La Tierra del Olvido

La Tierra de Olvido is the classic follow up to Carlos Vives's breakthrough album Clasicos de la Provincia. Released on July 25, 1995 it is considered as Vives's second release proper, and his seventh album overall (when counting earlier as well as independent releases). The album's success was not only important in soldifying Vives's career as one of Colombia's biggest music artists, it was also his first major record to contain original music in the vallenato style.

Overview

With the success of Clasicos de la Provincia, many fans throughout Latin America and Europe had become entranced by the budding singer's take on Colombian vallenato. A decade prior, Carlos was better known as a soap opera star in such telenovelas as La Otra and Aventurera, juggling his acting with a career as a romantic baladeer. The result of his musical aspirations resulted in three albums (Por Fuera y Por Dentro (1986), No Podrás Escapar de Mí (1987), and Al Centro de la Cuidad (1989)), which met with varying degrees of success, but were largely overlooked outside of Colombia. The