Artist – Album: Tito Puente – Dance Mania
Released: 1st
January 1958
Sounds Like: The
greatest Nando’s soundtrack album in the world... ever!
Tito Puento’s bright and brassy Dance Mania may turn 55
today, but it’s as electrifying a listen now as it ever was.
The album kicks off with some of it’s bounciest numbers - ‘El Cayuco’ and ‘Llego Mijan’ being particular highlights. ...Ok, on first listen,
yes, you may think it’s all a bit Nando’s-y. But, unlike the nondescript muzak pumped
out in that popular poultry purveyor, this stuff doesn’t get boring.
The album does slow slightly for the latter half, although
the tempo is never less than uplifting. My Spanish is chiefly limited to
ordering beer but I do know that ‘bailar’ means to dance; and throughout the
record Puente and his bandmates bellow this command.
Whether you’re planning on continuing the new year’s party weeks
into 2013, or if today’s more about cleaning up last night’s mess whilst
nursing the mother of all hangovers; you should make a resolution to hear this
album as soon as possible.
Albumaday... rating: 8/10
1.
El Cayuco –
2:33
2.
Complicacion
– 3:18
3.
3-D Mambo –
2:23
4.
Llego Mijan
– 3:10
5.
Cuando Te
Vea – 4:10
6.
Hong Kong
Mambo – 3:42
7.
Mambo Gozon
– 2:44
8.
Mi Chiquita
Quiere Bembe – 3:55
9.
Varsity Drag
– 2:48
10. Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti – 3:10
11. Agua Limpia Todo – 2:55
12. Saca Tu Mujer – 3:02
Listen to ‘Varsity
Drag’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QvxhU5Fzw0
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