Tras la Tormenta (transl. "After The Storm") It is the fifth and last studio album made between the American singer Willie Colón and the Panamian Songwriter Rubén Blades. It was released on January 31, 1995, through Sony Tropical, Epic Records and Columbia Records. Recorded at Acme Recordings Studios, being the last great collaboration that the two artists did. It had four singles, "Talento De Televisión", "Homenaje A Héctor Lavoe", "Tras La Tormenta" and "Como Un Huracán", being the first mentioned the most awarded of the album.
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| Released | 31 January 1995[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1993–1994 at the Acme Recordings Studios (New York City) | |||
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| Length | 52:32 | |||
| Language | Spanish | |||
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It is considered by experts as one of the most successful salsa albums. They were also nominated for in the 38th Annual Grammy Awards for Grammy Award For Best Tropical Latin Album and reached the third spot in Billboard's Tropical Albums chart.[2][3] Also As one of his four singles It is found as the opening theme of the album, "Tribute to Héctor Lavoe" that for almost a minute you can hear the trombone that brought Willie Colón to fame, along with Héctor Lavoe, during their period as duo, was composed by Colón himself, Amilcar Boscán and Cucco Peña.
Background
editIt was recorded after a long fight between Blades and Colon, which was due to Blades' disagreement with the album The Last Fight (1984), both came with great albums behind their backs such as Hecho En Puerto Rico by Colón Published by Sony Music in 1993, Amor Y Control with Blades in 1992 also with Sony Music.[4] although in songs like "Doña Lele" and "Tras La Tormenta" it is shown how they interact with the trombone and you of Blades, at no time during the recording did they share a studio, something they did not do until 2003 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album Siembra.[5]
Sony Music intervention
editThe intervention of Sony Music was proposed in a humorous way by Blades himself, due to his intention to thank Colón for entering him into the world of music in 1977 with his album Metiendo Mano!, although Colón accepted the project did not come out as expected being in different studios at the time of recording the album.[6]
Singles
editTalento De Televisión
editIt was written by Amílcar Boscán inspired by the actress Yuyito, saying that it was born from "everyday phenomena that are usually forgotten". He also said that when he watched television in the 1990s there was a Venezuelan television program called Super Sábado Sensacional where the Argentine model "Yuyito" was, who is really Amalia González.[7] It was also said that it was Jennifer López but it was ruled out by Amílcar Boscán himself.[8]
Homenaje A Héctor Lavoe
editThis is the song where the album opens. Fingering the trombone for 40 seconds where Colón and Lavoe leaned on to achieve fame.
Track listing
editThis list has been adapted from Apple Music.[9]
All tracks are written by Rubén Blades, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Homenaje a Héctor Lavoe" |
| Willie Colón | 5:18 |
| 2. | "Como un Huracán" | Rubén Blades | Rubén Blades | 5:12 |
| 3. | "Caer en Gracia" | Amílcar Boscán | Willie Colón | 4:26 |
| 4. | "Todo o Nada" | Rubén Blades | Rubén Blades | 5:14 |
| 5. | "Dale Paso" | Janet Becerra | Willie Colón | 5:49 |
| 6. | "Desahucio" |
| Rubén Blades | 5:16 |
| 7. | "Doña Lele" | Rubén Blades |
| 4:30 |
| 8. | "Oye" | Rubén Blades | Rubén Blades | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Talento de Televisión" | Amílcar Boscán | Willie Colón | 4:41 |
| 10. | "Tras la Tormenta" | Rubén Blades |
| 6:32 |
| Total length: | 52:32 | |||
Staff
editMusicians and general producers,adapted from AudioKat:[10]
Performers credits
edit- Andreu Johnny Almendra: Percussion, Timbales
- Rubén Blades: Performer, Producer, Vocals (Background)
- Milton Cardona: Conga, Vocals (Background)
- Willie Colón: Arranger, Producer, Trombone, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Sal Cuevas: Bass
- Eddy Ganz: Vocals (Background)
- Oscar Hernandez: Director, Mixing, Piano, Producer
- Louis Kahn: Trombone
- Luis Lopez: Trombone
- Jose Mangual Jr.: Bongos, Guitar, Maracas, Vocals (Background)
- Leopoldo Pineda: Trombone
- Nestor Sanchez: Vocals (Background)
- Prof. Joe Torres: Piano
- Tite Curet: Composer
Technicals credits
edit- Ricardo Betancourt: Photography
- Rory Young: Engineer, Mixing
- Ted Jensen: Mastering
- Isidro Infante: Producer
- Marty Sheller: Arranger
- Tite Curet: Composer
- Humberto Ramírez: Arranger
- Mario Houben: Art Direction, Design
- Cucco Peña: Arranger, Producer
- Shari Weingarten: Assistant Engineer
References
edit- ^ "Willie Colón - Tras la Tormenta Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Strauss, Neil (1996-01-05). "New Faces in Grammy Nominations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Rubén Blades". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ "CANCIONES DEL SOLAR DE LOS ABURRIDOS". Fania Records (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Ruben Blades y Willie Colon celebran 25 años de "Siembra" | Tropicana Colombia". Tropicana Colombia | Lo mejor de la salsa y del entretenimiento (in Spanish). 2003-02-05. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "Biografía de Rubén Blades". www.buenamusica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ Paulin, Emily (May 14, 2022). "¿A quién le escribieron 'Talento de Televisión', el famoso tema de Willie Colón?". www.sonica.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "¿Saben a quien le escribieron la cancion " TALENTO DE TV " ?". answers.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ Tras la Tormenta de Rubén Blades & Willie Colón (in Mexican Spanish), 1995-01-31, retrieved 2022-07-25
- ^ "Tras la Tormenta (Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., 1995), Willie Colón & Rubén Blades :: AudioKat' 2002-2022". www.audiokat.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.