De Ti Depende [It's up to You]

by Hector Lavoe

Overview

As much a classic of Hector Lavoe's career -- and salsa music in total -- as La Voz, his solo debut from one year earlier, 1976's De Ti Depende (It's Up to You) includes everything that made La Voz a classic. Produced and with three of its spotlight tracks arranged by Willie Colon, it features much the same group (with Ruben Blades in the chorus) and hits the same heights with its material -- but that's not to say it's the same album. This one has more ballads, and more of a reflective, often downcast feel to the material; even the hit, "Periodico de Ayer," has a dark theme, comparing love to yesterday's news, and the slick, string-filled "Tanto Como Ayer" is even more fatalistic. "Hacha y Machete" is a beacon of up-tempo salsa goodness in the vast melancholy wasteland. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	06/30/2017
Label:	Fania
UPC:	3596973460226
Rank:	138388

Tracks

1. Vamos a Reir Un Poco
2. De Ti Depende
3. Periodico De Ayer
4. Consejo De Oro
5. Tanto Como Ayer
6. Hacha Y Machete
7. Felices Horas
8. Mentira

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Willie Colon   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Hector Lavoe   Primary Artist,Vocals,Maracas,Lead Vocals
Angel Papo Vasquez   Trombone
Harry De Aguiar   Trombone
Santi Gonzalez   Bass
Angel "Papo" Vazquez   Trombone
Jose Torres "Professor"   Piano
Joe Torres   Piano
Jose Mangual Jr.   Bongos,Percussion,Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Ruben Blades   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Milton Cardona   Congas,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Yomo Toro   Guitar
Ray Feliciano   Trumpet,Trombone
Santi "Choflomo" Gonzalez   Bass

Technical Credits

Luis "Perico" Ortiz   Arranger,Arreglos
Louie Ramirez   Arranger,Arreglos
Jose Febles   Arranger,Arreglos
C. Alonso Curet   Composer
Arquimedes Arcidiacono   Composer
Enildo Padron   Composer
Perucho Torcat   Composer
Miguel Amadeo   Composer
Arquimides Arcidiacono   Composer
D.R.S.   Composer
Ron Levine   Design
Louis A. Perez   Composer
Izzy Sanabria   Photography
Juan Moreno Velazquez   Liner Notes
Luis A. Perez   Composer
Luis Perez   Composer
Jerry Masucci   Executive Producer
Miguel Angel Amadeo   Composer
Milton Cardona   Coro
Tite Curet Alonso   Composer
Lee Marshall   Photography
Edwin Rodriguez   Arranger,Arreglos
Willie Colon   Arranger,Arreglos,Producer
Jon Fausty   Engineer
Ignacio Pineiro   Composer
D.R.   Composer