Indestructible
by Ray Barretto
- 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
- El Hijo De Obatala (5:02)
- El Diablo (5:21)
- Yo Tengo Un Amor (5:05)
- La Familia (3:49)
- La Orquesta (4:30)
- Llanto De Cocodrilo (3:52)
- Ay No (6:01)
- 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