Por Fuera y Por Dentro
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__FORCETOC__
Por Fuera y Por Dentro is the first album released by Colombian
singer/composer Carlos Vives
.
Released on June 6, 1986, Vives was better known as a television star of soap operas at the time of its release. The album contains romantic ballads laden with synthesizers, pre-dating Vives's vallenato
breakthrough. As was the case with early Vives albums, this wasn't a commercial success, and is his least known recording. Largely overlooked by the public and Vives himself, the album is a collector's item for die-hard fans.
, one of Latin America's biggest artists and revolutionizer of modern vallenato
, started as a struggling young star in Latin television. With soap operas, or telenovelas, being a springboard for Latin Americans seeking fame, Vives was no exception. In his home country of Colombia
, the Santa Marta
-born, and Bogotá
raised actor cut his teeth in a number of shows including "Pequeños Gigantes" (Little Giants - 1983) and "Tuyo es Mi Corazón (Yours is My Heart - 1985) before finding notoriety in the title role of "Gallito Ramírez (Ramírez the Rooster - 1986). That same year, he released his first album Por Fuera y Por Dentro (From Outside and From Within), marking Vives’s first true passion, music.
Released in the summer of 1986, the album coincided with Vives's first major role in "Gallito Ramírez". Despite a new marriage (Margarita Rosa de Francisco) and a burgeoning acting career, Vives would be overshadowed by established crooners in his musical aspirations. Por Fuera was lost in a market that included superstars such as Julio Iglesias
and Juan Gabriel
. Though Por Fuera was a commercial failure, it would mark the beginning of a successful singing career and an eventual breakthrough that would overshadow Vives's own acting.
In sound and production, Por Fuera is an album from a different era in Vives’s career. Aside from his early image differing from his rock-star looks, the music is vastly different from Vives's Clásicos de la Provincia
breakthrough. Instead of the vallenato
sound Vives is known for, the songs are mixed with a sound of pure 80’s pop. Whereas Vives would make his career making party anthems and infectious dance numbers, this album is filled completely with slower-paced, romantic ballads. As opposed to accordions and rock guitar, an ambundance of synthesizers and drum machines takes its place, making Vives unrecognizable, despite his distinctive voice.
Cuts such as "Vuelve" (Comeback) and "Si Quieres Hacer El Amor" (If You Want to Make Love), are typical of the album's theme of love and yearning. As part of his telenovela image, coupled with the fact that romantic ballads were a staple of Latin American music, Vives had yet to discover his Santa Marta roots and the sounds of vallenato, sounds that would define his successful singing career. While the Fernando Garavito track "Me Estoy Muriendo de Amor" (I'm Dying of Love) would be re-recorded on his more mainstream Al Centro de la Ciudad
, the album's lower-budget production only gained attention amongst few buyers in Vives's Colombian home.
Vives would follow this album only a year later with his slightly more successful No Podrás Escapar de Mí
, and later with his last ballad-heavy work Al Centro de la Ciudad
. The star-turning role as Rafael Escalona
would produce the Escalona
soundtracks, giving birth to Vives's true voice in his vallenato sound, literally turning his back on his earlier work.
The cold reception, along with Vives's later success with vallenato
music, make Por Fuera y Por Dentro Vives's most rare CD. While Vives’s earlier albums are now considered collector’s items, the breakthrough of Clásicos de la Provincia
brought a number of “early hits” compilations, though interestingly, this album and its tracks are ignored altogether.
Technical Credits
Por Fuera y Por Dentro is the first album released by Colombian
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 June 6, 1986, Vives was better known as a television star of soap operas at the time of its release. The album contains romantic ballads laden with synthesizers, pre-dating Vives's vallenato
Vallenato
Vallenato, along with cumbia, is currently a popular folk music of Colombia. It primarily comes from the Colombia's Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in...
breakthrough. As was the case with early Vives albums, this wasn't a commercial success, and is his least known recording. Largely overlooked by the public and Vives himself, the album is a collector's item for die-hard fans.
Overview
Carlos VivesCarlos Vives
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
, one of Latin America's biggest artists and revolutionizer of modern vallenato
Vallenato
Vallenato, along with cumbia, is currently a popular folk music of Colombia. It primarily comes from the Colombia's Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in...
, started as a struggling young star in Latin television. With soap operas, or telenovelas, being a springboard for Latin Americans seeking fame, Vives was no exception. In his home country 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...
, the Santa Marta
Santa Marta
Santa Marta is the capital city of the Colombian department of Magdalena in the Caribbean Region. It was founded in July 29, 1525 by the Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, which makes it the oldest remaining city in Colombia...
-born, and Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
raised actor cut his teeth in a number of shows including "Pequeños Gigantes" (Little Giants - 1983) and "Tuyo es Mi Corazón (Yours is My Heart - 1985) before finding notoriety in the title role of "Gallito Ramírez (Ramírez the Rooster - 1986). That same year, he released his first album Por Fuera y Por Dentro (From Outside and From Within), marking Vives’s first true passion, music.
Released in the summer of 1986, the album coincided with Vives's first major role in "Gallito Ramírez". Despite a new marriage (Margarita Rosa de Francisco) and a burgeoning acting career, Vives would be overshadowed by established crooners in his musical aspirations. Por Fuera was lost in a market that included superstars such as Julio Iglesias
Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva , better known simply as Julio Iglesias, is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 15 best selling music artists in history,...
and Juan Gabriel
Juan Gabriel
Alberto Aguilera Valadez , better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel , is a Mexican singer and songwriter who is one of the most famous living representatives of the Mexican ranchera, ballad, mariachi, and pop music....
. Though Por Fuera was a commercial failure, it would mark the beginning of a successful singing career and an eventual breakthrough that would overshadow Vives's own acting.
In sound and production, Por Fuera is an album from a different era in Vives’s career. Aside from his early image differing from his rock-star looks, the music is vastly different from Vives's Clásicos de la Provincia
Clásicos de la Provincia
Clásicos de la Provincia is the breakthrough album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives.Released in late 1993, internationally on February 22, 1994, it contained three chart-topping hits that propelled Vives to fame in Latin America...
breakthrough. Instead of the vallenato
Vallenato
Vallenato, along with cumbia, is currently a popular folk music of Colombia. It primarily comes from the Colombia's Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in...
sound Vives is known for, the songs are mixed with a sound of pure 80’s pop. Whereas Vives would make his career making party anthems and infectious dance numbers, this album is filled completely with slower-paced, romantic ballads. As opposed to accordions and rock guitar, an ambundance of synthesizers and drum machines takes its place, making Vives unrecognizable, despite his distinctive voice.
Cuts such as "Vuelve" (Comeback) and "Si Quieres Hacer El Amor" (If You Want to Make Love), are typical of the album's theme of love and yearning. As part of his telenovela image, coupled with the fact that romantic ballads were a staple of Latin American music, Vives had yet to discover his Santa Marta roots and the sounds of vallenato, sounds that would define his successful singing career. While the Fernando Garavito track "Me Estoy Muriendo de Amor" (I'm Dying of Love) would be re-recorded on his more mainstream Al Centro de la Ciudad
Al Centro de la Ciudad
__FORCETOC__Al Centro de la Ciudad is the third album released by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives, released on June 6, 1989.Vives was better known as a star of television soap operas at the time of its release. It is his final album to feature synthesizer-romantic ballads, predating his...
, the album's lower-budget production only gained attention amongst few buyers in Vives's Colombian home.
Vives would follow this album only a year later with his slightly more successful No Podrás Escapar de Mí
No Podrás Escapar de Mí
__FORCETOC__No Podrás Escapar de Mí is the second album released by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives.Released on June 6, 1987, Vives was better known as a television star of soap operas at the time of its release. The album contains romantic ballads laden with synthesizers, predating Vives's...
, and later with his last ballad-heavy work Al Centro de la Ciudad
Al Centro de la Ciudad
__FORCETOC__Al Centro de la Ciudad is the third album released by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives, released on June 6, 1989.Vives was better known as a star of television soap operas at the time of its release. It is his final album to feature synthesizer-romantic ballads, predating his...
. The star-turning role as Rafael Escalona
Rafael Escalona
Rafael Calixto Escalona Martinez was a Colombian composer and troubadour. He was known for being one of the most prominent vallenato music composers and troubadours of the genre and for being the co-founder of the Vallenato Legend Festival, along with Consuelo Araújo and Alfonso López Michelsen.He...
would produce the Escalona
Escalona
Escalona is a municipality located in the north part of the province of Toledo, which in turn is part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain...
soundtracks, giving birth to Vives's true voice in his vallenato sound, literally turning his back on his earlier work.
The cold reception, along with Vives's later success with vallenato
Vallenato
Vallenato, along with cumbia, is currently a popular folk music of Colombia. It primarily comes from the Colombia's Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in...
music, make Por Fuera y Por Dentro Vives's most rare CD. While Vives’s earlier albums are now considered collector’s items, the breakthrough of Clásicos de la Provincia
Clásicos de la Provincia
Clásicos de la Provincia is the breakthrough album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives.Released in late 1993, internationally on February 22, 1994, it contained three chart-topping hits that propelled Vives to fame in Latin America...
brought a number of “early hits” compilations, though interestingly, this album and its tracks are ignored altogether.
Track listing
- "Vuelve" (F. Garavito) -
- "No Vuelvas A Ver Hacia Atrás" (C. Vega) -
- "No Quiero" (C. Acuña) -
- "Me Estoy Muriendo de Amor" (F. Garavito) -
- "Robándome la Mente" (C. Vega) -
- "Si Quieres Hacer El Amor" (R. Acosta) -
- "No Hay Nada" (F. Garavito) -
- "Por Fuera y Por Dentro" (F. Garavito) -
- "Vuelve A Empezar" (F. Garavito) -
- "Quiero" (C. Vives) -
Album credits
Performance Credits- Carlos VivesCarlos VivesCarlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
- Vocals - Joseph Max Klitfus - Piano & Synthesizer
- Gabriel Rondón - Acoustic Guitar
- Alfonso Rondón - Bass
- Hernando "Henry" Becerra - Electric Guitar
- Wilson Viveros - Drums and percussion
- Eduardo Maya - Trumpet
- Dagoberto García - Clarinet & Saxophone
- Gustavo "El Pantera" García - Trumbone
- Lizandro Zapata - Choir
- Claudia Altamar - Choir
- Carlos Ortiz - Choir
- Alexa Hernández - Choir
- Luis Fernando Ardila - Choir
- Tony Navia - Choir
- Yanet Waldman (Joel) - Choir
- Guillermo Vives - Choir
- El Chato and Los Pequeños Gigantes - Choir
Technical Credits
- Joseph Max Klitfus - Arranger
- Fernando Garavito - Direction
- Ricardo Acosta - Production
- Carlos Vives - Executive Producer
- Adolfo "El Mono" Levi - Engineer
- Carlos Vives - Design
- Dora Franco - Photography
- John Jairo - Makeup
- Fotoletras - Graphics
- Nelson Robayo - Illustrations
- Recorded in "The Studio" during May 1986