Customer Reviews

Power Salsa

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Fruko y sus Tesos is one of the few exemplary groups who have mastered the genre of salsa known as "salsa brava". This is their second consecutive album after a long hiatus from the music world and they have once again proven that they have not lost their ability nor creativity and a strong sounding percussion and drums is still their claim to fame. This album called "Power Salsa" and rightfully so is a work of art in terms of combining well mastered beats and rhythms. Although very contemporary sounding and fast paced, Fruko has preserved many traditional elements of salsa which can be heard throughout the album. Traditionally a hard sounding salsa group, Fruko did not stray away from this style but added key elements such as "swing" and "charanga" to many of the songs thus enhancing and all already fast paced tempo. The album is a dancer's bliss and any song in the album will inspire salsa lovers to flock to the floor and groove like never before. There are some songs in this album that are in a class by themselves such as "Cachondea", "Cali de Rumba","Se me olvido otra vez", "El Swing de Fruko", "Naci en la Barriada"and "El Preso" (new version ) but as mentioned before all are worthy of praise. I highly recommend this salsa cd because of its artistic creativity and cadence by some of the finest singers that Colombia has to offer.

My favoured salsa cd's are this one (El preso alone is worth the price, but all are great), and Wayne Gorbea's second. I love it so much that I cannot properly express it I'm affraid.

This CD could have had 5 stars. This group is amazing. The sound quality of the CD is good. The sound of the band makes you feel that you are listening to live music. However...the tracks are all remixes and not the original songs you have grown to love by this group. The originals are better!!! So if you're trying to find the songs you love by this group, get another of their compilations, as these are all remixes of the original. If you already have their CD's and just want to add to your repertoire of Fruko y Sus Tesos...then it's a GREAT addition!

This is the best Salsa music I've ever heard. The musicians
have a genius for timing; the songs are all unique, and the whole album
is great. Colombian salsa is very pure.This is a true must have album.