Luisito Ayala’s Puerto Rican Power celebrates its 40th anniversary with a respectable Salsa album.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAnother band celebrating their 40th anniversary is Luisito Ayala and his Puerto Rican Power. They maintain their signature “Salsa Rom\u00e1ntica<\/em>” themes with their usual thicker Salsa sound, which makes it good for listening and dancing.<\/p>\nThe first song, “Ya Me lo Dieron en Vida<\/em>“, celebrates the band’s 40 years in the Salsa scene. The title is an obvious reference to Mike Amadeo’s song popularized by El Gran Combo “Que Me Lo Den en Vida<\/em>“.<\/p>\nIt’s curious that of the 9 songs contained in the album, the last 3 were recorded at a different session and time. The orchestration is different and the sound quality cloudy. Does give the impression that they needed more songs to complete the album and un-shelved some from a previous recording.<\/p>\n
Tentaciones Vol. 1 (Charlie Cruz)<\/h4>\n
This is almost an EP rather than an album as it contains only 6 songs. The first one “Pa Que Enamorarse<\/em>” was flagged in Spotify for explicit content, for good reason.<\/p>\nBasically, these are Salsa Romantica<\/em> \/ er\u00f3tica<\/em> songs with the same formula on all songs. It just changes the lyrics. As singles, the songs individually are ok, but as an album, all songs sound similar. Not much variation on the arrangements; the old Salsa Romantica<\/em> formula that should be obsolete by now.<\/p>\n