Sabor [Original recording remastered]

Angel Canales | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 8, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Fania
• ASIN: B000P6R7PK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #451,972 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Smokin' salsa and son from a sadly underrated master sonero., September 2, 2004

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

Angel Canales was and remains an enigmatic and controversial figuire in 1970s salsa. He was very flashy, flamboyant and outrageous on stage but was also a tireless fighter for artists' rights. Rumour has it that he became so disillusioned with the music industry that he threw all of his music into the ocean (allegedly). This album was one of his best releases and showcases his formidable improvisational skills. The only track worth skipping on this otherwise superb album is his truly mediocre cover of the classic bolero "La Hiedra" (Canales was a great sonero but not a good bolero singer). Originally released in 1975 and produced by Joe Cain.

5.0 out of 5 stars One Hit Wonder Hit a Home Run, October 26, 2011

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JFMP (Hanoi, Vietnam) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sabor (Audio CD)

This is one of my top 5 records in my salsa collection.

Every element in this record is solid: songwriting, instrumentation and arrangement, and vocals. Canales' phrasing and range are outstanding. Perhaps the only comparison is Daniel Santos, although Canales has the better voice. The music is salsa gorda at its best, and it's hard to think that this band did not go on to greater glory.

Every single song is a gem, tightly written, melodic and rhythmically precise.

That Angel Canales would come out with this masterful record, and then basically disappear, is beyond me. (He put out a much inferior second LP, then a spottily-recorded live record.)

5.0 out of 5 stars Diferente, June 18, 2009

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

This review is from: Sabor (Audio CD)

Angel Canales tenia un estilo unico, muy distinto, de cantar, que se escucha en esta orquesta. La orquesta es tipica del sonido de la salsa clasica de los setentas, con un sonido solido, pero no la voz.

El estilo de Canales tiene muchos ejercicios vocales, como cambios de tono en el medio de una palabra, pausar en el medio de una frase para causar tension vocal, y alargar una palabra en la frase. Escuche los samples antes de decidir de comprar este album, y no lo compre como sorpresa a alguien que no conoce a Canales, porque usted o su amistad puede que lo tire directamente a la basura.

Ahora, si es como yo y le gusta conseguir algo diferente, es un buena opcion. Me facino el tema Perico Macon~a, que se trata de los problemas que tiene un adicto en socializar cuando fuma "cigarillos" y "se pone mas alto que una chiringa".