Cargar la Suerte

The album was recorded at Sphere Studios in Los Angeles, United States, it was produced by Gustavo Borner and featured arrangements and lyrics by Germán Wiedemayer, it also featured collaboration from Daniel Melingo, former member of the Argentine band Los Abuelos de la Nada, in the fifth track "Siete Vidas".{{cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20181017/452405347753/andres-calamaro-disco-cargar-la-suerte.html|title=Andrés Calamaro presenta su nuevo disco ‘Cargar la suerte’

|website=La Vanguardia|date=October 17, 2018|accessdate=June 4, 2022|language=es}} The name of the album comes from the Spanish expression "cargar la suete", used in bullfighting, literally translated to "carry the luck" in English the expression refers to the position in which the bullfighter approaches the bull, according to Calamaro "cargar la suerte means to put yourself in the way of the bull with your body, to put the leg in front to provoque the bull from close".{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/abci-andres-calamaro-rocknroll-para-cargar-suerte-201810170149_noticia.html|title=Andrés Calamaro, Rock'n'roll para cargar la suerte|website=ABC|first=Nacho|last=Serrano|date=October 17, 2018|accessdate=June 4, 2022|language=es}} The first single of the album was "Verdades Afiladas", the music video for the song was directed by Diego Salpurido and features Calamaro a taxi driver.{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/culto/2018/11/02/cargar-la-suerte-andres-calamaro/|title=Cargar la suerte: el nuevo disco de Andrés Calamaro|website=La Tercera|date=November 2, 2018|accessdate=June 4, 2022|language=es}}

The album was described as a "guitar album" due to its instrumentation, ranging from slower songs like the ballads "Mi Ranchera" and "Cuarteles de Invierno" to more upbeat songs such as "Adán Rechaza", "Siete Vidas", "Falso LV" and the proto-rap "Las Rimas", in the album Calamaro explores personal experiences and relationships like in "Tránsito Lento" about life while travelling, "My Mafia" dedicated to his friends and "Voy a Volver" about his natal country Argentina.{{cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/musica/exclusivo-tema-tema-cargar-suerte-nuevo-disco-andres-calamaro_0_Sm72dwQT0.html|title=Exclusivo: tema por tema, cómo es "Cargar la suerte", el nuevo disco de Andrés Calamaro

|website=Clarín|first=Walter|last=Donínguez|date=October 13, 2018|accessdate=June 4, 2022|language=es}}

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Iñaki Molinos from Mondo Sonoro gave the album a seven out of ten calling it "Calamaro's best work since the acclaimed La Lengua Popular (2007)", writing that "despite being scarce in terms of great singles or big hits, the exquisite production and interpretation of this work, the patience and dedication in each of the texts, the importance of the guitars and the always unfathomable emotion that Andrés preserves in his songs make his new work into a bang on the table".

All tracks were produced by Gustavo Borner.

{{Track listing

| headline = Cargar la Suerte track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 42:54

| title_width = 42%

| writing_width = 58%

| title1 = Verdades Afiladas

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

• Andrés Calamaro
• German Weidemer}}

| length1 = 3:46

| title2 = Transito Lento

| writer2 = {{flatlist|

• Calamaro
• Weidemer}}

| length2 = 3:14

| title3 = Cuarteles de Invierno

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

• Calamaro
• Weidemer}}

| length3 = 3:32

| title4 = Diego Armando Canciones

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

• Calamaro
• Weidemer}}

| length4 = 3:33

| title5 = La Rimas

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Calamaro}}

| length5 = 3:28

| title6 = Siete Vidas

| writer6 = {{flatlist|

• Calamaro
• Weidemer
• Daniel Melingo}}

| length6 = 3:18

| title7 = Mi Ranchera

| writer7 = {{flatlist|

• Calamaro
• Weidemer}}

| length7 = 3:24

| title8 = Falso LV

| writer8 = {{flatlist|

• Calamaro
• Weidemer}}

| length8 = 2:56

| title9 = My Mafia

| writer9 = {{flatlist|

• Calamaro}}

| length9 = 3:37

| title10 = Adan Rechaza

| writer10 = {{flatlist|

• Calamaro}}

| length10 = 2:47

| title11 = Egoistas

| writer11 = {{flatlist|

• Calamaro
• Weidemer}}

| length11 = 3:23

| title12 = Voy a Volver

| writer12 = {{flatlist|

• Calamaro
• Weidemer}}

| length12 = 5:50

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