Siembra

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It’s canny. Sounds like one of the best of its style, but I’m no expert. And that’s part of the problem I think, kinda sounds like a lot of other things. But I like it.

I really like the first 5 minutes of salsa music and after that it starts to grind me down a bit, I think because if you're listening to salsa you're going to hear exactly the same tempo and beat until you stop. Right place right time I could enjoy this and I certainly wouldn't have heard it otherwise so glad it came up but I pretty much knew how it sound before listening. 2.5.

Great instrumental performances. Horns are killer but laid back at the same time. Good vibes but vocal lines weren’t really hitting for me.

Latin/salsa music - I really enjoyed this. My rusty Spanish helped me a bit to understand some lyrics, particularly in "Plastico". The whole album made me dance in my seat. Lots of fun beats!

A decent album. Very mellow and easy to listen to. It was a little repetitive. I'd be happy to listen to it again but I probably wouldn't go out of my way to seek it out.

fun as hell - the clash album wasn't a 3, this one was. THREE point FIVE

Never really listened to salsa intently before. Pretty good.

My ear is not trained to distinguish the quality of this from any other salsa music I have heard. I like it, but I'm not gonna put it on unless I'm trying to set a very specific mood.

Turned this on, and started looking around for my sideburns and disco pants. But then someone started singing and I had the urge to light a cigarette and slam a Caipirinha. Several more songs followed and then it was done. Overall, this was a perfectly nice salsa album of the sort that I would happily listen to while having a drink at a bar with friends. I won't, however, be voluntarily searching it out to listen to again.

It’s fun and danceable, but it has a bossanova-adjacent boringness for me I can’t quite put my finger on. The whole time, I felt like I should be liking it more.

Fun joyful music.

it’s good dance music i think

Good music just not my cup of tea.

Listened in an early morning daze at 5am on the way to a bus that took me to East Rutherford for the fifth time to shoot a Jamie Foxx movie for Netflix.

Salsa feels like a pretty solid intersection of the Buena Vista Social Club record I reveiwed last week, and the classic Bossa Nova records that I'll sadly never get to review for this list. I don't speak enough spanish to understand what they're talking about, except the part of "Pedro Navaja" where he says "La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la I like to live in America". Overall, a fun record to fill the salsa sized hole in your collection.

Which came first: Salsa the dance? Or Salsa, the stuff you get with crispy tortilla chips at a Mexican restaurant? What does it say about me culturally that I think of the latter when I hear this type of music? I mean, I immediately started getting hungry for fajitas and a frosty marg the very second the horns and bongos kicked in. I feel like pavlov's dog, but if dogs could feel existential shame.

i actually didn't mind this, smooth listening 3.5

3.6

Salsa! Nice

Very smooth samba jazz listening. If you enjoy world music or not this is a very cool album.

This was a new and easy listen for me. It flowed perfectly and kept my energy up and moving while i worked this morning. it made me wish I spoke more Spanish and danced better. i especially enjoyed the groovier moments and breakdown segments such as in Maria Lionza.

A fun if repetitive album. Full of bright sounds and great instrumentation.

6/10 Brightened up a wet commute in SW England. Repetitive, but cool

Good, but not my vibe. I can tell it has some great elements and wanted to get me to move and dance, but Salsa is not my type of music.

5/10

Like it 3/5

Alright, but not my style and mostly blended together

Pretty good

First moments on this start hella disco funky and it sounds great. It quickly changes to Salsa and stays on Salsa. I don't know what to do with Salsa music, but this isn't bad.

Very far from my musical taste, but listenabl, well written and performed. I think the album shows its age, it's quite laid back and old fashioned, also like for other listeners, everything kind of blends in for me, I think due to the vocals and instruments being pretty much the same throughout. I think it wouldn't do amazing if it was released today, and I definitely am not going to go back and relisten to this voluntarily, but definitely deserves a place on the list due to its historical context, importance and overall production.

2.75

moderately impressive for four babies.

Fun with something that stand out on the list! Enjoyed this, it has a nice atmosphere to it, and gets you in a good mood when listening to it - more than you can say about many of the albums on this list, sadly. I read that this was one of the best selling salsa albums of all time. Quite a feat. If I knew that before listening to this I would have expected a bit more somehow. Like many other genres like jazz, blues etc, and albums we've had on this list, I don't think I'm in a position to give this a fair review since I don't know what distinguishes this from a regular salsa album. Nevertheless, it was good, but not anything I will remember as "the best salsa in the world".

It's fine. I don't know.

I have no basis to judge this against.

(65/100)

Salsa !

It's fine, but having not grown up on this kind of music, it's very hard for me to tell one song from another, or from the Buena Vista Social Club album. My apologies.

I do love a non English language album. This is very good.

this album surprised me with its listenability...even though I didn't know what he was saying

Great, chill vibes from the instruments. Didn't look up the lyrics so they might say otherwise, but pretty relaxing. Liked the length and structuring of the songs, even the longer ones. 7/10

ja ganz nices salsa album aber gibt bessere. 3.5.

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Прикольно, но специфично стильно.

3.3 I thought Willie Colon played for the J-E-T-S. Must be pretty talented

No idea what’s being said but I love the vibe 💃🏼

Never really listened to Salsa, but this was quite good. Not sure I'd necessarily come back for a second serving.

Musicianship is on point, the songs are long and fully formed but never feel like they’re lugging along, and it’s awesome lyrically considering the seemingly light and fun arrangements.

This was pretty fun, but I don’t think I’d listen to again

Makes you want to dance! Nice music but I don’t really know the genre so it all sounds the same to me. Would be great to see live.

It's fine, I guess. Wish I had a drink with little umbrella in it, maybe some guayaba. Or maybe I'd be in a crime movie from the 70s where I have a really big lapel. Decent variety here, but nothing for me to pick this out of a lineup of similar stuff because I don't know what I'm listening for. Cool that it had some samples, though!

This guy is Petey from Mo' Better Blues.

fun. would be amazing on trombone champ.

A nice listen. If I saw this in a record store, I would pick it up. I can see this being an album I come back to and grow to love. Just feels like home

Oddly enough, this sounded more recent than it was.

Fine enough, not for me

I'd put money on this being played at El Prado in Laleston. A real firehose of salsa with the occasional bit of disco bass.

Its decent. Salsa/spanish music that isn't my favorite but was an ok listen throughout. Would be fine to hear in a restaurant.

Overall pretty good listen but did not match my mood today, I'm pretty sure I've heard one of these songs before. Salsa isn't my fav genre but overall a solid 3 for me today.

43/1089 the start is so groovy i’m hooked already i don’t have many thoughts to add about this one. It was really nice and easy listening and the music all flowed very well. i’m not well-versed enough with salsa to comment properly on the techniques or pick out influential parts that said, it didn’t feel monotonous and i’m glad i heard it. It’s certainly very evocative of a specific time/space 3 stars or 56/100

It was quite pleasant to listen, tho a little bit too repetitive for me.

The first track is a bit of a false start as I am going wow! The disco/salsa album we have all been waiting for. This is not quite followed up in the rest of the album which is a very fine salsa album and has astonishing levels of musicianship wihtout being quite my thing. Still, 3 stars.

Fine? This wasn’t bad, and I get why the best selling salsa album should be on this list, but also this just washed over me. Fantastic background music, but to listen to with purpose, this fell flat.

Very solid album i never would have listened to without this challenge. Definitely not my "thing" but I appreciated the variety and the skill of the artists. I have definitely heard some of these songs before so the context was appreciated.

That's not my taste in music - But ok - lively music

Nice enough. Sounds a lot more modern than 1978

Really fun little jazz album in Spanish I believe 7/10

This is a good poster child for salsa music. Well produced, expertly performed. I don’t ever have a hankering to listen to this style in my day to day life, but it was enjoyable.

Music was good and enjoyable, but I always struggle with not being able to understand lyrics (completely my own issue)

I loved the first song but the album is just not my style of music but it's great!

Flan and other delights. This is disco-influenced easy listening in a Latin music coating. I didn’t hate it because there’s a reason easy listening albums sell millions of copies, but I’m also not going to mistake this for real music. Somewhere a non-English speaking person is listening to a Barry Manilow album and praising its musical complexity because it’s hard to spot pablum when it’s not from your culture. That’s because most people merely adopted the lame. I was born in it, molded by it. I’ve seen an episode of The Love Boat where Sunny Bono plays a Gene Simmons knock off who comes to learn to love soft music. I can spot a lame-o in any language or cultural context. And these guys are lame-o’s.

Nice.

I liked it at the start, but got tired of it halfway through. Still though it doesn't last long and is a nice change of pace from the norm. Rating: 2.8

A Salsa album, but the opening track, "Plástico", starts off like a Disco album from the late 1970s. I'm not really a Salsa fan, but my favourite track on the album was "María Lionza".

Really enjoyed this! A fan of this genre but get lost in the names and albums. This was a lot of fun

It's salsa, I likes the trumpets

I was surprised at this one. I hadn't heard it before. I enjoyed it. Not sure I'd listen again, but I'm happy to have heard once.

Самба на берегу ансамбля

never heard of this one either

Another Latin American album, not bad but nothing special. Not my sort of thing, but done well enough.

Not bad

Fine for Salsa music

Goh, dit was wel een leuke dagstart in de auto. Zeker als je jezelf waant in een goed spaans tapas restaurant. En dan bedoel ik niet La Cubanita, waar de gehaktbal nog net niet de magnetron uit rolt. Nee, dit is voor de echte Spaanse toko's. Echter, het is allemaal wel heel erg hetzelfde. Wat datbetreft is het fijn dat ze het kort hebben gehouden met 43 min. Al met al, prima om een keer te luisteren, maar niet perse het wederhoren waard voor mij. 3 reten.

3/5. Salsa has never drawn my attention fully. It is most likely because I cannot understand the vocals and that's on me, I get that, but the music doesn't make up for it. I enjoy jam bands and extended instrumentals, but it is just the vibe and energy that is not doing it for me. I can appreciate this record though, and I did find myself digging some songs, but this is not one I would put on repeat. I think I just lose myself in the track list. Best Song: Plástico, Siembra, Buscando Guayaba

Nice. Wasn't expecting it to start out with that little disco riff. faves: "Plastico", "Siembra"

Quite fun, I didn't dislike it, but not something I'd seek out again or do a closer listen to.

Salsa isn’t my kind of music, and I’ll never listen to the album again. But I has a good time listening to this, it is nice summer weather and life is good

It's fun. 3.5*

Not familiar with salsa music and whether it is good or not. I did enjoy listening to it but became bored after the first two songs. I did appreciate the production which was crisp and tight.

Hot salsa with a bit of disco mixed in, it was the 70s after all. Some easy listening here, would be even better in a club with some spicy salsa dancers. All songs listenable- enjoyable experience. (2.75*s)

My favorites were plastico and Pedro Navaja.. it wasn’t bad. I just had to translate the songs to get a better understanding of the messages

Cannot be bothered to listen to Spanish music. Some beats are good though. 3/5

Great mix of Latin and modern.

strong contender for worst album cover on the list lol

Fun!

Yeah, this was fun! No fault of their own that I missed something by not understanding the lyrics

pas pire mais je préférais l’autre

Enjoyed the sound but I wouldn't particularly seek this out again

It’s nice to hear some Latino music in these lists. Overall it sounds pretty good, nothing too crazy though.

Pretty cool, not really into listening to salsa but I liked it--would prefer dancing to it.

It started off a bit more disco than I expected but I enjoyed the slice of samba and Latin music this gave. Will I listen to it again? Probably not.

I probably lose a lot by not understanding the subject matter as I don't speak Spanish, that said, musically, my interest dissipated as the album progressed. It is a solid album but not to my taste. There's little that is poor about the album but there's also little that raises it above "okay" or "decent". 3* Would I listen again? No! Would I buy this album? No! 1. "Plástico" Rubén Blades 6:37 - The orchestration at the beginning was excellent, and I thought we would be taken into something akin to the Philadelphia sound. Instead Salsa rhythms. 3* 2. "Buscando Guayaba" 5:43 - Who knew Cowbell could be so annoying? Once you hear it it, that's it. 3* 3. "Pedro Navaja" 7:21 - A little different to the previous two tracks. Vocally, the singer has a nice enough voice. The cowbell is back! 3* 4. "María Lionza" 5:27 - 3*. Oh some funky bass comes in half way through. "More Cowbell?" The horn section is nice. 3* 5. "Ojos" 4:50 - 3* 6. "Dime" 6:59 - 3*. 7. "Siembra" 5:21 - Now this starts dramatic, almost like a theme tune to an American, 1970s, TV Cop show. Orchestration is nice. Best track on the album. 3* 21/35

Not usually into Latin music but very good

Not my usual style but fun for a while. Buscando Guayaba stood out as particularly cool.

A fun, upbeat album and a great way to celebrate being done for summer break. I feel like the next time I listen to it should be at the beach or something.

My wife and I took 3 years of Salsa dancing lessons about 7 years ago. We listened to a lot of Salsa at that time. This album doesn't standout from any of the other songs we listened to back then. It's good music to dance to, but I don't know how it's claimed as the best Salsa album of all time.

Sadly, it falls off towards the end. The first few tracks are bangers tho.

Nice enough Salsa, but it does feel a bit repetitive at times. Good for the background, but not overly exciting.

fun but ultimately not really my jam. i liked dime

very fun!

A real moment of heat and rhythm. I’ve taken my share of salsa classes and this is the sound for the dance floor.

Funkier than I expected. Would probably rate higher of it was more my taste.

Interesting

3.5

Feels like the club in the movie the mask

Unfortunately for me even the best Salsa (which I'm sure this is) just fades into background music - very pleasant but ultimately forgettable. If I understood Spanish I may have a different view or if was in a beach side bar with hips to die for .. but as it is I'm working on my PC with a cranky back. It does have a great brass section and it is now my goto Salsa album - although cannot really ever seeing me needing to go to Salsa town.

Decent, bounces along in enjoyable fashion,, sounds clean, obviously talented musicians, though no idea what’s being said but sounds fluid, nice mixed in funk and disco. . 3.5 Star

I appreciate the quality of music here but I have no emotional attachment to this album.

Its very chill and nice but got redundant

One of the very few non Anglo albums to pop up on my list so far. Very refreshing as this list seems to have some inherent biases. Do I know what they are on about? No. Do I care? Not really. This was a fun record. Starting out with an incredible disco vibe and evolving into some very interesting Salsa. The horns and bass were great. I see a lot of comments on how it all sounds the same, but that makes me wonder if the album was listened to at all as there is some significant (within genre) diversity between tracks which makes each stand on it's own.

I am a big fan of Latin/Salsa, but I don’t know how this stands out. Tito Puente is more traditional and a lot more fun. This had a little bit of cringy disco on a couple of tracks, but was great at times.

Får lyst å spilla Sims 2

Its good. Perhaps really good. At the end of long night, it’s just background music to a stained and soaking dance floor, sweat, booze and vomit commingling to remind the janitor he’s probably better off.

If you like Salsa this is the pre-eminent example of the genre. Uplifting tunes, tuneful horns and that driving beat . I do not like Salsa.

I’m glad I finally know Reuben Blades the musician. Yet another genre that isn’t one I frequent but I love the vibe. Makes me want to drink a mojito in some sweltering city near the ocean. Wouldn’t mind revisiting this place

okay okay das hani nöd erwarted durs cover hani eifach immer müese an biggie denke aber da hemmer scho chli was anderes on hand ich gluabs das isch au erst szweite album ih die richtig, chan das si? drum segi mal muenis au ih de album-ih-dere-richtig hackordnig under de current cha-cha-champion!!!!! tue (buena vista social club isch da gmeint) drum chlauemer dem schmucke stück es baby vom cover dases mit de sterne überihstimmt drü chind im bluemefeld verlore, bitte ah de kasse 3 go abholeeeee!

This album is great fun. Was expecting a hard listen at first with it not being in my language but it perfectly suited a sunny drive to work - felt like I was in a Tarantino film at times. It’s just good vibes, and some great musicianship - especially the bass. Part of the fun was trying to pick out the few lyrics I did understand and guessing the context of the subject matter, sometimes though that didn’t even really matter and I just got lost in the brass section or the vocal melodies. Not sure when I would listen again - maybe whilst cooking a nice slow brunch or doing some housework as it makes good background music - in the nicest possible way. Will pick it up if I find it on my travels and will definitely revisit. 3/5 Standout tracks; Plastico Maria Lonza Ojos

Made we want to get up and dance, and I hate dancing. Sounds like they pioneered the Salsa genre. Not my vibe, but fun.

Don't listen to much salsa, but this was nice.

Such a classic sound.

Who doesn’t love Latin music?? So fun and energetic. Definitely needed this.

I’m not the biggest fan of salsa, but this was really good. It’s like a funky salsa. Kind of reminds you of eating dinner in a chi chis.

decent record, sounded okay

I enjoyed this. The horns and strings were a nice touch.

Catchy music, not generally for me but enjoyable! Solid 3.

Good times. Muy caliente

Wish I had some chips for this salsa. This was pretty enjoyable.

Something about the vocals are just amazing. You’d have to be in the mood to listen to something so different and Venezuelan like this, but it’s so enjoyable and only a short album. I feel like Escobar listening to this. Would create a drug empire off the back of this, 7/10.

Oke echt wel een cool album. Onverwachts, buiten mijn comfort zone, maar wel een vibe. Bij hogere temperaturen had ik dit misschien een ster meer gegeven. 3.4

I didn't know what I was getting into, but did not use a private spotify session. I like the rhythms, did not understand the lyrics. I meant to go back and listen to it again in the afternoon, but did not get a chance.

Despite understanding mayhe 10 words it was well produced with good instruments

Siembra kind of gave me flashbacks to playing the Tropico games — laid-back, tropical vibes with a political edge hiding underneath. The mix of salsa, funk, and commentary works well, and the musicianship is solid. It’s got a smooth, chill sound that makes for great background music, even if it didn’t completely blow me away. Definitely a cool listen, just not something I’d keep on heavy rotation.

I enjoyed the general vibe, but a lot of the tracks over stayed their welcome. Maybe the lyrics would’ve kept my interest better if I spoke the language, but normally the music is enough on its own.

I enjoy this. I’m not super into salsa and I think it may be a bit lost on me. But that’s probably just me not getting it.

Good tunes nothing spectacular.

Spicy latin music that gets the blood flowing

Why does he like guyaba so much?

Reminds me of holidays in Cuba!

This was fine. Fun, even. But will I ever seek it out again? Almost certainly not.

One woulda preferred they stick with the direct disco beats with which this opens, but this is fine otherwise. Not that one's moved to anything like transcendence, though it's undeniably bright and warm and clave-swings pretty steadily throughout, with some lovely touches by both castanet player and backing vocalists. This feels no better than replacement level and sorta below average for this list (even grading on a curve for the language barrier). One should probably be expected to speak salsa to know how good this is. Glad it sold so well.

Fun album Must be more enjoyable in the summer

Not a bad listen for a Saturday morning!!

SALSA! pretty good fun album. Good background music.

A vibe for sure

I have a complete lack of opinion on this and I don’t like the babies on the cover

Siembra is definitely one of the more different albums that i have looked at. I wasn't really expecting to see any salsa music on this project but this album corrected me on that front. That's not to say the album is a bad one. The songs here are decently catchy and definitely scratch that salsa itch if there is one. The songs can tend to get a bit repetitive in some places but the album was short enough to the point where that was not too much of an issue. I still can't seem to get over how much i wasn't really expecting to see an album like this, guess i should have expected it from the salsa tag being there. I still think this album is alright. Best Song: Maria Lionza Worst Song: Ojos

a pretty cool listen!! seemed more funk influenced than i originally assumed it was going to be which i think definitely made it better. tough between low 4 and high 3

2.5

Kinda the same issue I had with Tanto Tempo. The unfortunate association I have with this music is either soundtrack or dance music, and not listening music. It's really good for those things, but not something I'd ever go out of my way to just put on and listen to.

Enjoyable Latin Jazz. Lots of spirit and energy

A perpetual motion machine created out of layers and layers of rhythm from the rich percussion, bass, even the way the piano is played like a drum at times, and the multiple melodies from vocals, horns, guitars & piano to create rhythmic counterpoints.

Hehe, Willy Colon It was fun. All salsa sounds the same to me, and I more or less equally like it every time

C'est super, je n'écoute pas tellement de musique latino mais cet j'ai trouvé cet album très bon ! Coups de cœur : - Plástico - Buscando Guayaba - Dime - Siembra

io e la salsa non ci mescoliamo troppo, nel senso che un po' mi annoia. però a piccole dosi è groovy da morire e gli strumenti sono *chef's kiss*, quindi non riesco fisicamente a dare una valutazione negativa.

Saucy Salsa from a bygone era.

Perfectly fine, warm and sunny and upbeat. Plenty of worse records have sold more (and better ones fewer) so glad this enjoyed its commercial moment.

The only thing working against this album is the Scottish winter weather - would be exceptional on a Cuban beach with a mojito and a big cigar

Solid musicianship but the songs did tend to bleed into another which dragged the album down a little bit. Still decent but salsa isn't totally my jam. Need to be in the right mood.

Salsssaaaaaaa! 3/5

Fun change of pace! Loved the instrumentation. But this isn’t really my jam, especially for 7 songs in a row. 3/5

some really fun musical arrangements here. more variety than expected. the type of groovy that's equally good for letting loose and for locking in

Fun latin album. I enjoyed the nod to West Side Story. Probably not an album I'll listen to again because I have Buenavista to fill this itch when it needs scratching.

it seems fine, not really my bag

Hispanic music

It’s alright 3/5

Had some good moments but this is more background music for me.

Jess said this has been her favourite so far. Fun to dance to!

A couple songs went pretty hard but otherwise it's what my uncultured brain expects from a Latin album and not much more

I liked this album more than I thought, because this is really not my style of music. I can't see myself ever returning to it, but it was upbeat, energetic, and an easy listen.

Wasn’t on my radar but I kinda liked it

Did you know Ruben Blades was Minister of Tourism in Panama?

Somehow made salsa sort of acceptable. The very start of the very first track, where it sounded like it was going to be a disco/ salsa blend set me up for a bit of a disappointment when this wasn't followed up in the rest of the album, but it wasn't too big.

samba

3/5

I thought I would enjoy this more with loving Gloria Estefan as a kid, but I was indifferent. This is not a reflection on the quality of the album, but on my personal taste.

Took a point off because of the sirens in the one track

A genre I’m not going to actively listen to but great to put on for a vibe

No. 260/1001 Plástico 4/5 Buscando Guayaba 4/5 Pedro Navaja 4/5 Maria Lionza 3/5 Ojos 3/5 Dime 3/5 Siembra 3/5 Average: 3,43 Started out really strong, but lost some steam towards the end. Still enjoyable listen overall.

Good, but not for me. I imagine a cool vibed nightclub sound.

Pleasant

Day264 - a fun album that deserves a drink in your hand

I have never listened to salsa. I can’t rate this album normally. I just listened to first two songs from album and understand: It’s 100% not for me. I like Spanish songs, but not like these. So 3/5.

I can tell that I like this, but I have never listened to salsa before so I don't really know what to make of it or what to rate it.

I have never listened to salsa music and didn’t think I could sit through 40 minutes of it nonetheless but pass me some chips please cause I wanna dance

ehh this was fun but im not super into it

Solid

Good but didn’t make it through. Intro on the top listened track was legendary.

3.3 stars rounded down.

Funky salsa? Kinda digging it.

I liked tracks 2 onwards more than the opener with the disco. Overall pretty enjoyable - some excellent horn playing. But it also doesn't quite have enough variation to keep me engaged for the whole album.

It was interesting to hear that very popular single within the context of the rest of the album.

Not my music, but he use every vocal, rhythm an instruments to make an varied album… 5/10

Pretty good.

Solid latin tunes

Latin feel 感觉会在餐厅小酒馆之类的地方播放，悠闲惬意的感觉

Very vibey

Thoughts before listening: I've heard of these performers, but I do not believe I've heard their music. I also do not recognize the album cover. Perhaps latin jazz of some sort? I definitely think this will be a first time hearing this. Review: Sounds like I'm at a Mexican restaurant. This is definitely a fun listen even if its not necessarily my cup of tea. I do remember going to Peru and this type of salsa music was everywhere so its bringing back very good memories. Even at dance clubs you'd hear Usher followed by a salsa song. I am glad to have been forced to listen to this today. 3-stars

Quite enjoyed this! Would like to dig into these guys’ catalogues a little more…

I’m not too familiar with this genre so I’m not sure how this stands out but I quite enjoyed it! Seemed like at least one of the songs had a satirical bend which I thought was cool even though I didn’t fully understand

Came out of the gates with a banger opening track. Never reached such highs again but was enjoyable throughout.

Not my jam, but perfectly enjoyable.

The trombone player on this 🤌

Now I know where every Mexican restaurant I've ever been in gets their music from.

Tangy tomatillo

Pretty good - I love it when they do a roll call of countries in latin music (see Plastico)

I can’t really comment as I’m not very familiar with salsa. It was fine. Rating: 3

I like a lot of latin music but wasn't a fan of this. I didn't feel the energy to dance. I wanted to like it but it just didn't strike me. I might try listening to it again since I wasn't paying a ton of attention. My grounds manager at my appartment listens to a lot of what I assume is salsa when he dances in the parking lot. I was a little stressed yesterday for my tournament but I put this on while I was cleaning.

I came close to turning this off until I heard Maria Lionza and needed to figure out who sampled it. I listened to it 4 times before figuring it out. https://youtu.be/n4ZIPIwGkGk?si=6Z-n-5pbCqHo9GrQ I didn't really care for the rest of the album.

Not my cuppa tea but interesting and I did enjoy most songs on the album

Disco Salsa from 1978... Very enjoyable. 3/5

I'm sure this is a great album but samba just is not not really for me.

Not really a fan of this type of music but appreciated the talent here.

It made me want to seat-dance.

the best salsa album ever recorded by a cast member of Predator 2

Fínt að dilla sér við þetta.

I don't speak spanish and I'm not well versed in salsa music, but based off pure vibes this was fun.

Enjoyed it. The disco-esque intro really threw me off but it quickly resolved into what i was expecting.

Mario music

This was fun! Unfortunately (and this was definitely mostly to do with me being home from college), this album led to a week-long procrastination of album listening, so it loses a star for that. But I really did enjoy this! I would never listen to salsa music normally, so I appreciate getting the chance to hear this.

This is not an album to listen to in your car. The first song made me think something was clunking around in the back of my car, and then that other song had a siren in it. Not the kind of music I usually listen to but it was totally fine

Fine. Likely due to my unfamiliarity with this genre of music, I find it challenging to observe the nuances in this album that place it above its peers and as being worthy of its place on this list. That lack of comprehension is a failing on my part.

Very good, though probably not something I would listen to again? A fun time, though I believe the lyrics are political, I don’t speak the language.

Latino.. se hai voglia è un buon album

6/10 good vibes but forgettable

Buscando Guayaba Pedro Navaja María Lionza Although I didn’t know what they were saying I could feel the energy in their words. The instrumental section was good though, but the album itself did not stand my mind more than an hour after listening to it great to listen to and fun to dance too.

- Honestly a lit vibe I enjoyed this for what it was - I want a Corona

- good vibes

Super fun. Latin beats and horns were super groovy, and fun to listen to. It was really creative and vibey. I had a great time with this one.

Much better than the other salsa album I got

I didnt think this was the best

Too sad for this joy Too naive for this high art Too bad, it’s charming

The biggest trouble with this list is that music is very much about the context in which it is listened; I did enjoy this much more than I thought but I'm sure if I was sitting in a tropical setting with my wife, a pina colada and able to swing my hips I'd enjoy it a lot more than listening in an office in Devon while it is pissing down outside.

high 3

Pedro Navaja I gather is like a hispanic Mack The Knife…

Not sure where this fits in my rotation. Probably not. Well played not my bag.

Latin jazz

Love the energy, ojos was my favorite (3.5/5)

Salsa ambience. Great listening in the background of daily chores.

Audição de salsa ou música caribenha agradável, ainda prefiro as bandas cubanas.

Trombone heavy and worth a relisten

Some nice sounding Spanish music. The first song had me thinking it was going to be a Spanish disco album, but it was like all the other Spanish albums I've been given so far. Pretty good, not my thing.

Pleasant but unremarkable 70s salsa, to my ears at least.

Well, you can't argue with "the best selling salsa album in the history of salsa music and Latin music", I guess! Not really my usual genre to listen to, so I can't say much about whether this deserves the title, but a fine album, I suppose. I did find "Buscando Güayaba" a weird and somewhat jarring song, and while I kind of liked the seamless transition between tracks (interrupted only by YouTube's annoying ads), it made it really hard to follow much of anything, in large part because my sung-Spanish comprehension is as abysmal as my sung-French comprehension. And while the reference completely went over my head, it's interesting to know that "Pedro Navaja" is an homage to Bertolt Brecht's "Threepenny Opera." "I like to live in America!" (3)

This was a lot lot better than I expected, while salsa music won't become a heavy favorite of mine, it was nice to hear some diversity in the songs.

I enjoy salsa and enjoyed this record. I don’t know if it’s a good example of the style or not, my salsa knowledge and palate are not extensive or refined. But I’d put it on again.

Now I can die with sabor.

Upbeat and fine. Not my normal cuppa but I didn’t dislike it.

Fun world record. Reminds me of paddington

Felt like I was on holiday, lovely

love the smell of his colón on me <3

Technically brilliant I'm sure but I was well bored by the third song. Samba/Salsa heaven if you like that kinda thing. THREE!

2/7, 29%

This is our first Spanish album. I'm ignorant so I would probably need a cultural trip sitter to tell me why this is an important album, but I enjoyed the upbeat vibe regardless.

Albums like this truly expose my biases. When I saw that it was salsa, i groaned. Its the same beat over and over. But that's the beauty of this project. It forces me to listen without assumptions. To dig deeper beyond the congo drums and listen to the nuances. The horns are my favorite part of every song! This album is great in a lot of ways. Especially when it crosses into jazz.

The first track “Plastico” is a banger. The rest was interesting, but didn’t hit like the first track for me

I’ve listened to this album about 5 times all told, and I still don’t know what to make of it. It’s fine, I guess, but it does all sort of blend into a mesh. I don’t speak Spanish, and so can only pick out a few words, there seems to be quite a lot about both women and flowers, but I don’t know how much knowing what the topics of the songs would help. Maybe I just need to listen to this while dancing, but I can’t do the samba either. A true five out of ten if ever there was

Funky. Disco-y. Salsa-y. Tropical-y. Altogether a pretty fun album to listen to, even if I have no idea what they’re saying. I feel like I’ve been transported to Miami in the late 70s at the height of the cocaine drug trafficking era.

I just can’t get into latin music for an extended period of time. With that being said I’m still going to give it some good stars because the musicianship is obviously very good. I can see this being very good if you are into this type of music, but it’s just not for me.

It was fine. Nothing mind blowing. 6/10 Top 1: 1. Dime

J'ai beaucoup de difficulté avec les artistes hispanophones, mais pour une fois, je suis surprise. C'est vraiment intéressant à écouter et j'ai apprécié mon expérience.

Have not heard this before but I’m looking forward to checking it out. I would say not speaking the language affected my enjoyment. The music was decent but felt repetitive and I kept finding myself wondering what the lyrics were. Overall, I was enthusiastic for this but was underwhelmed.

Cool for what it is, some very funky stuff. Not for me though.

This album was kinda fun. It was a great background listener while working today. I've heard of Ruben Blades before and I know he's a force in the salsa/jazz scene, but the only sound I've heard from him is Pedro Navaja, and that was in The Mask.

Enjoyed the sound and rhythms!

I don’t know enough about the genre to pass any judgement, really. But, I listened to the whole thing and enjoyed it.

Ruben Blades I knew, but not Willie Colon. A fab mix of Brazilian jazz plus disco.

Great salsa music!

Admittedly, I know next to nothing about salsa and I have no real grip to judge is one album is better than the other. They all kinda sound the same to me, but it's still a pleasant sound it's all good.

Listening to this during a snowstorm was pretty absurd, but still pretty good overall.

Very nice groovy and passionate salsa album. I honestly can't understand the political aspect of it, but that was a pleasant listen.

Not my style.

Not really to my taste but was nice to listen to something different, can definitely see why people like this sort of music

Sexy

Got some good funk on it. It can get you moving. Salsa is fun but it's not my thing normally. After a couple of listens, I was definitely dancing without noticing.

Starts with a promising soul, then it mostly latin

This kinda music can often quite easily dip into the background for me but this one managed to break through. Quite enjoyed it. Fave track: Maria Lionza

Good fun - looking out the window at the sunshine falling on the trees in front of a blue sky seems fitting for this soundtrack to the morning. Three and a half. Fave track: Pedro Navaja

Great vibes and quiet catchy, but no idea what the lyrics are

Fun!

Salsa? Cool

Idk much about salsa, but this had some cool instrumental moments, just got a bit samey towards the end.

Never heard of this album or artists before, but fun surprise to hear Latin music.

Ok, so another one where it’s ‘not for me’. Ugh. I get the musicianship and that it was a smash hit. And salsa is kinda fun. Probably missing out because I don’t understand Spanish so the story is lost on me. Fun to dance and have a laugh too. A bit like background music to listen to

A perfectly fine Latin music album.

Nice bass line right at the start! This is not really my bag but it was enjoyable for what it is.

A good time, got me moving

Fun album and not something I'd normally listen to. Can absolutely see how I would dance to this at an event or something. Some great tracks, especially Ojos.

Pretty good. First few tracks were really interesting, though the rest of the album kind of started to sound samey to me. Enjoyed it overall though.

Was fine, but not the sort of thing I'd ever turn on. I didn't dislike it or anything. It was... Fine. 2.5/5