La Prosperidad is the fourth studio album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 released by Rock en Español

Rock en Español

Rock en español is the Spanish-language rock music. While the term is used widely in English, it is used in Spanish mainly to distinguish such music from "Anglo rock." It is a style of rock music that developed in Latin American countries and Latino communities, along with other genres like...

 band Fiel a la Vega

Fiel a la Vega

Fiel a la Vega is a Rock en Español band from Puerto Rico formed in 1994. Band members Tito Auger and Ricky Laureano come from the northern city of Vega Alta, while brothers Pedro Arraiza and Jorge Arraiza come from the city of Vega Baja, which is next to Vega Alta.-Early years :Childhood friends...

. It was released independently in 2002.

Lead guitarist Ricky Laureano is again featured in a more prominent role writing four songs, and co-writing another 3 with singer Tito Auger

Tito Auger

Alfonso "Tito" Auger Vega is a Puerto Rican musician most known for being the lead singer of the Rock en Español band Fiel a la Vega. Auger is also the band's main songwriter, together with Ricky Laureano....

. Laureano sings lead vocals on all of his four songs.

Track listing

All songs written by Tito Auger

Tito Auger

Alfonso "Tito" Auger Vega is a Puerto Rican musician most known for being the lead singer of the Rock en Español band Fiel a la Vega. Auger is also the band's main songwriter, together with Ricky Laureano....

, except where noted.

1. "La Prosperidad"
2. "Hay Que Edificar" (Laureano)
3. "Maniqueismo" (Auger, Laureano)
4. "A Quien Pueda Interesar"
5. "Croatto"
6. "Tu y Mi Ciudad"
7. "Necesarios son los Sueños" (Laureano)
8. "Del Siglo XXI a Washington"
9. "Que Razón te Llevaré"
10. "Encontrarte es una Historia que Hoy Deberían Publicar" (Laureano)
11. "El Asunto: Salcedo Sigue Siendo Mortal" (Auger, Laureano)
12. "No Tan Atractiva Verdad" (Auger, Laureano)
13. "Algunos Deseos"
14. "Incorporado" (Laureano)
15. "Banderas"

Song Meanings

• Tito Auger wrote "Croatto" in honor of singer Tony Croatto
  Tony Croatto
  Hermes Davide Fastino Croatto Martinis, better known as Tony Croatto was an Italian singer and composer best known for his interpretations of Puerto Rican folk music. He was also a television presenter.-Biography:Born in Attimis, a comune in the province of Udine, Italy...
  
  , one of his influences. 4 years later, after Croatto's death, Auger sang the song in a concert in his memory.
• Ricky Laureano wrote and dedicated "Encontrarte es una Historia que Hoy Deberían Publicar" to his wife, while Auger wrote and dedicated "Tu y Mi Ciudad" to his.
• "El Asunto: Salcedo Sigue Siendo Mortal" is a reference to Spaniard Diego Salcedo
  Diego Salcedo (soldier)
  Diego Salcedo was a Spanish conquistador who allegedly lived during the colonization of the Americas. According to legend, his death at the hands of Taíno Indians ignited the Taíno rebellion of 1511....
  
  's drowning at the hands of the Taíno
  Taíno people
  The Taínos were pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. It is thought that the seafaring Taínos are relatives of the Arawak people of South America...
  
   Indians of the island.
• "Banderas" stemmed from some controversies that arose on the island concerning the use of national flags, and the division caused by the Navy-Vieques protests.

Personnel

• Tito Auger
  Tito Auger
  Alfonso "Tito" Auger Vega is a Puerto Rican musician most known for being the lead singer of the Rock en Español band Fiel a la Vega. Auger is also the band's main songwriter, together with Ricky Laureano....
  
   - Lead Vocals, Acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Ricky Laureano
  Ricky Laureano
  Ricky Laureano is a Puerto Rican musician most known for being the guitarist and one of the main songwriters of the Rock en Español band Fiel a la Vega.-Biography:...
  
   - Lead & Acoustic Guitar, vocals, cuatro
  Cuatro (instrument)
  The cuatro is any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute family. The cuatro is smaller than a guitar. Cuatro means four in Spanish, although current instruments may have more than four strings....
  
  
• Jorge Arraiza
  Jorge Arraiza
  Jorge Arraiza is a Puerto Rican musician most known for being the bassist of the Rock en Español band Fiel a la Vega.-Biography:...
  
   - Bass guitar, vocals, keyboards, percussion
• Pedro Arraiza
  Pedro Arraiza
  Pedro Arraiza is a Puerto Rican musician most known for being the drummer of the Rock en Español band Fiel a la Vega.-Biography and Career:...
  
   - Drums, harmonica
• Papo Román
  Papo Román
  Víctor "Papo" Román is a Puerto Rican musician most known for being the percussionist of the Rock en Español band Fiel a la Vega.-Biography and Career:...
  
   - Percussion

Recording

• Luar Music - Executive producer
• Recorded at Digitec, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  San Juan, Puerto Rico
  San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
  
   and Alfa Recording, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  San Juan, Puerto Rico
  San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
  
   from March to October, 2002 by Gerardo López.
• Additional Recordings by Carlos Cruz
• Assistant - Tito Peña (Alfa Recording) and Luis Burgos (Digitec)
• Mastered at Masterdisk, New York
  New York
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  by Leon Zervos.