Déjame Entrar
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Déjame Entrar is the fifth major-label album by Colombian
singer/composer Carlos Vives
.
Released on October 9, 2001 it is Vives's tenth album overall (when counting earlier releases). Following the same formula that made El Amor de Mi Tierra
a success, Vives and producer Emilio Estefan, Jr. returned with a new batch of songs, resulting in back-to-back #1 Billboard
hits ("Déjame Entrar" & "Luna Nueva"), as well Grammy Award
wins for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album and Latin Grammy for Best Contemporary Tropical Album.
album put his career in jeopardy, Vives bounced back with superproducer Emilio Estefan, Jr. to create what would become his successful album, El Amor de Mi Tierra
. Vives would also receive his first spot on the top of the Latin Billboard charts
with Fruta Fresca, as well as Grammy and Billboard Music Award
nominations for his album work. Realizing one shouldn’t gamble with success, Vives and Estefan, along with Martín Madera, and guitarist Andrés Castro, collaborated on yet another album of infectious hits, serving as a companion to El Amor de Mi Tierra in style and sound.
Appearing in stores almost two years from El Amor de Mi Tierra’s release, Déjame Entrar (Let Me In) entered record stores and quickly gained momentum as another hot seller from Vives. Helping in the album’s boost was the crossover of Latin American music to the American mainstream. Established Latin artists such as Marc Anthony
and Ricky Martin
found success with English language albums, prompting many Latin artists to receive attention from record buyers outside of their own domestic market. Two other artists would prove to be some of Latin music’s biggest success stories, Colombian artists Shakira
and Juanes
. By the time Déjame Entrar appeared, it had become evident the positive effect Carlos’s success had had on fellow Colombian artists, as well as his own career.
The album opener and title track was released to radio and became another hit for Vives. It quickly reached #1 on the Billboard
Hot Latin Tracks, his second single to do so. The song itself is reminiscent of his past hits "El Amor de Mi Tierra" and "Tu Amor Eterno", with an acoustic guitar intro, followed by right hand man Egidio Cuadrado’s accordion, then the entire La Provincia chiming in. Aside from the formula that Vives follows in this particular hit, the song itself closes the album in reprise form, labeled as a “Bonus Track.” The ending version of Déjame Entrar is a different variation from the track opener; a much faster pace version similar to "Fruta Fresca" and "Pa Mayté".
The second track “Carito” picks up the pace, in Carlos’s most humorous song. Co-penned by Cuadrado, the track tells the story of Vives’s attraction to an English teacher, who because of the language barrier, struggles to express his desires. The middle of the song also contains Vives’s attempt at singing in English, which further emphasizes the song's comedic nature. The song, along with other tracks as “A Las Doce Menos Diez” (Ten Til’ Twelve) and “Decimas” (Tenths), are pure dance vallenato, with the later of Vives’s fascination with New Orleans and how it reminds him of Colombia
’s city, Barranquilla
.
“Luna Nueva”, became Vives’s third #1 on the Latin charts, giving this album the distinction as his first with back-to-back chart toppers. The song itself is a funkdafied-dance number, with La Provincia’s signature wah-wah guitars and woodwinds that accent the song throughout. Other hits include “Papadió” (God the Father), a spiritual song that is equally powerful in its uplifting message. Vives sings "Quien me da la luna? La buena fortuna? (Who gives me the moon? Who gives my good fortune?), as the rest of La Provincia answers "Papadio!" after each line. The song scrapped the bottom of the Latin Billboard
Top 40, yet it is considered by many Vives fans as an album highlight.
With the similar formula that made El Amor de Mi Tierra
a success, Déjame Entrar proved to be equally successful, commercially and critically. After a total of six previous Grammy nominations, Vives came out victorious with the Grammy Award
for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album. Only months later, during the broadcast of the third annual Latin Grammys, Vives would win his second award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album. With double Grammy success, and double chart topping hits, Déjame Entrar would prove another fan favorite in the Colombian singer's popular career.
Colombian people
Colombian people are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in South America called Colombia. Colombians are predominantly Roman Catholic and are a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...
singer/composer Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
.
Released on October 9, 2001 it is Vives's tenth album overall (when counting earlier releases). Following the same formula that made El Amor de Mi Tierra
El Amor de Mi Tierra
El Amor de Mi Tierra is the fourth major-label album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives.Released on October 19, 1999 it is Vives's ninth album overall . The album was a return to form for Vives, after the darker and more introspective Tengo Fe...
a success, Vives and producer Emilio Estefan, Jr. returned with a new batch of songs, resulting in back-to-back #1 Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
hits ("Déjame Entrar" & "Luna Nueva"), as well Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
wins for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album and Latin Grammy for Best Contemporary Tropical Album.
Overview
The couple of years proceeding Déjame Entrar’s release were some of the biggest in Carlos Vives’s career. After the disappointing reaction to his Tengo FeTengo Fe
Tengo Fe is the third major-label album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives.Released on August 12, 1997, it is Vives's eighth album overall . The album follows La Tierra del Olvido, with a sound that is less dance-oriented, further emphasizing Vives's desire to be taken seriously as a...
album put his career in jeopardy, Vives bounced back with superproducer Emilio Estefan, Jr. to create what would become his successful album, El Amor de Mi Tierra
El Amor de Mi Tierra
El Amor de Mi Tierra is the fourth major-label album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives.Released on October 19, 1999 it is Vives's ninth album overall . The album was a return to form for Vives, after the darker and more introspective Tengo Fe...
. Vives would also receive his first spot on the top of the Latin Billboard charts
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
with Fruta Fresca, as well as Grammy and Billboard Music Award
Billboard Music Award
The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard magazine, the preeminent publication covering the music business. The Billboard Music Awards show had been held annually in December until it went dormant in 2007, but it returned in May 2011...
nominations for his album work. Realizing one shouldn’t gamble with success, Vives and Estefan, along with Martín Madera, and guitarist Andrés Castro, collaborated on yet another album of infectious hits, serving as a companion to El Amor de Mi Tierra in style and sound.
Appearing in stores almost two years from El Amor de Mi Tierra’s release, Déjame Entrar (Let Me In) entered record stores and quickly gained momentum as another hot seller from Vives. Helping in the album’s boost was the crossover of Latin American music to the American mainstream. Established Latin artists such as Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
and Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
found success with English language albums, prompting many Latin artists to receive attention from record buyers outside of their own domestic market. Two other artists would prove to be some of Latin music’s biggest success stories, Colombian artists Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
and Juanes
Juanes
Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...
. By the time Déjame Entrar appeared, it had become evident the positive effect Carlos’s success had had on fellow Colombian artists, as well as his own career.
The album opener and title track was released to radio and became another hit for Vives. It quickly reached #1 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Latin Tracks, his second single to do so. The song itself is reminiscent of his past hits "El Amor de Mi Tierra" and "Tu Amor Eterno", with an acoustic guitar intro, followed by right hand man Egidio Cuadrado’s accordion, then the entire La Provincia chiming in. Aside from the formula that Vives follows in this particular hit, the song itself closes the album in reprise form, labeled as a “Bonus Track.” The ending version of Déjame Entrar is a different variation from the track opener; a much faster pace version similar to "Fruta Fresca" and "Pa Mayté".
The second track “Carito” picks up the pace, in Carlos’s most humorous song. Co-penned by Cuadrado, the track tells the story of Vives’s attraction to an English teacher, who because of the language barrier, struggles to express his desires. The middle of the song also contains Vives’s attempt at singing in English, which further emphasizes the song's comedic nature. The song, along with other tracks as “A Las Doce Menos Diez” (Ten Til’ Twelve) and “Decimas” (Tenths), are pure dance vallenato, with the later of Vives’s fascination with New Orleans and how it reminds him of Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
’s city, Barranquilla
Barranquilla
Barranquilla is an industrial port city and municipality located in northern Colombia, near the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Atlántico Department, it is the largest industrial city and port in the Colombian Caribbean region with a population of 1,148,506 as of 2005, which makes it Colombia's...
.
“Luna Nueva”, became Vives’s third #1 on the Latin charts, giving this album the distinction as his first with back-to-back chart toppers. The song itself is a funkdafied-dance number, with La Provincia’s signature wah-wah guitars and woodwinds that accent the song throughout. Other hits include “Papadió” (God the Father), a spiritual song that is equally powerful in its uplifting message. Vives sings "Quien me da la luna? La buena fortuna? (Who gives me the moon? Who gives my good fortune?), as the rest of La Provincia answers "Papadio!" after each line. The song scrapped the bottom of the Latin Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top 40, yet it is considered by many Vives fans as an album highlight.
With the similar formula that made El Amor de Mi Tierra
El Amor de Mi Tierra
El Amor de Mi Tierra is the fourth major-label album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives.Released on October 19, 1999 it is Vives's ninth album overall . The album was a return to form for Vives, after the darker and more introspective Tengo Fe...
a success, Déjame Entrar proved to be equally successful, commercially and critically. After a total of six previous Grammy nominations, Vives came out victorious with the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album. Only months later, during the broadcast of the third annual Latin Grammys, Vives would win his second award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album. With double Grammy success, and double chart topping hits, Déjame Entrar would prove another fan favorite in the Colombian singer's popular career.
Track listing
- "Déjame EntrarDéjame Entrar (Carlos Vives song)"Déjame Entrar" is a song released by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives as the first single from his fifth major studio album of the same title in 2001...
" (Andres Castro, Carlos Vives, Martin Madera) – 4:00 - "Carito" (Vives, Egidio Cuadrado) – 3:38
- "Amor Latino" (Vives, Madera) – 4:09
- "Luna NuevaLuna Nueva (song)"Luna Nueva" is a song released by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives as the second single from his fifth major studio album Déjame Entrar in 2002...
" (Vives, Madera) – 3:36 - "Papadió" (Castro, C. Medina, Vives) – 3:27
- "Quiero Verte Sonreir" (Castro, Vives, Carlos Huertas) – 3:18
- "Las Doce Menos Diez" (Vives) – 4:01
- "María Teresa" (Castro, E. Estefan, Vives) – 3:36
- "Décimas" (Vives, Madera) – 3:33
- "Santa Elegia" (Vives) – 3:52
- "Déjame Entrar (Bonus Track)" (Castro, Vives, Madera) – 3:54
Personnel
- Carlos VivesCarlos VivesCarlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
- vocals, choir - Archie Pena - percussion, conga, drums
- Sebastian Krys - choir
- Mayte Montero - maraca, bagpipes
- Ramon Benitez - bombard
- Egidio Cuadrado - accordion, choir
- Andrés Castro - acousticgGuitar, electric guitar, charango, choir
- Carlos Huertas - choir
- Pablo Bernal - drums
- Tedoy Mullet - trombone, trumpet
- Carlos Ivan Medina - choir
- Luis Angel - double bass, six-string bass
- Paquito Hechavarria - piano
- Martin Madera - choir
Technical Personnel
- Carlos VivesCarlos VivesCarlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
- arranger, producer - Scott Canto - engineer
- Mike Couzzi - engineer
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
- Sebastian Krys - arranger, producer, engineer
- Kevin Dillon - logistics
- Mayte Montero - arranger
- Lucho Correa - graphic design
- Egidio Cuadrado - arranger
- Andrés Castro - arranger, producer
- David Heuer - engineer
- Javier Garza - engineer
- Steve Menezes - studio coordinator
- Jose A. Maldonado - logistics
- Trevor Fletcher - studio coordinator
- Luis Angel - arranger
- Emilio Estefan Jr. - producer
- Eric Schilling - engineer
- John Thomas II - engineer
- Ron Taylor - engineer