El Juicio

Willie Colón | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: April 25, 2006
• Label: Fania Records
• Copyright: (c) 2006 Emusica Records, LLC
• Total Length: 38:58
• Genres: International/Latin Music
• ASIN: B000V91VEO
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Africa to Cuba to Puerto Rico to New York City, July 26, 2001

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Joseph Rosario "treadingwater" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jucio (Audio CD)

It was a wonderful reunion to listen to this masterpiece. Of course, my bias is that I can in vivid memory identify the song "Aguanile" with giving me a love affair for the phenomena of rythym in '72 while I was still in diapers! Mr. Colon, Lavoe, and the rest sure did a wonderful job of preserving the Africa to the New World Rythym evolution. Excellent.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This record is sweeter than a chocolate bonbon...., June 24, 2000

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Enrique Fernandez Roberts "Stray Dog and comm... (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jucio (Audio CD)

Hector begins this dynamite album by taking you in a lyrical journey (literally) throughout latin america. His ability to Sonear (improvise) shines like a gold nugget in the first track, AH AH Oh No. The beat starts slow, but builds on this album in every song. The next track, Piran~a is a passionate cry for a clear message from a girl...while I doubt the message ever came accross, the song sears the ears with an excellent trmbone chorus, a sexy piano solo (perhaps he was still smokin' them bananas), and plenty of beat to keep the dancers in the room shaking it. There are romantic and slow moments, Son~ando Despierto and Seguire sin ti are rather ironic love songs, and prove to be the slow points of the album. Si la Vez plays on the theme of lost love, and will leave you dancing depressed as you contemplate where she could be while you dance with another. The album has two more songs which will have you turning the volume up so high the neighbors will be complaining. Timbalero is a scorching song set a fire by an orchestra that spews more heat than a jet engine. Aguianile takes slasa back to its african roots and will leave you in a trance. The final song, a mellow insturmental, will finally calm a listener down after being taken on this amazing journey that is el Juicio. No doubt this one of the best albums by one of the best salsa bands, you will be kicking yourself if you pass this one by........

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece, June 19, 2009

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Marcos "salsero" (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jucio (Audio CD)

El Juicio was the last album that Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe made while still being on the same band together. While they collaborated many times after, those collaborations did not come from a working band who knew exactly how to push each other's limits.

And that's what you get here, a total all out artistic tour-de-force. Strong rhythmic variations abound, breaks that were not to be heard again in latin music until the advent of timba, incredible vocal improvisation, and Willie Colon's fierce trombone section.

This one is not for fans of Gilberto Santarosa, Victor Manuelle, and Marc Anthony. This is the raw sound of New York. The album name "El Juicio" was Willie Colon's own introspective view of his life at the time, which caused him to shortly thereafter end his marriage and partnership with Lavoe. Which makes it not only historic, but also emotional.