Travesía

Victor Manuelle

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 2, 2004)
• Original Release Date: March 2, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony International
• ASIN: B0001FGAW6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #35,389 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Victor Manuelle and his blistering band bring tropical fire and irresistible grooves for an easy dance party on his latest CD. For this project, Manuelle teamed up with some big guns, including veteran producer Emilio Estefan, Colombian singer-songwriter Carlos Vives, and arrangers Ricardo and Alberto Gaitan (Ricky Martin, Thalia). As a singer, Manuelle is a strong tenor with a good range. His emotive vocals are proficient enough for power ballads, but his chief strength is his soneo, or the ability to improvise vocals and lyrics within a salsa tune. He is right at home on the frenzied salsa tunes such as "Te Propongo" where he trades leads with the horns, piano and percussions at a blitzkrieg pace. "Tengo Ganas," the first single, percolates with insistent percussion and elephantine horns. A ballad version of the tune is more subdued but connects with its melodic hook. However, it's the theme that hits home. The hero is trying to pick up the broken pieces of his life and move on to a new love, but he's haunted by a ghost in his past. Nostalgia is evoked on "Si Me Preguntan," which is in the old son montuno style that recalls the smoky club heyday of Willie Colon and Ruben Blades. --Ramiro Burr

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Victor Manuelle...Salsa Legend in the Making, August 11, 2004

By	A. Colon "salsakid34" (West Hartford, CT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great cd. My compliant lies with the record companies. 12 tracks but subtract the 'balada' or 'salsa' tracks and you end up with a 6 to 8 track cd. ANYWAY...Victor proves once again why he is this generations great salerso. Every track is good. Jerry Rivera and Marc Anthony are good but Victor Manuelle is a true salerso. Translation: no crossover Latin Pop

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars he's back at it!, May 27, 2004

By	mitzigg04 "mittzigg" (VA) - See all my reviews

I was disappointed with the cd previous to this one, but victor is back. The first two tracks are some great amazing salsa. I agree with other reviewers hip/hopish and ballads don't work for Victor. They sound really awkward and embarrasing. Stick to the salsa!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It would be five stars if it was all salsa, March 18, 2004

By	Luis D. Vargas (Ponce, Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The salsa songs sound more like his 1999 and 2001 release than his 2002 release. He is one of the very few young salseros with talent that can keep this genre going now that most of the other ones have been pushed aside by the old school salseros that have come back. But please, no pop. I always hear from these artists saying that they do not want to be locked up in one genre or want to try singing other genres, making fusion seem like a bad word. Victor, stick to salsa and just make it better.