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{{Infobox album
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| name = Al Centro de la Ciudad

| type = [[Album]]
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Al Centro de la Cuidad
| artist = [[Carlos Vives]]
| cover = Carlosvivesalcentrodelaciuadad.png
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Carlos Vives]]
| alt =
| released = June 6, 1989
| Cover = Carlosvivesalcentrodelaciuadad.png
| Released = June 6, 1989
| recorded = 1989
| Recorded = 1989
| venue =
| Genre = [[Latin music|Latin]]
| studio =
| Length = 33:24
| genre = [[Latin music (genre)|Latin]]
| Label = [[Sony International]]
| length = 33:24
| label = [[CBS Records International]] <br />[[Columbia Records]]<br />[[Sony Discos]]
| Producer =
| Reviews =
| producer = [[Pablo Manavello]]
| Last album = ''[[No Podrás Escapar de Mí]]''<br />(1987)
| prev_title = [[No Podrás Escapar de Mí]]
| prev_year = 1987
| This album = ''Al Centro de la Cuidad''<br />(1989)
| Next album = ''[[Escalona: Un Canto a la Vida]]''<br />(1991)
| next_title = [[Escalona: Un Canto a la Vida]]
| next_year = 1991
}}
}}


'''''Al Centro de la Ciudad''''' is the third album released by [[Colombian people|Colombian]] singer/composer [[Carlos Vives]], released on June 6, 1989.
'''''Al Centro de la Ciudad''''' is the third album released by [[Colombian people|Colombian]] singer/composer [[Carlos Vives]], released on June 6, 1989.


Vives was better known as a star of television soap operas at the time of its release. It is his final album to feature synthesizer-romantic ballads, predating his [[Clásicos de la Provincia]] breakthrough. Despite popularity with songs ("Aventurera", "Te Extrañare") on [[telenovelas]], the album is largely ignored by the public and Vives himself, making this a collector's item for die-hard fans.
Vives was better known as a star of television soap operas at the time of its release. Songs such as "Aventurera" and "Te Extrañare" on [[telenovelas]] would give Vives further mainstream exposure, as well as notable attention from the public. It is his final album to feature synthesizer-romantic ballads, and pop, predating his [[Clásicos de la Provincia]] breakthrough in the [[vallenato]] genre.


== Overview ==
== Description ==
Before Carlos Vives was the “King of [[Vallenato]] and one of [[Colombia]]’s hottest musical exports, he was a struggling young star in Latin television. With soap operas, or [[telenovelas]], being a springboard for Latin Americans seeking fame, Vives was no exception. In his home country of Colombia, the [[Santa Marta]]-born, and [[Bogotá]] raised actor cut his teeth in a number of shows including "Pequeños Gigantes" (Little Giants - 1983) and "Tuyo es Mi Corazón (Yours is My Heart - 1985) before finding notoriety in the title role of "Gallito Ramírez (Ramírez the Rooster - 1986). That same year, he released his first album [[Por Fuera y Por Dentro]] marking Vives’s foray into his true passion, music.
Before Carlos Vives was the "King of [[Vallenato]]" and one of [[Colombia]]'s hottest musical exports, he was a struggling young star in Latin television. With soap operas, or [[telenovelas]], being a springboard for Latin Americans seeking fame, Vives was no exception. In his home country of Colombia, the [[Santa Marta]]-born, and [[Bogotá]] raised actor cut his teeth in a number of shows including "Pequeños Gigantes" (Little Giants - 1983) and "Tuyo es Mi Corazón (Yours is My Heart - 1985) before finding notoriety in the title role of "Gallito Ramírez (Ramírez the Rooster - 1986). That same year, he released his first album "[[Por Fuera y Por Dentro]]", marking Vives's foray into his true passion, music.


Despite Vives’s newfound fame as an actor to coincide with his musical aspirations, his recordings were no match to fellow established crooners in the same genre. His debut and his second release [[No Podrás Escapar de Mí]], were lost in the shuffle in a market that included superstars such as [[Julio Iglesias]] and [[Juan Gabriel]]. Although his acting overshadowed any album recordings, Vives would continue, undaunted, with his subsequent release in the summer of 1989, a year that would see further fame and exposure in Carlos’s rise to popularity.
Despite Vives's newfound fame as an actor to coincide with his musical aspirations, his recordings could not match fellow established crooners in the same genre. His debut and his second release "[[No Podrás Escapar de Mí]]", were lost in the shuffle in a market that included superstars such as [[Julio Iglesias]] and [[Juan Gabriel]]. Although his acting overshadowed any album recordings, Vives would continue, undaunted, with his subsequent release in the summer of 1989, a year that would see further fame and exposure in Carlos's rise to popularity.


On June 6, 1989, “Al Centro de la Ciudad” (To Downtown), was released, coinciding with one of the busiest years in Vives’s acting. Along with success in two starring roles, "La Conciencia de Lucía" (The Conscience of Lucía) and “L.P. – Loca Pasión” (C.P. – Crazy Passion), Vives would find fame in [[Puerto Rico]], meeting his second wife (and mother to his two children) actress [[Hermelinda Gómez]]. Success outside Colombia would mark the first step Vives’s burgeoning music career.
On June 6, 1989, "Al Centro de la Ciudad" (To Downtown), was released, coinciding with one of the busiest years in Vives's acting career. Along with success in two starring roles, "La Conciencia de Lucía" (The Conscience of Lucía) and "L.P. – Loca Pasión" (C.P. – Crazy Passion), Vives would find fame in [[Puerto Rico]], meeting his second wife (and mother to his two children) actress [[Hermelinda Gómez]]. Success outside Colombia would mark the first step Vives's burgeoning music career as well.


Containing nine tracks, one of which "Me Estoy Muriendo de Amor" (I'm Dying of Love), was re-recorded from [[Por Fuera y Por Dentro]]; the album was mostly written by producer Pablo Manavello and Vives himself. The album differed little from Vives’s prior releases, with a touch of rock influence. Like its predecessors, the songs are romantic ballads with a noticeable 80’s production; drum machines, overdubbed guitars, and plenty of synthesizer. Starting with the opening track, “Aventurera” (The Adventurer), the song, which shares the same name from the [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] production Vives starred in, was given extensive play on both radio and television. Other songs receiving attention in their own right would include “Te Extrañare (Missing You), and “Casi Un Hechizo” (It was a Spell). The album closes with a Vives-penned acoustic guitar number “Cancion de Amor Eterno” (Song of Eternal Love), the only variation from the album's style and sound.
Containing nine tracks, (one of which "Me Estoy Muriendo de Amor" (I'm Dying of Love), was a re-recording from [[Por Fuera y Por Dentro]]), the album was mostly written by producer Pablo Manavello and Vives himself. The album differed little from Vives's prior releases, with a touch of rock influence. Like its predecessors, the songs are romantic ballads with a noticeable 80's production; drum machines, overdubbed guitars, and plenty of synthesizer. Starting with the opening track, "Aventurera" (The Adventurer), the song, which shares the same name from the [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] production Vives starred in, was given extensive play on both radio and television. Other notable songs include "Te Extrañare (Missing You), and the [[Ricardo Montaner]]-penned "Casi Un Hechizo" (It was a Spell), which later became a [[salsa music|salsa]] hit for [[Jerry Rivera]] . The album closes with an original Vives acoustic track "Cancion de Amor Eterno" (Song of Eternal Love), the only variation from the album's synth-sound.


Though the album would contain no major hits, it would be his first international crossover record. What's more, Vives’s acting career outside Colombia would pay off; the title track off of his [[No Podrás Escapar de Mí]] album would make a belated chart entry at #30 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Latin Charts, marking Vives’s first hit single. Aside from early chart success, ''Al Centro de la Ciudad'' gave Vives his first recognition in music, the [[Coca-Cola]] sponsored [[Aires]] Premios.
Though the album would contain no major hits, it would be his first international crossover record. What's more, Vives's acting career outside Colombia would pay off; the title track off of his [[No Podrás Escapar de Mí]] album would make a belated chart entry at #30 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Latin Charts, marking Vives's first hit single. Aside from early chart success, ''Al Centro de la Ciudad'' gave Vives his first bit of musical recognition, the [[Coca-Cola]] sponsored [[Aires]] Awards.


Fans of Vives’s breakout success with La Provincia will find Carlos’s earlier albums a complete departure from the dance-oriented vallento of later releases. In two years-time, Vives would reach the zenith of his acting career with ''Escalona'', and would release his first vallenato-recordings with the show’s accompayning soundtracks. Due to the breakthrough of Vives's [[Clásicos de la Provincia]], Sony re-released ''Al Centro de la Ciudad'' in 1997 (the only one of Vives's first three albums to gain re-distribution), though it has now ceased. However, "Al Centro" along with the prior [[No Podrás Escapar de Mí]] are still available in compilations such as [[20 De Colección]], which contain this entire album.
Fans of Vives's breakout success with La Provincia will find Carlos's earlier albums a complete departure from the dance-oriented vallento of later releases. In two years-time, Vives would reach the zenith of his acting career with ''Escalona'', and would release his first vallenato-recordings with the show's accompanying soundtracks. Due to the breakthrough of Vives's [[Clásicos de la Provincia]], Sony re-released ''Al Centro de la Ciudad'' in 1997 (the only of Vives's first three albums to gain re-distribution), though it has now discontinued. However, ''Al Centro de la Ciudad'' along with the prior [[No Podrás Escapar de Mí]] are still available in compilations such as [[20 De Colección (Carlos Vives album)|20 De Colección]], which contain this entire album.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
# "Aventurera" (''C. Vives'')&nbsp;– 4:20
| headline = Standard Track Listing
# "Te Extrañare" (''P. Manavello'')&nbsp;– 4:20
| title1 =Aventurera
# "Por Ti Me Casare" (''E. Ramazzotti'')&nbsp;– 4:02
| writer1 = [[Carlos Vives]]
# "Me Estoy Muriendo de Amor" (''F. Garavito'')&nbsp;– 3:47
| length1 = 4:20
# "Casi un Hechizo" (''R. Montaner'', ''P. Manavello'')&nbsp;– 3:18

# "Tonta Audaz" (''P. Manavello'')&nbsp;– 3:49
| title2 =Te Extrañare
# "Simplemente un Corazon" (''P. Manavello'')&nbsp;– 4:02
| writer2 = [[Pablo Manavello]]
# "Al Centro de la Ciudad" (''C. Vives'')&nbsp;– 3:55
| length2 =4:20
# "Cancion de Amor Eterno" (''C. Vives'')&nbsp;– 1:51

| title3 =Por Ti Me Casare
| writer3 = [[Eros Ramazzotti]]
| length3 =4:02

| title4 =Me Estoy Muriendo De Amor
| writer4 = Fernando Garavito
| length4 =3:47

| title5 =Casi Un Hechizo
| writer5 = [[Ricardo Montaner]], Pablo Manavello
| length5 =3:18

| title6 =Tonta Audaz
| writer6 = Pablo Manavello
| length6 =3:49

| title7 =Simplemente Un Corazón
| writer7 = Pablo Manavello
| length7 =4:02

| title8 =Al Centro De La Ciudad
| writer8 = Carlos Vives
| length8 =3:55

| title9 =Canción de Amor Eterno
| writer9 = Carlos Vives
| length9 = 1:51
}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Nofootnotes|date=February 2008}}
{{More footnotes|date=February 2008}}
*http://music.aol.com/artist/carlos-vives/32439/album/al-centro-de-la-ciudad/176272
*{{cite web|url=http://music.aol.com/artist/carlos-vives/32439/album/al-centro-de-la-ciudad/176272 |title=AOL - News, Sports, Weather, Entertainment, Local & Lifestyle |work=AOL.com }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16096905&menu=songs
*{{cite web|url=http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16096905&menu=songs|title=News, reviews, interviews and more for top artists and albums – MSN Music|work=msn.com|access-date=2007-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209183404/http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16096905&menu=songs|archive-date=2008-02-09|url-status=dead}}
*http://www.amazon.com/Carlos-Vives/artist/B000APYUZ6
*http://music.yahoo.com/ar-268069-discography--Carlos-Vives
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070712093149/http://www.amazon.com/Carlos-Vives/artist/B000APYUZ6
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070415224116/http://music.yahoo.com/ar-268069-discography--Carlos-Vives
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p32439|pure_url=yes}}
*{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p32439|pure_url=yes}}

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Latest revision as of 05:29, 17 May 2022

Al Centro de la Ciudad
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 6, 1989
Recorded1989
GenreLatin
Length33:24
LabelCBS Records International
Columbia Records
Sony Discos
ProducerPablo Manavello
Carlos Vives chronology
No Podrás Escapar de Mí
(1987)
Al Centro de la Ciudad
(1989)
Escalona: Un Canto a la Vida
(1991)

Al Centro de la Ciudad is the third album released by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives, released on June 6, 1989.

Vives was better known as a star of television soap operas at the time of its release. Songs such as "Aventurera" and "Te Extrañare" on telenovelas would give Vives further mainstream exposure, as well as notable attention from the public. It is his final album to feature synthesizer-romantic ballads, and pop, predating his Clásicos de la Provincia breakthrough in the vallenato genre.

Description

[edit]

Before Carlos Vives was the "King of Vallenato" and one of Colombia's hottest musical exports, he was a struggling young star in Latin television. With soap operas, or telenovelas, being a springboard for Latin Americans seeking fame, Vives was no exception. In his home country of Colombia, the Santa Marta-born, and Bogotá raised actor cut his teeth in a number of shows including "Pequeños Gigantes" (Little Giants - 1983) and "Tuyo es Mi Corazón (Yours is My Heart - 1985) before finding notoriety in the title role of "Gallito Ramírez (Ramírez the Rooster - 1986). That same year, he released his first album "Por Fuera y Por Dentro", marking Vives's foray into his true passion, music.

Despite Vives's newfound fame as an actor to coincide with his musical aspirations, his recordings could not match fellow established crooners in the same genre. His debut and his second release "No Podrás Escapar de Mí", were lost in the shuffle in a market that included superstars such as Julio Iglesias and Juan Gabriel. Although his acting overshadowed any album recordings, Vives would continue, undaunted, with his subsequent release in the summer of 1989, a year that would see further fame and exposure in Carlos's rise to popularity.

On June 6, 1989, "Al Centro de la Ciudad" (To Downtown), was released, coinciding with one of the busiest years in Vives's acting career. Along with success in two starring roles, "La Conciencia de Lucía" (The Conscience of Lucía) and "L.P. – Loca Pasión" (C.P. – Crazy Passion), Vives would find fame in Puerto Rico, meeting his second wife (and mother to his two children) actress Hermelinda Gómez. Success outside Colombia would mark the first step Vives's burgeoning music career as well.

Containing nine tracks, (one of which "Me Estoy Muriendo de Amor" (I'm Dying of Love), was a re-recording from Por Fuera y Por Dentro), the album was mostly written by producer Pablo Manavello and Vives himself. The album differed little from Vives's prior releases, with a touch of rock influence. Like its predecessors, the songs are romantic ballads with a noticeable 80's production; drum machines, overdubbed guitars, and plenty of synthesizer. Starting with the opening track, "Aventurera" (The Adventurer), the song, which shares the same name from the Puerto Rican production Vives starred in, was given extensive play on both radio and television. Other notable songs include "Te Extrañare (Missing You), and the Ricardo Montaner-penned "Casi Un Hechizo" (It was a Spell), which later became a salsa hit for Jerry Rivera . The album closes with an original Vives acoustic track "Cancion de Amor Eterno" (Song of Eternal Love), the only variation from the album's synth-sound.

Though the album would contain no major hits, it would be his first international crossover record. What's more, Vives's acting career outside Colombia would pay off; the title track off of his No Podrás Escapar de Mí album would make a belated chart entry at #30 on the Billboard Hot Latin Charts, marking Vives's first hit single. Aside from early chart success, Al Centro de la Ciudad gave Vives his first bit of musical recognition, the Coca-Cola sponsored Aires Awards.

Fans of Vives's breakout success with La Provincia will find Carlos's earlier albums a complete departure from the dance-oriented vallento of later releases. In two years-time, Vives would reach the zenith of his acting career with Escalona, and would release his first vallenato-recordings with the show's accompanying soundtracks. Due to the breakthrough of Vives's Clásicos de la Provincia, Sony re-released Al Centro de la Ciudad in 1997 (the only of Vives's first three albums to gain re-distribution), though it has now discontinued. However, Al Centro de la Ciudad along with the prior No Podrás Escapar de Mí are still available in compilations such as 20 De Colección, which contain this entire album.

Track listing

[edit]
Standard Track Listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Aventurera"Carlos Vives4:20
2."Te Extrañare"Pablo Manavello4:20
3."Por Ti Me Casare"Eros Ramazzotti4:02
4."Me Estoy Muriendo De Amor"Fernando Garavito3:47
5."Casi Un Hechizo"Ricardo Montaner, Pablo Manavello3:18
6."Tonta Audaz"Pablo Manavello3:49
7."Simplemente Un Corazón"Pablo Manavello4:02
8."Al Centro De La Ciudad"Carlos Vives3:55
9."Canción de Amor Eterno"Carlos Vives1:51

References

[edit]
  • "AOL - News, Sports, Weather, Entertainment, Local & Lifestyle". AOL.com.[permanent dead link]
  • "News, reviews, interviews and more for top artists and albums – MSN Music". msn.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20070712093149/http://www.amazon.com/Carlos-Vives/artist/B000APYUZ6
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20070415224116/http://music.yahoo.com/ar-268069-discography--Carlos-Vives
  • https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p32439