Oscar D'Leon Exitos Con La Critica

Artist: Oscar D'Leon
Name of CD: Oscar D'Leon Exitos Con La Critica
Release Date: 1996

All songs on the Salsa music album “Oscar D'Leon Exitos Con La Critica” are also holiday season hits of the international Salsa dance floors. Venezuelan Salsa music icon Oscar de Leon has Salsa for everyone!

This is the perfect gift for all die-hard Salseros and Salseras. 

The album starts with ”A El” (English: “To Him”), a song dedicated to his father and to all fathers. This Salsa/Mambo is a perfect example of Salsa songs for all kinds of Salsa dancers. From Salsa dance students to the professionals, and from Salsa on1, Mambo On2 and Cuban Son dancers: all can dance and enjoy to the max to this song. And, the same is true for the next song,“Se Necesita Rumbero” (Rumba Singer Needed”). Most of the slow paced & very romantic songs such as the Bolero/Cuban Son/Cha Cha Cha/Latin Samba song “Olvidame” is a jewel of a song. The fast paced “Sonero” (English: “Son Singer”) and the legendary “Monta Mi Caballo” ("English: "Mount My Horse") are proven floor fillers.  The song “Quidate Bien” (English: “Take Good Care of Yourself)” is excellent for using during a Salsa Musicality class or workshops, due to its magnificent structure.

My favorite song is "Cruel Desilusion" (English: "Cruel Dissapointment"), which can be danced as a Son Montuno, a Cha Cha Cha, a "Come Back" or as the "Ritmo Combina" being danced on some of  the islands of the former Dutch Antilles. This is THE song for the "real" Salsa dancers!

The twelve songs on Oscar D'Leon's “Exitos Con La Critica” have been floor fillers for many years. This album is perfect for spinning on the Salsa dance floors during the holiday season because the music is appeals to both the older and  the newer Salsa generations, and to all Latino and Non-Latino Salsa aficionados.

Oscar D'Leon's Salsa is universal and transcends borders!

Track list
1.El, A
2.Se Necesita Rumbero
3.Pregones de San Cristobal
4.Olvidame
5.Madre
6.Sonero
7.Monta Mi Caballo
8.Cuidate Bien
9.Pruebe Candela
10.La Merenguita
11.Rumba Rumbero
12.Cruel Desilusion


About the author:
Sederick Short is a salsa dance teacher, choreographer and entertainer. He’s been teaching Salsa from 1997, and he’s been dancing all kind of street dance styles for more than 26 years. He also grew up with music: his father was a bass guitar player and his mother was a singer in several small bands on the island of Curacao. These bands often practiced at their home since the time he was a young boy. Currently, he's also the content manager of www.onlinesalsa.com. He can be reached at sederick@onlinesalsa.com, or by typing his name on Facebook.