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Best Salsa Albums of All Time with Video Clips

Enjoy my personal list of the greatest Salsa Music of all time. Click the BUY ALBUM link to read and listen more on the album from amazon. Also watch video of a song off the album (some of the videos are live renderings of studio tracks on the album).

Some artists produce great songs which don't dance to well, while others make sizzling dance tracks without carrying a great tune. Few manage both. But who's complaining? In any case, most of the albums I've deemed "not very danceable" actually contain pretty good dance material for beginners - the great dance albums might be a bit too "duro" (hard) just yet...

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Artist

Album Title

Comment

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Isaac Delgado

Exitos

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Packs a number of this Cuban star's killer tracks on one album. Great value considering that his normal releases are of varying quality.

Yuri Buenaventura

Yo Soy

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Yuri gave the title song to the (very mediocre, avoid) 2nd "Salsa" film. This is quality Salsa. Has some real great dance tracks.

Rey Ruiz

Exitos del Rey

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Rey's older stuff is just addictive. What a voice, what songs! Medium danceablilty.

Rey Ruiz

Mi media mitad

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One of his oldies but goodies.

Rey Ruiz

Porque es amor

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Nice tunes, groovy, medium danceablilty.

Yuri Buenaventura

Vagabundo

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Another masterpiece from this great Colombian musician. I imagine other stars envying what a tight backing band this man has.

Celia Cruz

Mi vida es cantar

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A great mix of styles, killer dance tracks. Probably her best album. Alas, the Cuban Queen of Salsa is no more.

Grupo Gale

En Su Sitio

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Really, really groovy, but not that good for dancing. Colombian Salsa at it's best.

La India

Mega Mix

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What a voice! Has a lot of remixed tracks from her hit "Dicen le Soy" album but I like this one much better. Unfortunately, none of India's songs have the right punch to qualify for good dancing.

Puerto Rican Power

Men in Salsa

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Punchy, tight, hot dance floor stuff with great tunes. The Frank Ramos Bachata cover at the end is cool too.

Gloria Estefan

Mi Tierra

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No real Salsa here except the title track, but a must-have classic Latin album. Her best.

Raulin Rosendo

Donde me coja la noche

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Packed with killer dance tracks. Nice songs too. This man from the Dominican Republic sure knows how to churn out sizzling Salsa! His best.

Marc Anthony

Contra la Corriente

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Marc's best album, Salsa Romantica at it's best. Sugary but very, very nice.

Willy Chirino

Afro-disiac

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Wow, what can I say. This Cuban-American can do no wrong. One of his two best. He received a Grammy and has been around for decades!

Willy Chirino

Baila con migo

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Another wow album. One of his two best.

Willy Chirino

Cuba Libre

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Many nice duets, many with a traditional Cuban flavour. Willy is a virtual guarantee for quality music.

Carmen Jimenez and Orchestra

Carmen Jimenez

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Carmen's got a wonderfully laid back voice and great songs. Wonder why she hasn't made it commercially.

 

Grupo Niche

Un Alto en el Camino (alternate title: Las Tres son Caribe)

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Packed with hits. A bit on the sweet side but their best. Along with Grupo Gale, Niche plays some of the best Columbian Salsa there is.

Jose Alberto

Herido

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Tight, killer dance tracks. Jose from the Domincan Republic is a brilliant musician who's been around for ages.

Ray Sepulveda

Salsabor

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Great tunes, not very danceable.

Africando

Mandali

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Africa's all star Salsa band. They don't sing Spanish, but they're great to get the dance-floor sizzling. Nice tunes too.

Adolescent's Orquesta

Millenium Hits

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These guys from Venezuela have churned out an amazing number of hits, and they're almost all here. Medium danceablility.

Frankie Ruiz

20 Exitos, Vol.1 & Vol. 2

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Frankie, who's unfortunately not among us anymore, had a great grainy, hoarse voice with marvelous tunes to match. Most of the songs are classics. Not very danceable.

Pochi y su Cocoband

El Arrollador

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This is an oldie (1992) but has loads of great Merengue and Salsa from this bouncy group from the Dominican Republic. The song "Salsa con Coco" is a classic.


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