Metiendo Mano! (transl."Hard at work!") is the first collaborative studio album by Puerto Rican-American trombonist and singer Willie Colón and Panamanian singer-songwriter Rubén Blades, released on October 7, 1977, through Fania Records. The album was produced by Colón and Jerry Masucci and it's the first of five collaborative albums by Colón and Blades. The record includes the song "Pablo Pueblo", which is considered to be one of the initial forays into "conscious" or "intellectual" salsa and was the theme song to Blades' unsuccessful Panamanian presidential bid in 1994. Craig Harris wrote in MusicHound World that the album "not only represents a historic meeting of musical minds but remains a dance-inspiring masterpiece."
Track listing
All tracks are written by Rubén Blades, except where noted.
↑Music in the 20th Century (3 Vol Set) Dave DiMartino - 2016 - Page 70 1317464303 Reubén Blades is a Panamanian-born singer and musician who has helped to revolutionize the salsa sound. Together with Willie Colón and others, he blended the movement called La Nueva Cancion (New Song) with salsa, ... Quintessential Blades works include Metiendo Mano (1977) and the 1978 release Siembra, one of the biggest selling salsa albums ..."
↑The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard - 2004 - Page 81 0743201698 "It was Colon who took Blades under his wing, collaborating with him on the smoldering, thickly textured Metiendo Mano!"
