Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | Just KiddingWritten-By – Michel Camilo |
7:20 |
| A2 | Song To My Son | 3:45 |
| A3 | SerestaWritten-By – Howard Levy, Manfredo Fest |
2:44 |
| A4 | Mambo InnWritten-By – Bobby Woodlen, Grace Sampson, Mario Bauzá |
5:14 |
| B1 | The Monster And The FlowerWritten-By – Claudio Roditi |
6:15 |
| B2 | Christmas Without You | 5:50 |
| B3 | Chekereson | 3:45 |
| B4 | The Lady And The Tramp | 6:27 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – CBS/Columbia C.A.
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar, Percussion – Jose Neto
- Arranged By – Michel Camilo (tracks: A1, A3), Paquito D'Rivera (tracks: A2, A4, B1 to B4)
- Bass – Lincoln Goines, Sergio Brandao
- Cello – Jeanne Le Blanc*, Jonathan Abramowitz
- Congas, Percussion – Sammy Figueroa
- Drums – Steve Gadd
- Drums, Percussion – Portinho
- Engineer [Assistant] – Debbie Cornish*, Moira Marquis
- Engineer [Recording, Remix] – Ron Saint Germain*
- Executive-Producer – George Butler
- Guiro – Raymond Perez
- Harmonica – Howard Levy
- Photography – Chris Callis
- Piano [Acoustic, Yamaha Dx 7] – Michel Camilo
- Piano [Yamaha Dx 7] – Daniel Freiberg
- Producer – Helen Keane, Paquito D'Rivera, Ron Saint Germain*
- Saxophone [Alto], Clarinet – Paquito D'Rivera
- Tamborim [Dominican] – Isidro Bobadillis*
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone – Claudio Roditi
- Viola – Alfred V. Brown*, Mitsue Takayama
- Violin – Frederick Buldrini, Gene Orloff, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Louann Montesi, Marti Sweet, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen
- Written-By – Paquito D'Rivera (tracks: A2, B2 to B4)
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC 40156 | Paquito D'Rivera | Explosion (LP, Album) | Columbia | FC 40156 | US | 1986 |
| FC 40156 | Paquito D'Rivera | Explosion (LP, Album, Promo) | Columbia | FC 40156 | US | 1986 |
| CLS-5851 | Paquito D'Rivera | Explosion (LP, Album) | CBS | CLS-5851 | Mexico | 1986 |
| CBS 26835 | Paquito D'Rivera | Explosion (LP, Album) | CBS | CBS 26835 | Europe | 1986 |
| FC 40156 | Paquito D'Rivera | Explosion (LP, Album) | CBS | FC 40156 | Dominican Republic | 1986 |











