Willie Colon & Ruben Blades - Siembra [Special Edition] (1978/2010)
Artist: Willie Colon & Ruben Blades
Title: Siembra
Year Of Release: 1978/2010
Label: Fania Records
Genre: Latin Jazz, Salsa
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 1:14:24
Total Size: 172 mb / 489 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Siembra
Year Of Release: 1978/2010
Label: Fania Records
Genre: Latin Jazz, Salsa
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 1:14:24
Total Size: 172 mb / 489 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
The high point of Willie Colón's ongoing collaboration with Rubén Blades (and close to a career peak for both artists), Siembra exploded on the salsa scene in 1978 and has never been forgotten by fans. Beginning with a minute of playfully deceptive quasi-disco arrangements, Colón and his band slip into a devastating salsa groove for the opener, "Plástico," on which Blades first criticizes America's throwaway society and then brings all of Latin America together with a call to unity. Blades wrote all but one of the songs on Siembra, and shines on all of them; his extended high-tenor salsa scatting lifts "Buscando Guayaba," his tender side comes across on the love song "Dime," and he outlines a devastating life-in-el-Barrio exposé with "Pedro Navaja" (Peter the Knife). For the latter, Colón and Luis Ortiz's tight arrangement adds immeasurably to the song, using street noise and sirens, breaking into an ironic "I like to live in America!," and punching the statement home with a four-trombone line. Reflecting the tough times but optimistic attitude of el Barrio during the late '70s, Siembra joined Cosa Nuestra as one of Willie Colón's career landmarks.
:: TRACKLIST ::
1 Plástico 6:37
2 Buscando Güayaba 5:43
3 Pedro Navaja 7:21
4 María Lionza 5:27
5 Ojos 4:50
6 Dime 6:59
7 Siembra 5:21
8 Dime (Take 2)
9 Pedro Navaja (Take 2)
10 Ligia Elena (Merengue Version)
11 Plástico (Instrumental Edit)
12 Siembra (Joe Claussell Remix)
Bass – Eddie Rivera, Salvador Cuevas
Bongos, Choir – José Mangual Jr.
Drums [Plastic] – Bryan Brake
Engineer – Jon Fausty
Executive-Producer – Jerry Masucci
Percussion – Eddie Montalvo
Percussion, Choir – Adalberto Santiago
Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – José Torres
Producer, Trombone, Choir – Willie Colon
Timbales – Jimmy Delgado
Trombone – José Rodriguez, Leopoldo Pineda, Angel Papo Vasquez, Sam Burtis
Vocals, Choir – Ruben Blades