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Gusto is Great!

Philip J Myers | Phoenix, AZ | 12/28/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Maybe I am just a die-hard Charo fan, but I thought this album was a fun and exciting return to dance music for our gal Charo! She just keeps going and going! "Besame Mucho" is a beautiful love song while "Dance a Little Closer", "Me Gusta" and "Give Me Cuchi" are all fun, danceable and definitely Charo! While I did love the "Guitar Passion" CD, "Gusto" is a different flavor of Charo and I, for one, welcome it wholeheartedly. I am looking forward to the release of her new album "Caliente" and to seeing her live in concert here in Phoenix in January! I recommend this album!"

Charo of The Love Boat, NOT charo with guitar passion.

anonymous | 09/03/1999

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Several years ago, while channel surfing, I saw someone playing a guitar with great skill on a talk show. I stopped to watch and to my surprise it was Charo. She explained that she had taken years off and worked to hone her guitar skills. The result was a CD called Guitar Passion. I bought it and absolutely loved it. No longer the "guchi guchi" girl from The Love Boat, she seemed an impressive musician. I bought Gusto hoping it would include similar guitar work. To my disappointment, this CD seems to be a step back into the "guchi guchi" girl style of entertaining (one song even included the words "guchi guchi"). The only piece of guitar work on this CD is a song called Celiente, which is also on Guitar Passion.If you are a fan of Charo as she was when she guest starred on The Love Boat, then you will probably enjoy some or all of this CD. If, on the other hand, you are a fan of Charo from the CD Guitar Passion, then there is nothing on this CD for you since you have Celiente on Guitar Passion already. Hopefully there will be a future CD for those of us who appreciated the guitar work done on Guitar Passion.Charo, if you're watching, please record more guitar work for those of us who love the guitar."

What was she thinking???

Anonymous | NYC | 10/14/1999

(2 out of 5 stars)

"After the excellent Guitar Passion, why would Charo go back to disco? This is such a disappointing CD. I'll give it a little credit for camp value, but she is capable of so much more, as her previous album proves. Gusto just sounds thrown together. Let's hope for a better effort next time."