Son By Four (album)
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Son by Four is the second studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 released in 2000 by the romantic music
Romantic music
Romantic music or music in the Romantic Period is a musicological and artistic term referring to a particular period, theory, compositional practice, and canon in Western music history, from 1810 to 1900....

 group Son by Four
Son By Four
Son by Four is a salsa music group from Puerto Rico, well-known for their English U.S. pop hit "Purest of Pain ". The group is signed to Sony Music Entertainment....

. This album received a Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song, for their number-one hit "A Puro Dolor
A Puro Dolor
"Purest of Pain " is a song recorded by Puerto Rican band Son by Four. It was written by Omar Alfanno and released as the first single of the second studio album of the band in 2000...

", and also became their first number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums
Billboard Top Latin Albums
Latin Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all Billboard album charts, the chart is based on sales...

 chart.

Track listing

The track listing from Billboard.
  1. "A Puro Dolor
    A Puro Dolor
    "Purest of Pain " is a song recorded by Puerto Rican band Son by Four. It was written by Omar Alfanno and released as the first single of the second studio album of the band in 2000...

    " (Omar Alfanno/Ceferino Caban) — 4:23
  2. "Pero Eres Tú" (Pedro Quiles) — 4:13
  3. "Sofia" (Omar Alfanno/Angel Lopez) — 4:20
  4. "Poca Mujer" (Jorge Montes) — 4:28
  5. "Qué Está Pasando" (Omar Alfanno) — 4:09
  6. "Mi Corazón Te Recuerda" — 5:01
  7. "Donde Esta Tu Amor" (Alejandro Jaen) — 4:32
  8. "Lo Que Yo Mas Quiero" (Omar Alfanno) — 4:51
  9. "Cómo Decírselo" (Jorge Montes) — 4:07
  10. "Lo Que Yo No Tengo" (Mickey Perfecto) — 4:58
  11. "Muévelo" (Ángel López) — 3:31
  12. "Lunática" (Sonny Hernández) — 5:02
  13. "A Puro Dolor" (Ballad version) (Omar Alfanno/Ceferino Caban) — 3:32
  14. "Sofía" (Remix) (Omar Alfanno/Ángel López) — 4:33
  15. "Purest of Pain" (bonus track)

Chart performance

Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums
Billboard Top Latin Albums
Latin Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all Billboard album charts, the chart is based on sales...

1
U.S. Billboard Tropical/Salsa Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

94

Sales and certifications

Personnel

This information from Allmusic.
  • Caferino Caban: arranger
    Arrangement
    The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...

  • Roberto Calderon: sax
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

     (baritone)
  • Jose David Carrion: piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

  • Mario De Jesús: engineer
    Audio engineering
    An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...

    , mixing
    Audio mixing (recorded music)
    In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...

  • DJ Lucho: mixing
  • Danny Fuentes: trombone
    Trombone
    The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

  • Jose Gazmey: bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Gustavo López: trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

  • Hector David Marcano: timbales
    Timbales
    Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned...

  • J. Salazar: arranger
  • Son My Four: vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Ronnie Torres: engineer
  • Eliud Velázquez: banjo
    Banjo
    In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

    , conga
    Conga
    The conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum with African antecedents. It is thought to be derived from the Makuta drums or similar drums associated with Afro-Cubans of Central African descent. A person who plays conga is called a conguero...

  • Alejandro Lopez: Art Director
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