Crime Pays (Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe album)

Crime Pays
Compilation album by
Willie Colón
Released1972 (1972)
Genre
LabelFania Records
ProducerJerry Masucci
Willie Colón chronology
Asalto Navideño Vol.2
(1972) 		Crime Pays
(1972) 		Lo Mato
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Crime Pays is a vintage collection of Willie Colón's early lounge recordings from the late 1960s and early 1970s mainly with Héctor Lavoe, including Guajirón, El Titán, Que Lío and Eso Se Baila Así.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Che Che Colé" Colón - 3:30
  2. "El Malo" Colón - 3:55
  3. "Guisando" Colón, Lavoe - 4:00
  4. "Jazzy" Colón - 4:00
  5. "Juana Peña" Colón, Lavoe - 5:37
  6. "Guajirón" Dimond - 5:59
  7. "El Titán" Colón, Lavoe - 5:21
  8. "Que Lío" Colón, Joe Cuba, Lavoe - 4:35
  9. "Eso Se Baila Así" Colón - 5:15

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Crime Pays at AllMusic
  2. ^ Colin Larkin (1998). "Colón, Willie". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. II (3rd ed.). Muze. p. 1180–1. ISBN 0-333-74134-X.
  3. ^ Ilan Stavans Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes 2014 p412 0313343969 "Fania even released a compilation album of their best recordings entitled Crime Pays featuring a cover photograph of the pair dressed like mad mobsters, crouched on the running board of an old roadster. ."
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