Indestructible

by Ray Barretto

Indestructible cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1973
  • Label: Fania
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:51
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during a period of immense personal and professional turmoil after losing his core band, the conga master recruited vocalist Tito Allen and a new ensemble to deliver a defiant, blistering masterpiece of classic salsa dura. The record features incredibly tight, explosive horn arrangements and relentless, polyrhythmic percussion, embodying the raw, street-level energy of the 1970s New York salsa explosion. Its title track remains an enduring anthem of resilience and Latin cultural pride.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, rhythmic, improvisation, technical, percussive, ensemble, Spanish language, vocal

Tracklist

  1. El Hijo De Obatala (5:02)
  2. El Diablo (5:21)
  3. Yo Tengo Un Amor (5:05)
  4. La Familia (3:49)
  5. La Orquesta (4:30)
  6. Llanto De Cocodrilo (3:52)
  7. Ay No (6:01)
  8. Indestructible (4:11)

Credits

  • Julio Romero - bass
  • Tony Fuentes - bongos, bongos cowbell
  • Hector Lavoe - coro
  • Meñique - coro, background vocals vocal
  • Manny Duran - flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Art Webb - flute
  • Edy Martinez - piano, arranged by
  • Ray Romero - timbales

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