Metiendo Mano

Metiendo Mano!
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 1977 (1977-10-07)
Recorded1976–1977
StudioLa Tierra Sound Studios, New York City
Genre
Length50:23
LabelFania
Producer
Willie Colón and Rubén Blades chronology
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
(1975)
Metiendo Mano!
(1977)
Siembra
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
MusicHound World

Metiendo Mano! (transl."Hard at work!") is the debut 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 is the second of four collaborative duo 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."