''Tras la Tormenta'' () It is the fifth and last

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made between the

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singer

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and the

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. It was released on January 31, 1995, through Sony Tropical,

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and

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. Recorded at Acme Recordings Studios, being the last great collaboration that the two artists did. It had four

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, "Talento De Televisión", "Homenaje A Héctor Lavoe", "Tras La Tormenta" and "Como Un Huracán", being the first mentioned the most awarded of the album. It is considered by experts as one of the most successful

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albums. They were also nominated for in the

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for

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and reached the third spot in ''

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chart. Also As one of his four

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that brought Willie Colón to fame, along with

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, during their period as duo, was composed by Colón himself, Amilcar Boscán and Cucco Peña.

Background

It was recorded after a long fight between Blades and Colon, which was due to Blades' disagreement with the album '' The Last Fight'' (1984), both came with great albums behind their backs such as ''Hecho En Puerto Rico'' by Colón Published by Sony Music in 1993, '' Amor Y Control'' with Blades in 1992 also with Sony Music. although in songs like "Doña Lele" and "Tras La Tormenta" it is shown how they interact with the trombone and you of Blades, at no time during the recording did they share a studio, something they did not do until 2003 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album ''

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''.

Sony Music intervention

The intervention of

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was proposed in a humorous way by Blades himself, due to his intention to thank Colón for entering him into the world of music in 1977 with his album '' Metiendo Mano!'', although Colón accepted the project did not come out as expected being in different studios at the time of recording the album.

Singles

Talento De Televisión

It was written by Amílcar Boscán inspired by the actress Yuyito, saying that it was born from "everyday phenomena that are usually forgotten". He also said that when he watched television in the 1990s there was a Venezuelan television program called ''

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'' where the Argentine model "Yuyito" was, who is really Amalia González. It was also said that it was

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but it was ruled out by Amílcar Boscán himself.

Homenaje A Héctor Lavoe

This is the song where the album opens. Fingering the trombone for 40 seconds where Colón and Lavoe leaned on to achieve fame.

Track listing

This list has been adapted from

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Staff

Musicians and general

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,adapted from AudioKat:

Performers credits

Technicals credits

References

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