Azucar Negra

Celia Cruz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rmm Records
• ASIN: B00006GO7Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #356,804 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Azucar Negra

2. Amores de un Dia

3. Sazón

4. Pasaporte Latinoaméricano

5. De la Habana Hasta Aqui

6. Ochun con Chango

7. Bolero, Bolero

8. Que Suenen las Palmas

9. Te Busco

10. Cruz de Navajas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Queen of Salsa Reigns, August 4, 2005

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Linda Lawrance "belladonna" (Burnie, Tasmania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Azucar Negra (Audio CD)

From the opening rhythms of Azucar Negra I couldn't stay still, I danced around the kitchen, I grooved in the car. Whether you want to salsa under the stars on a balmy night or even if housework calls and you need to tap into some of that Cuban energy, Celia Cruz delivers a consistent collection of tracks to lift the spirit and move the feet.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buena mezcla de ritmos diferentes, December 2, 2001

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Marianopolita2005 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Azucar Negra (Audio CD)

Lo que me sorprende de este disco es la manera en que Celia compone diferentes ritmos tropicales en un solo disco. Aunque Celia Cruz se hizo famosa por sus salsas ritmicas y calientes, esta grabacion tambien resalta sus otras calidades musicales. El album es muy suave de principio a fin y cada cancion tiene un elemento artistico digno de atencion. Por lo general, la primera cancion de un disco es la que llama la atencion de la gente y este disco no es la excepcion. Sin lugar a dudas "Azucar Negra" es el exito pero las otras canciones tambien tienen sabor y deben ser escuchadas. Lo que me fascina es que hay un poco de todo. Hay cinco salsas y cada una tiene un estilo unico y las otras canciones son boleros o baladas depende de como el oyente las interprete. Basicamente es un album muy bueno y si decides tenerlo en tu coleccion creo que en poco tiempo se convertira en uno de tus discos mas apreciados.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Celia's disappointing debut album for RMM Records., April 18, 2011

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Justo Roteta (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Azucar Negra (Audio CD)

This was Celia's debut CD for the RMM Records label and includes the big hits "Sazon", "Cruz De Navajas" and "Bolero, Bolero". For better or worse, this album was an unapologetically commercial one and it lacks the rootsy, classic Cuban music-flavored sound that epitomized her work with Johnny Pacheco or the robust, hard-driving New York Salsa sound that was so characteristic of her work with Ray Barretto and Willie Colon. Yes, Celia was one of those few and rare artists with whom it was virtually impossible to make a bad record but this album was quite a disappointment in comparison to her 1974-1992 recordings for the Fania and Vaya labels.