With a gun held to my head, I'd have to pick this as my desert island Los Van Van album. The title track is Formell's most powerful timba dance track and "Ni bonbones" is Pupy's (César Pedroso). And there are at least five other major tours de force. This is 1997, with every timba band peaking simultaneously and waves of creative energy arcing from one barrio of Havana to the next. That Los Van Van rose to the occasion and could not be denied. -- Kevin Moore of www.TIMBA.com