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The Best I have heard from them yet !

Noel Aldebol | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 01/21/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Many people feel that Sonora Caruseles' best CD yet is "Con Todos los Hierros". I own 4 Cd's and another CD one is on its way to me as I write this. "La Salsa la Traigo Yo" is a production and musical arrangement masterpiece. This CD is Sonora Carruseles', non-compilation, king of the hill album.
Yes, I mean it is even better than "Con Todos los Hierros". Even the only Cumbia song in the album is better, in my opinion, than the only cumbia song in "Con Todos los Hierros". The only two songs I think you would not play at a Club here in the States are "Pachanga Pa' Orinte" and "Repica el Tambor (this second one is because most of the song is too slow for most demands). But Sonora Carruseles is very popular in Clubs and dance halls in Europe and in the oriental countries and "Pachanga Pa' Oriente" could be played in clubs there. "Repica el Tambor" is a montuno salsa rhythm, and so it is slower than the other salsa songs in the CD.
I will even go as far as saying that this CD is the best Salsa, non-compilation, album ever made by a single salsa band or single salsa performer. My favorite song of the whole album is track number 2, Cocinando. I have a feeling that most DJ's will have a hard time finding/picking the one song which will be the star track of the album, because it is filled with such a fine quality of musical creations.
Carruseles does not have any bad CD's in my opinion.
I would never suggest to anyone to buy a "Greatest Hits" album of Sonora Carruseles. Too many good songs would be left out of the CD since you can only fit so much. And they have so many great songs to fill more than 2 CD's.Sonora Carruseles does to Salsa what Juan Luis Guerra did to Bachata and arguably to Merengue. Juan Luis Guerra took bachata and merengue to another level of sophistication and beauty and, in the case of Bachata, catapulted its fame. Sonora Carruseles and the other salsa band, Fruko y Sus Tesos, took Salsa to another level of sophistication, and elegance and yet maintained the Hard Salsa (Salsa Brava) and Boogaloo element of their music and persuaded more people from around the world to love salsa.
I am from Puerto Rico and not Colombian, so I am not being biased about Sonora Carruseles. If the latino youth now days steps a little bit away from reggaeton and rap and more of them indulged themselves in the clean, yet very fun music of Caribe/Latino Jazz, then maybe we would have more Benny More's, Ray Barreto's, Eddie Palmieri's, Tito Puente's, Willy Colon's, Pete Rodriguez's, Ruben Blades', Sonora Carruseles', etc."

Pure boogaloo! Colombian boogaloo!

Marianopolita2005 | 09/04/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This salsa is all that it's expected to be. Typical Sonora Carruseles all the way. High energy, fast rhythms, excellent percussion, fusion of beats and most of all their trademark of "boogaloo" style salsa is noted throughout the album. I never had a doubt about this album when I purchased it but I was quite surprised. Not because of how great the album is but because how they are able to maintain the high quality of salsa that they produce. If I were to compare this album to another one in their repertoire I would say this one is similar to their previous production "De una vez gozando". Several songs caught my attention. I especially enjoyed #1- La salsa la traigo yo, #3 La Comay, #6 Repica el tambo, #7 Lo que pide la gente, #9 Rumba de mulatos, #10 Me goce el bongo, #11 Puras mentiras and #13- Amor mexicano- a beautiful, top notch cumbia. As you can see I almost listed all thirteen songs as my favorites. In a nutshell, if you know Sonora Carruseles style salsa or if you own their other albums: Heavy Salsa, Con todos los hierros, De una vez gozando or The Best (greatest hits compilation) shall I say no more. Just buy the album because as the title states "Sonora Carruseles te trajo la salsa" and it is to be enjoyed!"