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...

Album cover	Artist	Album Title	Comment	Video
	Isaac Delgado	Exitos buy album	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 buy album	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 buy album	Rey's older stuff is just addictive. What a voice, what songs! Medium danceablilty.
	Rey Ruiz	Mi media mitad buy album	One of his oldies but goodies.
	Rey Ruiz	Porque es amor buy album	Nice tunes, groovy, medium danceablilty.
	Yuri Buenaventura	Vagabundo buy album	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 buy album	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 buy album	Really, really groovy, but not that good for dancing. Colombian Salsa at it's best.
	La India	Mega Mix buy album	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 buy album	Punchy, tight, hot dance floor stuff with great tunes. The Frank Ramos Bachata cover at the end is cool too.
	Gloria Estefan	Mi Tierra buy album	No real Salsa here except the title track, but a must-have classic Latin album. Her best.
	Raulin Rosendo	Donde me coja la noche buy album	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 buy album	Marc's best album, Salsa Romantica at it's best. Sugary but very, very nice.
	Willy Chirino	Afro-disiac Willy's Website	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 buy album	Another wow album. One of his two best.
	Willy Chirino	Cuba Libre buy album	Many nice duets, many with a traditional Cuban flavour. Willy is a virtual guarantee for quality music.
	Carmen Jimenez and Orchestra	Carmen Jimenez Carmen's Website	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) buy album	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 buy album	Tight, killer dance tracks. Jose from the Domincan Republic is a brilliant musician who's been around for ages.
	Ray Sepulveda	Salsabor buy album	Great tunes, not very danceable.
	Africando	Mandali buy album	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 buy album	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 buy album	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 buy album	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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