La Tierra del Olvido

La Tierra del Olvido
La Tierra del Olvido
Studio album by Carlos Vives
Released	July 25, 1995
Genre	Tropipop, Latin pop, vallenato
Length	43:13
Label	Sonolux (Colombia); Polygram (worldwide)
Producer	Carlos Vives; Richard Blair; Ernesto Ocampo; Luis Angel Pastor; Iván Benavides; Álvaro Duque (Sonolux); Manuel Riveira (Sonolux)
Carlos Vives chronology
Singles from La Tierra del Olvido
	"La Tierra del Olvido"; Released: 1995; "Pa' Mayte"; Released: 1995; "Fidelina"; Released: 1995;

La Tierra del Olvido (The Forgotten Land) is the seventh album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives. The album was released on July 25, 1995, and contained a split of vallenato covers, as well as Vives' first foray into original compositions in the vallenato style. The album was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year.^[1] The album consolidated Vives as Colombia's most famous musician at the time of its release.

Track listing

"Pa' Mayté" (Andrés Castro, Carlos Iván Medina, Carlos Vives) – 3:07
"Fidelina" (Alejo Durán) – 4:22
"La Tierra del Olvido" (Vives, Iván Benavides) – 4:25
"Zoila" (Toño Fernández) – 4:23
"Rosa" (Irene Martínez) – 4:12
"Agua" (Benavides, Ernesto Ocampo) – 3:52
"La Cachucha Bacana" (Durán) – 4:21
"Diosa Coronada" (Leandro Díaz) – 4:14
"La Puya Puyá" (Egidio Cuadrado) – 5:00
"Ella" (Benavides) – 3:47
"Jam en Jukümey" (Benavides, Ocampo, Vives, Mayte Montero, Medina) – 1:30

Album credits

Performance credits^[2]

Carlos Vives – Primary Artist, Director, Vocals
Egidio Cuadrado – Accordion, Vocals (La Puya Puyá), Backing Vocals
Carlos Ivan Medina – Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Keyboards
Mayte Montero – Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Gaita, Percussion, Vocals
Luis Angel Pastor – Bass
Gilbert Martínez – Conga, Marimbas, Marimbula, Percussion
Pablo Bernal – Drums
Eder Polo – Guacharaca
Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo – Guitar, Vocals
Alfredo Rosado – Tamboura, Timbales

Technical credits^[2]

La Provincia – Arranger
José Luis Diazgranados – Artwork
José Rincón – Contributor
Chris Lawson – Engineer
Carlos Vives – Graphic Design, Producer
Jerry Lofaro – Illustrations
Alfonso Bulla – Logistics
Iván Benavides – Producer
Richard Blair – Producer
Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo – Producer
Luis Angel Pastor – Producer
Michael Fuller – Mastering

Charts and sales

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Heatseekers Albums^[3]	29
U.S. Billboard Latin Albums^[4]	5
U.S. Billboard Tropical Albums^[5]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
U.S. Billboard Latin Albums^[6]	50
U.S. Billboard Tropical Albums^[6]	5

Sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Colombia	—	880,000^[7]

Notes

^ "Univision Announces The Nominees For Spanish-Language Music's Highest Honors: Premio Lo Nuestro A La Musica Latina". PR Newswire. Free Online Library. March 27, 1996. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Vives, Carlos (1995). La Tierra del Olvido (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc). Carlos Vives. Bogotá, Colombia: PolyGram.
^ "Carlos Vives' Albums Chart". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
^ Billboard. "Top Latin Albums". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
^ Billboard. "Tropical Albums". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
^ ^a ^b "The Year in Music - Top Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. 1996-12-28. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
^ "Cifras y Números". Cromos (in Spanish). No. 4183–4186. 1998. p. 65. Retrieved August 9, 2023. Carlos Vives Clásicos de la provincia : 1.200.000 copias vendidas en Colombia . 3.000.000 copias vendidas en Argentina , Chile , España , EE.UU. y México . Y ! Tierra del olvido 880.000 copias vendidas en Colombia

External links

Carlos Vives official homepage

[1] "Univision Announces The Nominees For Spanish-Language Music's Highest Honors: Premio Lo Nuestro A La Musica Latina". PR Newswire. Free Online Library. March 27, 1996. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2013.

[Booklet-2] Vives, Carlos (1995). La Tierra del Olvido (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc). Carlos Vives. Bogotá, Colombia: PolyGram.

[pies-3] "Carlos Vives' Albums Chart". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 4, 2013.

[4] Billboard. "Top Latin Albums". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-05-02.

[5] Billboard. "Tropical Albums". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-05-02.

[sales1996-6] "The Year in Music - Top Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. 1996-12-28. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2011-04-02.

[7] "Cifras y Números". Cromos (in Spanish). No. 4183–4186. 1998. p. 65. Retrieved August 9, 2023. Carlos Vives Clásicos de la provincia : 1.200.000 copias vendidas en Colombia . 3.000.000 copias vendidas en Argentina , Chile , España , EE.UU. y México . Y ! Tierra del olvido 880.000 copias vendidas en Colombia

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