Llegó La India Via Eddie Palmieri (La India Has Arrived Via Eddie Palmieri) is a salsa album by Puerto Rican-American singer La India in collaboration with pianist Eddie Palmieri. It was released in the US by Soho Sounds in 1992 and features songs in Spanish and English. The album was released in the UK by Acid Jazz Records in 1993.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3.5 stars out of 5. The album peaked at number 5 on the US Tropical Albums chart. La India was subsequently nominated for a Premio Lo Nuestro award in 1993 in the Female Artist of the Year – Tropical/Salsa category. The album was named one of the 50 greatest salsa albums of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine in October 2024.

Track listing "Vivir Sín Ti" (Eddie Palmieri, arr. Eddie Palmieri) – 5:03 "Llegó La India" (Eddie Palmieri, arr. Eddie Palmieri) – 6:31 "Soledad" (India, Eddie Palmieri, Shirley Marte, Patrick Morales, arr. Eddie Palmieri and Nelson Jaime) – 4:36 "Mi Primera Rumba" (Eddie Palmieri, arr. Eddie Palmieri) – 5:39 "Yemaya Y Ochun (Prelude)" (Milton Cardona, arr. Milton Codona) – 2:16 "Yemaya Y Ochun" (Eddie Palmieri, arr. Eddie Palmieri) – 5:43 "Merengue Internacional" (Eddie Palmieri, arr. Eddie Palmieri and Nelson Jaime) – 5:49 "Solitude" (India, Eddie Palmieri, Shirley Marte, arr. Eddie Palmieri and Nelson Jaime) – 4:36 "I Wanna Dance" (India, Eddie Palmieri, Shirley Marte, arr. Eddie Palmieri and Nelson Jaime) – 4:31 "Soledad/Bi-Lingual Version" (India, Eddie Palmieri, Shirley Marte, Patrick Morales, arr. Eddie Palmieri and Nelson Jaime) – 6:20

Charts Chart (1992) Peakposition

Personnel La India – vocals Eddie Palmieri – piano, arranger, producer Johnny Torres – bass Charlie Sepúlveda – trumpet Barry Danielian – trumpet Nelson Jaime – trumpet Brian Lynch – trumpet Conrad Herwig – trombone David Sánchez – tenor saxophone José Claussell – percussion, timbales Jimmy Delgado – bongo, bells, timbales Milton Cardona – conga, shekere, iyá Theodore Holliday II – itotele Jesús Andújar – tambora Ricardo Mejía Carreras – guira Pete "Conde" Rodríguez – clave Pedro E. Rodríguez – maracas Johnny Torres, Milton Cardona, Pepe Conde Rodriquez, Pedro E. Rodríguez, India, Connie Harvey, Benny Diggs – chorus

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