''The Good, the Bad, the Ugly'' is the ninth studio album by

Willie Colón William Anthony Colón Román (born April 28, 1950) is an American salsa musician and social activist. He began his career as a trombonist and also sings, writes, produces and acts. He is also involved in the politics of New York City. Colón ...

with backing from

Yomo Toro Víctor Guillermo "Yomo" Toro (26 July 1933 – 30 June 2012) was a Puerto Rican left-handed guitarist and cuatro player. Known internationally as "The King of the Cuatro," Toro recorded over 150 albums throughout a 60-year career and worked exte ...

on cuatro and vocal contributions from his regular singer

Héctor Lavoe Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez (30 September 1946 – 29 June 1993), better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Lavoe is considered to be possibly the best and most important singer and interpreter in the history of salsa ...

and Lavoe's replacement

Rubén Blades Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (, but in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in th ...

. The album featured three cover art portraits by Ron Levine of

("the Good"), Colón ("the Bad") and Lavoe ("the Ugly") but not Blades, punning the film ''

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' ( it, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Clee ...

''. Lavoe recorded his tracks on return from

Kinshasha Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

in Zaire. It was to be Lavoe's last collaboration for a period after a successful series with Colón as he issued his first solo album ''La Voz''. For Blades it was his second album after 1970's '' De Panama a New York'', also for Fania, and marked the start of a collaboration with Colón which would continue for several albums.María Pérez y González ''Puerto Ricans in the United States'' 2000 0313297487 p 151 "In 1975 Ruben Blades (a Panamanian and a well-known U.S. actor) was invited to become part of the band, and they produced a New York salsa album titled The Good, the Bad, the Ugly."

Track listing

#Toma (public domain) vocals Willie Colón 2:17 #Potpourri III (public domain) vocals Héctor Lavoe 3:20 #"Cua Cua Ra, Cua Cua" (

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) Willie Colón 3:25 #"Dona Toña" (Willie Colón) instrumental 3:43 #MC2 - Theme for Realidades (Willie Colón) instrumental 3:43 #El Cazangero (Rubén Blades) vocals Rubén Blades 4:01 #Guaracha (Willie Colón) Willie Colón 5:05 #I Feel Campesino - Theme Realidades (Willie Colón) instrumental 3:29 #Que Bien Te Ves (Willie Colón) Héctor Lavoe 3:35

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Good, the Bad, the Ugly 1975 albums Willie Colón albums Héctor Lavoe albums Rubén Blades albums Salsa albums Fania Records albums