Tras La Tormenta


Tras la Tormenta is the fiifth and final collaborative studio album made between the American singer Willie Colón and the Panamanian Songwriter Rubén Blades. It was released on January 31, 1995, through Sony Tropical, Epic Records and Columbia Records. Recorded at Acme Recordings Studios, it had four singles, "Talento De Televisión", "Homenaje A Héctor Lavoe", "Tras La Tormenta" and "Como Un Huracán." It is considered 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 Tropical Albums chart.

Background

The album was recorded after a 10 year-long hiatus between Blades and Colon, following disagreements with the album The [Last Fight |The Last Fight]. It was released after both Colón and Blades had issued their own commercially successful records, Hecho en Puerto Rico and Amor y Control, respectively. At no point during the recording of the album were Colón and Blades in the same studio, a circumstance that would not change until 2003, when they celebrated the 20th anniversary of their second collaborative album, Siembra.

Sony Music intervention

The 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.

Singles

Talento De Televisión

It 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. It was also said that it was Jennifer López but it was ruled out by Amílcar Boscán himself.

Homenaje A Héctor Lavoe

This is the song where the album opens. Fingering the trombone for 40 seconds where Colón and Lavoe leaned on to achieve fame.

Track listing

This list has been adapted from Apple Music.

Staff

Musicians and general producers,adapted from AudioKat:

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