What to Listen for:

• Rhythm-and-blues inflected vocals and overall sound influenced by U.S. pop
• Other salsa romántica qualities: synthesizers, strings, overdubbed vocals, strings, smooth, sweet- sounding horn arrangement, extremely polished studio production
• Horn lines change in each verse, each time growing more complex
• Shorter vocal call-and-response section (the montuno) in contrast with the multiple montunos in Celia Cruz’s “Ritmo en el corazón”