Salvavidas de Hielo (English: Ice Life Jacket) is the eleventh studio album by Uruguayan singer and songwriter Jorge Drexler, released on September 22, 2017, through Warner Music.[3] It was produced by Carles Campón, frequent collaborator of Drexler, and features collaborations with Chilean singer Mon Laferte and Mexican singers Julieta Venegas and Natalia Lafourcade, the latter in the title track.
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| Released | September 22, 2017 | |||
| Genre | Latin pop | |||
| Length | 40:07 | |||
| Label | Warner Music | |||
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| Singles from Salvavidas de Hielo | ||||
At the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Engineered Album and won Best Singer-Songwriter Album while the song "Telefonía" won both Song of the Year and Record of the Year.[4] The album was also nominated for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.[5]
Background
editThe album was recorded in both Mexico City and Madrid, the name of the album and also of the eleventh track comes from the idea of an ice life vest that, even if it's doomed to melt it's still helpful, according to Drexler, "it is a hommage to the ephemeral, to the things that, even if they are not eternal, are very important to people and keep them afloat, not everything that makes us endure life last long, sometimes the very brief things leave a big mark".[6]
The album marked a shift towards a more acoustic approach, using mainly guitars and vocals, different from his previous effort, Bailar en la Cueva. Drexler draw inspirations from the countries where he recorded the album, the song "Pongamos que hablo de Martinez" ("Let's Say I Talk About Martinez") is dedicated to Spanish singer Joaquín Sabina, whose first surname is Martinez, while the music video for the song "Movimiento" ("Movement") features Lorena Ramírez, a Mexican Rarámuri woman who won a hundred kilometres marathon wearing only sandals and traditional clothing, whose story led Drexler to ask director Lorenzo Hagerman, to contact her and ask her to appear in the video.[7]
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [8] |
| The Guardian | [9] |
Mariano Prunes from Allmusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five, writing that while the album was a "quintessential Jorge Drexler album", at times the music "feels smothered by the weight of its own weightlessness", he also commented on the features in the album writing that they "add a much welcome vocal counterbalance and easily become the album's highlights".[8] Neil Spencer from The Guardian rated the album three stars out of five calling it "gentle but classy".[9]
Track listing
editAll tracks were produced by Carles Campón.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Movimiento" | Jorge Drexler | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Telefonía" | Drexler | 3:04 |
| 3. | "Silencio" | Drexler | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Pongamos que hablo de Martinez" | Drexler | 3:02 |
| 5. | "Estalactitas" | Drexler | 4:21 |
| 6. | "Asilo" (featuring Mon Laferte) | Drexler | 3:03 |
| 7. | "Abracadabras" (featuring Julieta Venegas) | David Aguilar, Drexler | 3:38 |
| 8. | "Mandato" | Drexler | 4:52 |
| 9. | "Despedir a los glaciares" | Drexler | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Quimera" | Drexler | 3:38 |
| 11. | "Salvavidas de hielo" (featuring Natalia Lafourcade) | Drexler | 3:29 |
| Total length: | 40:07 | ||
Charts
edit| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Spain Albums Chart (PROMUSICAE)[11] | 7 |
References
edit- ^ "Telefonía - Single". Apple Music. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ "Silencio - Single". Apple Music. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ "Salvavidas de Hielo". Apple Music. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ "Lista completa de ganadores de los Latin Grammy". marca.com (in Spanish). November 15, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "'Salvavidas de hielo', el nuevo álbum de Jorge Drexler". El Universo (in Spanish). November 12, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ Murcia Valdés, Valeria (April 2, 2018). "Jorge Drexler y sus límites infinitos en 'Salvavidas de Hielo'". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ a b Prunes, Mariano. "Salvavidas de Hielo – Jorge Drexler". AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ a b Spencer, Neil (December 3, 2017). "Jorge Drexler: Salvavidas de hielo review – gentle but classy". The Guardian. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ "Salvavidas de hielo". Spotify. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ "JORGE DREXLER - SALVAVIDAS DE HIELO (ALBUM)". Spanish Charts. Retrieved May 7, 2022.