tämä levy menee aika samoille viivoille. Kun ensitahdit kajahtivat ilmoille, alkoi heti tehdä mieli rommia. Tasaista suorittamista läpi levyn. Tykkäsin!

as 'Dance Mania' permeated throughout my mind and body I found myself enjoying it. I am not sure I am going to be adding Tito Puente to my rotation of artists but when I get the hankering for a hunk of Latino dance music he is the one I shall turn to. I give "Dance Mania" four maracas filled with jalapeño seeds

Danceriffic!!!

Really enjoyed this surprisingly.

Dá calor só de ouvir, mas pô, bem divertido e dançante

Deadly album, great to put on in the background and chill with a cup of tea.

Much like Jazz, I love "Latin Music" and Cha-cha-chá, but I have a hard time differentiating it. This entire album is straight fire, but I could not really separate which tracks I like and which ones I don't like. I would buy this cd, put it in my car, and just have it play forever whenever I'm going to or from the grocery store.

Classic salsa, pretty lovely.

Disco perfecto de música afro-latina, más espefícicamente cubana. Te traslada a un club de la Cuba pre revolucionaria, con moeración, sosiego y perfecta combinación de vientos y voces.

Very good Latin music, but I'm never going to listen to it again.

Fun Latin jazz. The drums and horns are fantastic. I’m not much for dancing but this would make a great background album.

funtimes

Really enjoyed this one! Looking forward to exploring more of his albums. There are so many!!

Tito Puente for the win! Such a good vibe

Great music to work to, especially what Spotify kept playing after the album ended. Glad to have gotten more exposure to this genre, I'll definitely be adding them to my party playlists! Songs tend to sound all the same though... Highlights: -El Cayuco -Hong Kong Mambo -Varsity Drag

This was a fun listen. Dave got it right, this is awesome cookout background music.

Listening to this was an absolute delight and had me smiling the entire time.

Now that’s an awesome album. I can’t speak to it, I can only say that I really enjoyed that.

Miami!

Great album. Excellent!

Fun Latino vibes

good vibes

Fun, great background.

How absurdly fun!

New playlist material

ótimo album!

This was fun

6/27 A lot of classics on here, brought me back to DR for an hour. Standout Tracks: 3-D Mambo, Llegó Miján, Cuando Te Vea, Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembé, Agua Limpia Todo

i was skeptic at first, i kept on delaying listening to this bc 1. dance mania?? 2. what language is this? i was waiting for a time when im in ~that~ mood. but then as soon as it starts playing, im like YES! hahaha but im right, it's like those music used sa traditional dances in school. did i dance while listening to this? HELL YEA

This is that upbeat latino music they always use in tarantino etc movies to make it seem lighthearted during a shootout etc. pretty friggen catchy tho lol.

Any given Tito Puente song is a nuclear beam of fun and you have to have a heart of stone too not enjoy it. Any subsequent Tito Puente song, you are either teaching mambo to masochists or working on a torture tape.

Rhythmically rich, joyful music that puts me in the mood for a tropical drink with smoke spilling out the top while wearing a sharp seersucker suit. But two-plus hours of this high-energy music more than gets the point across, thank you very much.

Like knowing what a Horatio Alger story is, to be a well rounded 20th Century American, you should know what Tito Puente sounded like. Like Alger, it isnt necessary to consume the whole canon to get the gist immediately.

Good

Decent album just not for me lol

Fun album, though not something I'll probably come back to (because it's too passionate and joyful for my wretched ass)

Fun little mambo jam.

Outstanding production. For something that was recorded in 1958, it sounds like it was recorded in a studio yesterday with modern equipment. Is it good? Sure. But I can't decipher why this is any different than any other music I've heard at a taco joint before. Happy I listened, respect the talent and the arrangement but don't feel the need to listen to it again. Unless I'm making tacos.

Good playing, good singing. Quality album. Just haven’t been able to get super into it.

Good dance music, feels wrong to listen at home. 3.1/5

Neat

Sterk 3

Overraskende bra løpe-musikk

Hard for me to make the connection but clearly highly enjoyable!

Yeah this was a good time!

None of this sound bad, but it's definitely not going to stick with me. Kind of a in one ear and out the other album. The opening track was pretty good though. It get's a mid 3

Pretty fun, but not my usual thing so I genuinely have no idea whether this is good or bad in the world of Mambo/Rumba. It did sound a little samey to me, but I would be interested in listening to more like this though.

Warm sounds. I felt like I was in Miami (in Dexter's universe). This album is a delight.

Fine for what it is (not for me).

Classic,

Solid, but nothing that really stuck.

lol that searching 'Dance Mania' inevitably brings up loads of 90s dance mix CDs. well I feel thoroughly on holiday.

alright but gets old quick. 6/10

Latin Jazz gets me schmovin Fave track: El Cayuco

Yeah, an album that sounds like this should be included in the list. I agree with that. 3/5

Listening session: august 12th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: no Thoughts: I like this type of music because it always puts you in a good mood and makes you dance Favourite tracks: Complicación, Mambo Gozon & Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti

Такой хороший дансинг

I don't have much to say about this album besides mentioning how fun and brassy it is. This is most likely my first Mambo album I sat down and fully listened to though it is not my introduction to Mambo. Mambo is one of those BIG-DISTINCTIVE genres that's hard to miss. It doesn't resonate with me as much as I would hope but I do like it. It's hard not to. T3: Saca Tu Mujer, El Cayuco, Hong Kong Mambo

You know that the Latin population is always having fun when they play their music. This was fun to listen to , and i would listen to it again, but not necessarily seek out the record. 3 stars

A fun old school jazzy album. Sadly I probably won’t remember much of it.

Very nice to see Puente on here - he brought so much to a changing musical scene in the USA. Think about Bad Bunny today, one of the largest artists ever, and where it might have all begun. I feel that he has stronger albums and the mix is a bit harsh at times, especially with the brass. But it sounds nearly live, and so many of these songs are great and catchy, introducing his ability on the maramba to the mainstream. Not much to say, other than a fun pick. A great place to start with mambo music... Just need a few cumbia and bachata albums to add to the list!

Great upbeat, fun 50s dance album. Wouldn't normally listen to it, but certainly can't knock it. Lovely to have a mix-up from what I would normally listen to. 7/10

Giving this a 3/5 because even though this isn't a sound I ever find myself craving, it wasn't a boring listen at all and I'd still take this over all the 1s and 2s I've given out so far.

I'm a 40 something year old white dude, so my knowledge of Tito Puente extends to his guest role on The Simpsons. But, yeah, I dig this. It's getting me moving this morning.

How critical can you be of a 70 year old album? I'm going with not very critical. It's fine, it's not my jam though. Was it ground breaking? Probably? Does it all sound pretty tired now? Yes.

I like Latin music, but you can’t tell me that it’s not all so similar. That said I still danced in my chair.

fav songs: el cayuco mambo gozon estoy siempre junto a ti latin, playful, crafty 65/100

It did hold up the promise of being great dance music, I just wish every song wasn't really similar

Kuunteli mielellään ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Correcto

Buenardo este. Obviamente un género que no escucho para nada, además es latino pero más bien caribeño. Pero con cosas como esta se entiende que bad bunny haya hecho lo que hice con dtmf y está perfecto. Suena un poco a cumpleaños de una tía, pero no puedo relate más porque suena muy centroamericano. De todas formas, es latino. 7 son los puntos.

Very nice Latin dance album. I understood ‘bailar’ and ‘cerveza’. What more do you need? 3.4/5.0

good tropica album, bosh

Bueno para amenizar la mañana. Tracks con mucho ritmo y llenos de sabor. Igual y el género no es mi hit, pero imposible no pasársela bien con este disco.

I didn’t really care for this one.

legal

Jovisst!

Kul energi men verkligen något som jag så mycket hellre skulle lyssna på live än någon inspelning.

This was great to do dishes to

When in the mood… good groove

*1958. Latin jazz. *This feels like being in Cuba and is a fun listen, but it's also restrained and jazzy. So more like the background music you'd find at an upscale jazz bar in Cuba, as opposed to loud party music. Although the trumpet gets a bit aggressive at times. *I dig it. RATING - 7/10

Not something I’d put on unless it were background. A very fun album and listing of familiar tracks

Just a good time, really. Even when it felt a little like elevator music, it was very pleasant.

El Rey de Los Timbales! Viva Tito! Latin Jazz had a moment and apparently the editors of this book were there for it. This is not as good as either Sinatra/Jobim or Santa covering Oye Como Va. This all sounds like the soundtrack to a Rat Pack movie. It's not unpleasant but it's not really getting to me either. Every song sounds more or less the same, I am clearly not a mambo afficionado.

ziemlich funny zu hören & actually will man tanzen (in lab3). 3.14 sterne

Fun stuff, wouldn't listen often but would absolutely listen again!

Pretty standard fair for the genre. Not unpleasant but not exceptional

Can't say I succumbed to the title mania but I can say it will definitely get your hips moving.

Pretty fun to listen to. Yeah, it's good.

The Good: We’re gonna dance! The Bad: We don’t know how to dance salsa… The Ugly: Dancing like a chimp amongst gyrating hips… My ex liked salsa… which means I don’t… Can I appreciate what Tito did on this record? Yes, for a couple of songs. However, an entire album starts to feel too repetitive… and makes me want to dance even less! Still, this music beats having to listen to some of the other assorted crap I’ve had the displeasure of listening to… Oh, and hurrah for Wikipedia, as I always thought Tito Puente was Cuban… but he be a NYC homeboy. 3*

Such an amazing sound throughout the album. Was a little worried about two world music albums so close together but it definitely had an original sound to it. El Cayuco and Cuando Te Vea were my faves.

Can't say I was blown away but I wasn't bored either

Just a nice listen. 3.5/5

Best of the mamba

Generic, but pleasant enough south american samba bossa aiyi yi fodder.

5/10

It's a name I've heard but never knowingly heard any music by. I totally get why this would be here, I imagine it was very influential in Latin Jazz worlds and in bringing that to a bigger audience, much like Buena Vista would do many years later. Musically it still holds up... It's a fun time, with infectious grooves and rhythms that keep the toes tapping and I'd definitely return to it in certain circumstances.

I wanted a little more mania from dance mania but it was nice 3.5

Fun!

J’écoute la version de 38min et non celle de 2h Alors là c’est vraiment pas ma tribu. Jazz latin salsa ?? Je trouve ça répétitif au bout de 1 chanson Bon au moins c’est plutôt gai, il faut se laisser prendre au jeu. 3-D mambo est OK 5/10 ?

I presume this was seminal at the time but it does sound like Cuban stock music now. I do like that every third word is either bailar or cha-cha, really adds to the cruise ship dance floor feeling. Bossa nova still wins the Latino music style for me.

Enjoy this genre - transports me to dirty dancing land - however never reach for it

Did the impossible task of putting me in a good mood before I had my morning coffee ☕️ maybe I'll become a Mambo Guy now?? Was reminded of Who Shot Mr Burns? throughout

It's a good self-development exercise to take the allegedly artificial, hollowed-out genres like marimba-heavy Latin jazz and try to hear them like they were when they were fresh. Tito Puente's orquesta is inventive and committed and makes the task easy, while simultaneously making you move your meat suit.

Príjemné počúvanie, latino v prijateľnej podobe. Veľa naraz by mi asi uškodilo...

In all honesty, I probably would have never listened to this album had it not been a 1001 album selection. What a delight, just a feel good musical experience. Really liked it.

This must have been one of the first four mambos before the form was perfected on the fifth attempt.

Just an infectiously fun record.

Mambo is fun! You won't be reflecting the next day about its lyrics (unlike salsa), but you will have a blast.

Pleasant, but not my beat or pace. ★★★

It's definitely dance mania!

An interesting curveball, but one that didn't end up thrilling me. Not something I see myself coming back to, but not a waste of time to see it in the first place.

Really good sound to work to.

El cayuco - 4 Complicacion - 3 3-d mambo - 3 Llego mijan - 3 Cuando te vea - 4 Hong kong mambo - 3 Mambo gozon - 3 Mi chicita quiere bembe - 3 Varsity drag - 3 Estoy siempre junto a ti - 3 Agua limpia todo - 3 Saca tu mujer - 3

Not my music to go to but bc im latina i love the connection i have with that music

Loved that. Great happy energy.

This was really enjoyable, it almost made me want to learn how to do the mamba, samba or whatever it was. It made me feel happy and that's always a more healthier emotion to be evoked. When's the second LP coming out Tito?

Love that one day you're listening to a punk rock album album, next thing Latina samba album. Enjoyed but also I had had enough of it by the time it finished

Big Salsa Energy. Really fun listen, makes you want to go for a dance.

Mambo Gozón

I guess this is good for people who like this type of music.

Would rate higher if this was in my taste profile, but alas it isn't.

Fun dance music with actual songs. Dreary electric duos from the 90's never learned.

I love the energy in this album. It was so much fun listening to the percussion and how it was presented front and centre in the mix. Tito Puente is a legend! Liked Songs Added: Varsity Drag

sunny day

omatsuri mambo

Awesome but it'd be nice to have more Spanish-language music that's actually from Latin America

Percussive and fun! But the fun gets overwhelming about half way in.

interesting songs really. I preferred tracks number 6, 10, and 11. all other songs are fine though it felt repetitive, at least to me. I liked it regardless.

Fun but samey

Fun album, feels like i am sat in a restaurant on holiday. It's all a bit the same but at least its all fun.

3

Enjoyable and energetic album, excited for more tracks that I recognize

Fun

fun

A fun Latin album I enjoyed most of these songs but I can't see myself listening to this again it's just not something I would usually listen to. 6/10 Favourite: El Cayuco Least Favourite: Mambo Gozón

Nice, but like a great beer, any more than enough is enough. 1 album from Bosa heyday is enough.

Love the feel of it. Not a normal listen, but still a good one

good rithm, maybe not my thing, but I like a few songs

Confusing looking at this album on Apple Music as it shows that the artist is a classical artist, but then you play the album and it's Mambo.

Fun album that I wouldn’t have heard before this.

Fun music. Just not my vibe.

Makes me want to throw on the old banana hammock mix up a daquiri and start a Congo line in the sand! This album screams summer to me. Great horns, bass and drums to go along with some cool Latin singing. I can dig it

MAMBO I’m kinda just glad I rolled something that wasn’t another old rock record. Don’t really have much to say about this, it was refreshing, I enjoyed. Probably won’t ever come back to it.

I have no problem with music as pure, good-time entertainment, particularly when it is executed as beautifully as this is, is as joyous as this is, and can infect your limbs with a need to move as successfully as this does. I may be making assumptions about the lyrics since I don’t speak Spanish and I haven’t taken the time to investigate translations, but they don’t seem likely to be too deep. Apologies if I am mistaken. To reiterate, I have no trouble enjoying music that is all surface and no meaning. The trouble for my rating here is that when the art is presented with aesthetics as the fundamental objective, then I need to judge on aesthetics alone. I have already used words like beautiful and joyous, and this music delivers so well in all that it tries to do, but while those aesthetics would be easy for me to revel in given the right context (maybe a carnival, a big wedding or a hotel lounge) I wouldn’t, by choice, make the decision to enjoy them. I have lots of records and I often add something unusual to my tastes if I enjoy it and think it will positively broaden my collection. This would fit that category, but I am confident I wouldn’t listen to it so that won’t happen this time. Sorry Tito and any mambo fans reading this; I respect the hell out of Dance Mania, but I can’t embrace it.

Chévere para bailar, me gustaría aprender

Repetitive, but really fun. I wish I could dance.

Alkaa tehä mieli pelata Simssiä ku tätä kuuntelee :D Absurdia kuunnella tätä kun on tosi vaikee ja raskas päivä. Ehkä siks just hyvä!

High energy, fun album Standout song Hong kong mambo Saca tu Mujer

Party time. 3.5

6.0/10

Not my sort of thing but I liked it enough. Sounds like an audio shortcut that would be used in a film/tv show to quickly convey to the audience where/when the scene was set.

liked this a lot more than I expected! My own personal issue with foreign-language music is that I care too much about lyrics to really enjoy it or seek it out. Exceptions are when I have some other point of reference or context, like the soundtrack to Wim Wenders’ BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB. So, while I will probably never revisit this Tito Puente record, I appreciate the influence it’s had on some of my favorite artists like Joe Jackson and Kirsty MacColl (especially her TROPICAL BRAINSTORM record).

Very, Very upbeat. Fun to listen too. Didn't understand a word of the lyrics. Not a genre I would explore but ok to listen too.

easy to listen to! extra star for being in Spanish

Little old fashioned but not bad

Nice background music

Not my style but it's hard to be in a bad mood while listening to this!

#892. Look, it's not bad per se, I just find it kind of annoying. I'm just going to skip most of it before it gets annoying enough to give it a worse rating than it maybe deserves. 3/5: whatever

Not my kind of music, i appreciate lyrics and i can't speak Spanish, i prefer slower music. Not saying it's bad just not my thing

I've not heard of Tito Piente I've not heard Dance Mania I've not heard any singles It's a fun album. I can see why this is in the list. It's not likely something I'd listen to again.

Pretty fun, but felt very long and a bit samey.

Nice dance music

This is a fun listen - many famous songs from so many movies over the years. If I'm ever in the mood to connect with Cuba, this is a go-to. In this regard, not sure I would ever listen to this album in regular life. 3/5

I only knew Tito Puente from his time on The Simpsons. It was a great latin/mambo record. Not something that's likely to call for my attention often, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

this was so beautiful and fun!

This was fun! I probably won’t ever listen again but it was good motivational music while I was working.

Solid music hut the vocals aren’t my cup of tea

Favorite track(s): El cayuco, Llego mijan, Mi chiquita quiere bembe

shevgondi

Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

God variasjon. Men lett ironisk at vi skal til USA for å få Samba...

Really fun listen. It fits as background music when I'm working.

First Listen; 3.5; Very fun album. I thought that the novelty of this (for me) might wear off, or that it might become repetitive, but it was fun throughout. One thing that stood out to me was how punchy and dynamic the production was. I suppose that's in part because of the instruments used. Favorite Track: El Cayuco

it's pretty good for the listen but feels samey after the whole time Will I listen to again: 1%

It was fine, but also I didn't realise it had finished and similar songs were being played on Spotify for 5 songs.

Nothing wrong with this. An interesting listen. Not really my style, but I can't rate it too low.

Was für den richtigen Anlass

Fairly simple but quite fun. Was a perfectly fine listen but I can't see myself returning.

Great Latin bandleader, and band. Great Latin sound.

Tito Puente is a legend in Latin dance music and this album is full of classic mambo songs. It definitely is a good representation of this style of music. Even though I'm not super familiar with the style, it always gets me tapping my toe and makes me feel like getting up and dancing!

I listen to this on the radio so often.

Getting an album by a Puerto Rican artist a day after Bad Bunny's Halftime show is either a cosmic coincidence or it was on purpose. Music that makes you want to get up and dance, such a contrast to the snow outside rn 3/5

There is a line between musical style and repetitive. I think this strays a bit over the line into repetitive, so I can't fault other reviewers commenting about it. While I tend to agree with them, it doesn't bother me on this album. A buddy of mine is a salsa band leader, and serendipitously, has pre-primed me to hear what's great about salsa and mambo (specifically Tito Puente) music. Without him, I'm not sure if I ever would have appreciated this or looked forward to listening after seeing it on the 1001 list. ⭐⭐⭐.75

viel lebensfreude und rhythmus.

I don't need to listen to this again to know I probably won't ever give it more than 3, but nor will I ever consider giving it less. It's nice, but not quite my rhythm. I think live it would be a lot more fun. But easy to listen to while doing something else. Happily listen to more, mind you, without complaint.

Стильний латино-джаз, класика жанру. Танцювально, позитивно. Але не можу сказати що це мої улюблені гармонії. 3.5 загалом.

3/5

Good vibes, made me wanna salsa down the sidewalk

Introduction to seminal albums in genres i have no history with are always welcome and i have a soft spot for Latin music that sounds like sunshine. This ticked along nicely and i enjoyed the salsa rhythms but its not something ground breaking.

An absolute groovy start to a Thursday morning in the office

It's alright

I fear i didnt set dance mania up for success listening to it on the train to work but still pretty fun! The trumpets at the start i wasnt a huge fan of and i wasnt differentiating heaps between the songs but i reckon i mostly came round by the end.

It feels like we’be been on a real round the world trip this week. This album unfortunately reminded me a lot of this Christmas cocktail lounge album my parents always put on when I was growing up, which I hated, but this had a few fun moments. Particularly enjoying the beginning of Hong Kong Mambo, which I found quite thrilling (the rest of the song not so much)

Fun tracks that make you want to dance but little variety

I have heard of Tito Puente but never listened to his music. This was good. This is one of those albums and musical types you may have never known or thought of without following this list.

Not something I would typically listen to, but was pretty good

A bit repetitive but fun for a Latin party maybe

I mean pretty good. Not the kind of music I'm immediately reaching for but you can tell it is incredibly well made and thought out. I'd say the major knock against it to me is there isn't a star in the bunch that really elevates it, a lot of the track somewhat all blend together. Which is fine if that's the purpose but at some point it approaches entertaining background music, though I'll likely eat my words when I learn this did lead to a Dance Mania at times

5.5/10 Highlight: Hong Kong Mambo

Not my kind of stuff, but fine to listen to in the background.

This is a tough one to rate. Did I like it? Yes, quite a bit! Did I like listening to such a specific genre far outside my usual listening for a sustained period of time? Not so much. In short, each individual song - great. An entire album - less great. 3.5 stars.

Relentless, high-energy grooves built from blazing horns, rapid-fire percussion, rolling piano figures, and driving bass move this mambo album like being swept onto a crowded dance floor where the only instruction is to keep moving—pure, functional, sweat-soaked music made to dance to rather than stop and think.

3/5. A fun slice of danceable mambo music. Not bad but not particularly noteworthy and even with its short runtime it’s quite samey.

I liked this, fun, upbeat, made me want to dance. It feels formulaic and cliche, but maybe because it created the cliches? I really don’t know. I’m disappointed by the lack of information on this album’s impact. I found, essentially, a character study from the Library of Congress, but it says little about this album itself. I read the AllMusic review, but it essentially synthesizes some facts about the album, without saying much about its greatness or importance. I generally try to work impact into my ratings, especially for genres I’m less familiar with (like Latin jazz). Given this lack of context, I’ll base it off of my listening experience: it’s good, sounds pretty high fidelity for its time, it was enjoyable, but not mind blowing. I wish I felt stronger opinions, but I just don’t.

3.5

I think this is cool. I feel like I'm vacationing in Cuba in some old movie. 3.5 stars.

3.5

Mambolicious. High 3.5 for the music. Strong 4 for the lady on the cover even if she does seem to have a weird massive scorpion leg for a right arm.

60/100. For a record that’s nearly 70 years old, this still sounds great. It’s one of the few times I’ve really sat down with mambo as a genre. The energy is lively without being overwhelming and the arrangements feel bright and full of movement. It sounds like the kind of music you’d want playing at the beach.

Great for background or getting a groove on. But this album is very same - all of the tracks blend into each other and sound alike. Upbeat and fun, but nothing extraordinary. 3

Presumably the only artist on the list who was suspected of shooting Mr Burns. Good fun, not sure I'll ever listen to it again though.

Latin dance album from '57 that' swings with mambo, salsa, cha-cha and guaguanco rhythms. Nice.

It's fine. The music is fun and everything. I am lyrics based person, and since I sadly only speak English it's just not clicking with me. That's not an issue with the album, it's a me problem

Not bad. Love the horns

I'm currently in a bit of a bit of Samba/Calypso stage of my music listening life right now, so this fit in pretty nicely... 3.5 Stars

That was good fun, but like being in a hotel in Spain in the 1970s Better than I expected not being overly fond of Latin music !

So thats laten jazz, it's okay I guess.

This brings a really specific, happy energy to the room. It’s fun and functional; a perfectly solid backdrop for a sunny afternoon. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - El Cayuco - Agua Limpia Todo - Sacu Tu Mujer

Mind if a white boy speaks a little spanish

I enjoyed this and it put me in the mood to move, but I don’t think I’ll end up listening to it again.

great album to get ready to

Great album but not really my thing

Wow, this is tight!! I am sure many a baby has been conceived to this music. This would be amazing to see in a club.

Стильно и бодро, но как-то в сердце не проникло.

6/10 - I love salsa and Tito is known for oye cómo va (which isn't on this), it's ok but more of an innovation of it's time rather than something you'd hear when you go dancing

CHA CHA CHA!

Easy listener!

2.5. listenable but I don't need to hear it again

Took a while to like but I like the female vocals and the saxophone 🎷 Not what I'd usually listen to though Fav: Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti

Parece un poco aburrido.

Less than a mania. More of a fad.

dance minia

Technically excellent. Strong energy and emotion. What's the Latin term for funky? Anyway, some of the rhythms and melodies are so heavily played and copied, it's almost a caricature. OK, but not hugely enjoyable on this occasion

I like it a lot, it remind me of the parties back in Latin America. A bit repetitive, in the long run.

Very nice but not really interesting. Machulski movies soundtrack ahh album.

Tito Puente’s biography runs a fascinating course; a Spanish Harlem son of immigrants musical prodigy who, through the unlikely means of military service, studied widely across musical traditions at home and across Asia. I wish I had the knowledge to better read that bio back in the music – I’ll just have to keep trying – but for now I’m grateful for having a mambo/salsa album I can call on whenever the mood strikes. Tito Puente, true globalista.

This was a pretty nice album, enjoyed having it in the background while I was doing stuff. It makes you shake a little bit.

Not something I’m going to reach for a whole lot, but very good for what it is. 3.5/5

I've heard some Tito Puente before and I remember liking it a bit better than this record. This record is certainly fun and enjoyable to listen to but it just didn't really do it for me today. I can't say I like another album better because I don't really know any other albums he did, but I seem to remember liking what I'd heard prior to this one better. A good album, not a great one. I think I would revisit this again sometime just to see if I was too harsh on it today. 3/5

Good jazz album. Would give it 4 stars but I couldn’t rate it the same or higher then the Duke Ellington album.

cha cha good, but doesn't particularly interest me in any way

mamboooo. fun. sehr fun. ersti zwei songs sehr upbeat und sie singed suuper tight. sehr geil. aso s wird so bliibe nimi aah haha. three d mambo seehr geils blöser arrangement. bi llego mijan singt e frau und sehr cool. wart bi cuando te vea ischs glaub die gluch stimm und es isch glaub er?? öh geil. trompete seeeehr geil mann. haha mambo gozon fuuun. mi chiquita quiere bembé was isch bembé? ich check nöd was mambo isch. glaub zerdt das denn salsa? es isch recht cool alles aber scho iiiimmer s glich. d ballade hends nöd würkli ufgmischt. git e 3.

I had absolutely no prior exposure to this — neither the artist nor the album. So: Cuban music, salsa. Nice. It’s lovely to listen to. I’ve been into salsa ever since my trip to Cuba in 2016, though I mostly know the more modern recordings that blew up after the success of Buena Vista Social Club in the late ’90s. That’s why it’s great to hear a truly classic recording for once — this album is from 1958, just a year before the Cuban Revolution. The whole thing is super cheerful and full of energy. It puts you in a good mood instantly. Not great for working in the background, though — it’s a bit too lively for that.

If only Señor Burns was on this album. Alas, still enjoyable.

Mambo music not my thing but not a bad album.

I like Cuban jazz but I'm way too out of my depth to comment on it meaningfully. That I'll write a whole review of hip-hop and not this should tell you just how little I know. Worth a listen!

Good for this style, not something I’d seek out unless I was having a party

Tito is nice, good dinner making music

Easy listening like Stan Gaetz 3

Not for me sure it’s fun but not my style

Mambo! Ok. I mean- it’s really well done, and it’s fun to listen to. But It isn’t touching my soul or anything. It’s fine. THREE STARS

Listened to this watching the sunrise over Mexico City. Gives it a bonus star.

Quite enjoyable. Would need to be in the mood to play it again. But if I was in the mood I might just put Santana on...

Oh cool another album to play on white people taco nights.

V/rv

A bit of Latin joy here, and great to listen to while you're pottering around doing the housework or preparing your evening meal, as it's impossible to listen to without swinging your hips and imagining that you're out there on the Strictly dance floor. If your only exposure to mambo, salsa and cha cha cha was stuff like Lou Bega's Mambo Number 5, this album shows you how it was done properly. A solid 3 stars.

I like it as period music for mafia movies set in Miami in the 50's. 3 stars or C.

Fun, upbeat album. Pretty enjoyable for an occasional listen.

This was a joy. It was fun and exciting!

This is a very fun album, and a very of-its-time album. An enjoyable listen, but not an everyday listen. Accompanied by the right food and atmosphere, this would be a 5/5 album. Favorite track: "Hong Kong Mambo"

I am not a great fan of Salsa and other "tropical rhytms" but I liked this album.

Lovely mambo/dance percussion focused album. Fun. 3.5/5 Probably would listen again

Sure

Fun album, won’t likely listen to it again.

A lot of fun. I keep getting these Latin jazz and dance records and giving them basically the same score and not really distinguishing them from one another. So I guess I better start doing my research and listening more closely and increasing my knowledge, because it's all good and fun and I like it. Must-listen #226.

Just ok

I was shocked to learn that i knew as many tracks as I did on the album. woulda gone even more crazy when i was doing salsa dance lessons (maybe that's why it's so familiar). latin hasn't failed me yet.

It was a nice Latin dance album with nice jazz elements. It was a refreshing listen, and something that paired well with my mother listening along too. Felt that the album got a bit repetitive over time and didn’t add much more, but still enjoyed it.

meglio ma comunque basta

Un classico che ha ispirato palesemente tutta la musica successiva latin-jazz. I suoni qui presentati hanno acquisito un tono familiare e quasi quotidiano per quanta influenza hanno riversato nella musica latina

Simile all’album precedente però mi da un pochino le vibes alla renato carosone. Non lo riascolterei ma non è brutto

I started calling everyone toots and it made me want to go on the sesh in a weird way

Fun and didn't sound like 1958 at all. Only did the original tracklist and not the enormous extended edition. Favorite Song: Complicación

This album is not on Apple Music so I can’t listen to it, the one song of the same name is a Latin American instrumental? 3/5 - quick to listen to but not about to add this to my playlist Update: Okay turns out you can get it in Apple Music, I’m still not a fan of it though :/

Fun album, guy was on the Simpsons once that was cool ig

Like all 90s kids, I first learned of Tito Puente from the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" episode of The Simpsons. The only thing that's disappointing about this album is it lacks a diss track telling C. Montgomery Burns to burn in hell. I've dipped in and out of mambo music and Tito specifically over the years. It's really great listening for a get-together, outside time, or when you're just looking for something joyous and fun. This is of a piece with that. There's no particular bits that jumped out or sagged for me, just an overall, consistent bop front-to-back.

Välillä olin Pina Colada tai Rommikola kädessä rannalla palmujen alla,älillä välisoitanta oli kuin Ennio Morriconen länkkäreistä ja välillä olin pelaamassa korttia kasinolla. En odottanut levyltä yhtään mitään, mutta yllättävän paljon pystyi antamaan. Spotifyssä levyä etsiessä piti Tito Puenten Albumeita rullata aika kauan alaspäin ja vielä 2min rullaillun jälkeen oltiin vuodessa 2002 :D Kertoo ehkä herran tuotannon määrästä. Levyn loppuvaiheilla myönnän katsoneeni onko vielä monta biisiä jäljellä.

Tito Puenten klassikko Dance Mania on yksi mambo-buumin kulmakivistä, täynnä tarttuvia rytmejä ja energisiä sovituksia. Kappaleet kuten El Cayuco ja Complicación osoittavat Puenten orkesterinjohdon ja lyömäsoittimien hallinnan parhaimmillaan. Historiallinen merkitys on kiistaton, mutta kokonaisuus voi tuntua nykypäivän kuuntelussa kaavamaiselta ja yksipuoliselta. Toimii parhaiten tanssilattialla kuin kotikuuntelussa.

Hankala antaa näille kyllä arvosanaa, kun hommahan toimii niin kuin pitääkin ja lanne lähtee vatkaamaan, mutta ei tällaista vapaa-ajalla muuten vaan kuuntele. Mutta arvotaan nyt sitten välimallin jätkä eli kolmonen.

Siinähän tuo meni taustamusiikkina, ei isompia kehuja muttei kritisoitavaakaan

Miellyttävää, taitavasti soitettua ja ajoituksiltaan monimutkaista.

Oikein kovaa ajoa. Olen aina ollut torvisektioiden ystävä, ja kylläpä vaan ne kuulosti tässäkin hyvältä. Entuudestaan ihan tuttu nimi kyllä Tito Puente, mutta yksikään kappale levyltä ei kyllä ollut itselleni tuttu ainakaan siinä määrin että muistaisin niitä kuulleeni. Kivaa letkeää musiikkia aamuaskareiden taustalle kotona. Ei oikeastaan mitään moitittavaa. Sanoista toki en tässäkään ymmärrä mitään, mutta vähän semmonen aavistus on että tässä ei ihan yhtä merkittävien asioiden äärellä olla kun vaikkapa siinä afrikkablues-levyllä, niin ehkä se tässä on toisarvoinen asia muutenkin. Seassa myös muutama instrumentaali. Kyllä minä ihan tästä tykkäsin, enkä näe mitään syytä sille miksi en kuuntelisi joskus muulloinkin Tito Puentea.

Not my thing, but can't deny the talent and it does have some bounce to it.

It's OK as background music but Buena Vista Social Club is so much better 3.2

I liked it but don’t have any critical insights. It was a good time.

Not my fave

Unfamiliar. Enjoyed. Favs are Llego Mijan (Son Montuno) & Hong Kong Mambo.

Super!

Pleasant, fun and lively enough that you can enjoy it completely without irony, but also so specific and foreign that I would never put it on again. 3.5/5

I really enjoyed this, although it could have been a few tracks shorter. (3.5)

So awesome and groovy. Will probs not come back to it but enjoyed it so

Unfortunately sort of background music to my driving. Nothing particularly struck me.

Pre-listening thoughts: Who is this fabulous woman on the cover if Tito Puente is a MAN?????? Post/during listening thoughts: this, at the very least, is a shake up from the normal classic rock bullshit on this list. Some really great harmonies on here, and the whole thing is smooth as hell. I liked the singing and then it was just instrumentals for the latter half which I was disappointed by and made me bump the rating down to a 3. It's good, but browsing the wikipedia page didn't actually lead me anywhere. I am curious how such an album ended up on this list. Maybe that's what the book is for. Anyone wanna get me the book some day? Hopefully a new edition will be out soon though so maybe wait for that lol. 6/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: i don't think so Fav tracks: Complicacion, Cuando Te Vea Least fav tracks: Hong Kong Mambo