Amor y Control

{{Infobox album

| name = Amor y Control

| type = studio album

| artist = Rubén Blades & Son del Solar

| cover = Amor Y Control.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1992|09|22}}

| recorded = March – April 1992

| venue =

| studio = Power Station, Nueva York

| genre = *Salsa

tropical

| length = {{Duration|m=54|s=41}}

| label = CBS

| producer = *Rubén Blades

Oscar Hernández

| chronology = Rubén Blades

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Amor y Control

| type = Studio

| single1 = Creo en Tí

| single1date = 1992

| single2 = Piensa en Mí

| single2date = 1992

| single3 = Baby's In Black" / "West Indian Man

| single3date = 1992

| single4 = El Apagón

| single4date = February 12, 1993

}}

| prev_title = Caminando

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Tras La Tormenta

| next_year = 1995

}}

Amor y Control ({{Translation|"Love and Control"}}) is the eleventh studio album by Panamanian singer Rubén Blades and the sixth album with his Band Son Del Solar released on September 22, 1992 through CBS Records International. Featuring a variety of Caribbean and Latin American musical genres,[http://www.allmusic.com/album/amor-y-control-mw0000616798 Allmusic, Amor y Control, Overview] which reached #14 on the Billboard Tropical/Salsa charts and received a nomination for Grammy Award for best Tropical Latin Album.[http://www.maestravida.com/discog.html#1990s Maestravida.com][http://www.allmusic.com/album/amor-y-control-mw0000616798/awards Allmusic, Amor y Control, Awards]

The album had three outstanding songs that are "Amor Y Control", "Adán García" and "Creo en Ti" which had a video clip, there is also a reversion of the song Baby's in Black" by the English rock pop band The Beatles originally released on December 4, 1964 for their Beatles for Sale album. The five singles from the album were "Creo en Tí", "Piensa en Mí", "West Indan Man", "Baby's in Black" and "El Apagón".

Track listing

{{tracklist

| all_writing = Rubén Blades, except where noted

| headline = Amor y Control track listing

| title1 = El Apagón

| writer1 = Rubén Blades

| length1 = 5:26

| title2 = West Indian Man

| writer2 = Blades

| length2 = 3:28

| title3 = Adán García

| writer3 = Blades

| length3 = 4:48

| title4 = Naturaleza Muerta

| writer4 = Blades

| length4 = 2:30

| title5 = El Cilindro

| writer5 = Blades

| length5 = 4:31

| title6 = Piensa en Mí

| writer6 = Blades

| length6 = 4:31

| title7 = Amor y Control

| writer7 = Blades

| length7 = 5:52

| title8 = Canto a la Madre

| writer8 = Blades

| length8 = 2:50

| title9 = Canto a la Muerte

| writer9 = Blades

| length9 = 6:23

| title10 = Baby's in Black

| writer10 = {{hlist|John Lennon|Paul McCartney}}

| length10 = 3:33

| title11 = Creo en Ti

| writer11 = Blades

| length11 = 4:38

| title12 = Conmemorando

| writer12 = Blades

| total_length = 54:41

| length12 = 6:11

}}

Personnel

Composer - Agustín Lara
Arranger, Synthesizer - Arturo Ortiz
Mastering - Bob Ludwig
Assistant Engineer - Chris Albert
Congas - Eddie Montalvo
Bongos - George Gonzalez
Piano - Hernandez
Composer - John Lennon
Engineer, Mixing - Jon Fausty
Assistant Engineer - Marc Glass
Bass - Michael Vinas
Mixing Assistant - Michael White
Arranger, Piano - Oscar Hernandez
Composer - Paul McCartney
Guiro, Tambora, Tumbadora - Porfirio Fernández
Timbales - Ralph Irizarry
Trombone - Renaldo Jorge
Cover Art Concept, Photography - Ricardo Betancourt
Drums - Robby Ameen
Arranger, Composer, Cover Art Concept, Acoustic Guitar, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals, Background Vocals - Rubén Blades
Primary Artist - Rubén Blades y Son del Solar
Percussion - Sammy Figueroa
Primary Artist - Seis Del Solar
Performer, Primary Artist - Son del Solar
Background Vocals - Tito Allen

Certification

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Ruben Blades|title=Amor y Control|type=album|award=Platinum|Spanish=yes|certyear=2002}}

References

Category:1992 albums

Category:Rubén Blades albums