Ya No Hace Falta

Bamboleo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 19, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ahi Nama Music
• ASIN: B00000K537
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,337 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #92 in Music > Indie Music > Latin Music > General

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addicted To This CD!, March 14, 2000

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Wil McZeal (Los Angeles, Ca.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ya No Hace Falta (Audio CD)

I live in Los Angeles and have been seriously dancing Salsa since 1996. My friend Kay Torres has been educating me about Cuban music for the last 2 years. On January 8, 2000 I saw Bamboleo for the second time in person at the Conga Room. The dancers, especially the ladies, Vanyia and Yordamis, were awesome. The band was tight and sent their clean sound bouncing and rolling off of the walls and ceilings. When I left the concert I wanted to buy one of their CDs immediately. I did not have any of their music and I did not know which songs I had heard at the concert or the CDs they came from. I bought "Ya No Hace Falta" because it was their most recent release...Let me tell you, for 2 months I have been playing this CD at home, in my car and at my office...I AM ADDICTED! Lastly, Timba music can be difficult to dance to for us North Americans because of its speed and complexity but I love dancing salsa/ mambo to this CD because most of the songs are mid tempo but they have great arrangements and wonderful changes of speed and style within the songs. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT NOT BUYING THIS CD!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timbero, July 8, 2002

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Enrique Rodriguez (Chicago, ILLINOIS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ya No Hace Falta (Audio CD)

This Bamboleo album is a total master piece. They have elevated Timba to an even higher level. Timba is Cuban music,like the name Salsa or real name Son Montuno, from the province of Oriente, Cuba. It's a more complex way of playing what we know as Salsa and Bamboleo does a fantastic job.
I recommend La Tremenda, Opening and Ya no hace falta, as my 3 top choices, but the whole album is fantastic.
Look for their soon to be released new album, they have some serious music in it.
Timbero.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hate to spoil the party, January 18, 2009

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Vain Saints (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ya No Hace Falta (Audio CD)

This record puts on full displays the glories and weaknesses of the Timba style. The horn lines are intricate and challenging; they are also too often academic, unoriginal, and uninspired. The choruses and refrains are intense, brilliant, and often iresistable (Se Le Fué La Mano) and the versus are often plodding, hackneyed, tossed off, and corny (Se Le Fué La Mano). Bamboleo does not employ their synthesizers well; their synths often just cheese it up (Manicero). The improvisations are often forgettable, and the technical proficiency seems purposeless. And for Heaven knows what reason, they repeat EVERYTHING, regardless of whether anyone would want to hear that section again.

So these three stars, sweet and simple, represent my impression of the relative strengths and weaknesses of this record. It's more good than bad, but not inspired by any stretch. It could be a 4-star record too, but I'll just tick one off since everybody else is so ecstatic about these guys. Th title track, by the way, is a masterpiece.