Search - Santa Esmeralda :: Another Cha Cha

A unique sort of disco!

11/04/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"First of all, the horns employed carrying out "Another Cha-Cha" confer a unique quality on this song, and I like this song quite a lot due to its latinized disco aroma; having said that, I think the last 2 minutes are too repetitious. I came across this song, for the first time, almost a year ago in CD form (from the "Gay Classics") which includes that song in a duration slightly over 11 minutes (the CD's cover claiming it to be a "full lengh version" - obviously the producers of this CD hadn't done their homework good enough) only to run into - much to my surprise - the authentic 14 minutes version just recently! The songs "Generation" and "Answer" are very good - I'm crazy about how a rather danceable tempo is set off alternating with a slower, calmer tempo. They struck a chord in me immediately (I haven't heard them until lately). "Back to the beginning" is nice and lovely although it doesn't turn me on since ballads aren't my favorites. I recommend this album to any music afficionado who hasn't heard yet this album or the two songs mentioned in the previous paragraph and would like to enjoy a mildly sweet blend of latin flavor with off-the-mainstream disco. Yeah, if only there were a time tunnel..."