La Voz

📖 About this album

Héctor Lavoe debut album, released in 1975 on Fania Records. Produced and arranged with Willie Colón, it presented the Panamanian-Puerto Rican singer as one of salsa's most charismatic voices.

📝 Our review

Héctor Lavoe had a way of phrasing that made any lyric sound like he was inventing it in the moment. La Voz, his debut, captured that before he became a legend. Fania production with Willie Colón arrangements surrounds his voice with a salsa that combines ferocity and melancholy. "El malo" is a genre classic; the rest of the album sustains that level. An extraordinary debut.

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