Grandes Exitos de Juan Luis Guerra y 440 is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra is a singer, songwriter and producer from the Dominican Republic who has sold over 30 million records, and won numerous awards including 12 Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards...

, and his band 440. Issued in 1996, it consists of tracks from the first seven studio albums.

Among the tracks are two songs from the controversial album Áreito that was said to have anti-capitalist

Anti-capitalism

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 tendencies. And although Guerra quit recording protest song

Protest song

A protest song is a song which is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs . It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre...

s, he included these two tracks, of which El costo de la vida was his first number-one hit in the Hot Latin Tracks.

Track listing

1. El costo de la vida*
2. Rosalia
3. Woman de Callao
4. Visa para el sueño
5. Burbujos de amor
6. Ojalá que llueva café
7. Me enamoro de ella
8. Frío Frío*
9. Como abeja al panal
10. A pedir su mano
11. la Bilirubina
12. Carta de amor
13. Bachata rosa
14. Guavaberry
15. La cosquillita
16. Si tu te vas (bonus track)
17. Señorita (bonus track)