Un Nuevo Despertar
{{Infobox album
| name = Un Nuevo Despertar
| type = Album
| artist = Lalo Rodríguez
| cover = lalorodriguez unnuevodespertar.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1988
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Salsa
| length =
| label = Rodven Records
| producer =
| prev_title = Punto y Coma
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = Sexsacional..!
| next_year = 1989
}}
Un Nuevo Despertar (A New Awakening) is a studio album by Lalo Rodríguez released in 1988. Continuing the tradition of the salsa romántica, Rodríguez also added in sexual songs known as salsa erótica which was short-lived.
Singles
The album produced three singles that charted on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks.
- "Ven, devórame otra vez" ("Come, Devour Me Again") was the first single released from the album. The song displays an example of the salsa erotica-style songs. The song charted #10 on the Hot Latin Tracks.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p29382/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Lalo Rodriguez > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles|author= |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=2012-03-12}}
- "Sí, te mentí" ("Yes, I Lied to You") was the second single released from the album and charted #12 on the Hot Latin Tracks.
- "Voy a escarbar tu cuerpo" ("I Will Dig Through Your Body") was the third single released from the album and charted #23 on the Hot Latin Tracks.
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Ven, Devórame Otra Vez
| writer1 = Palmer Hernandez
| length1 = 5:11
| title2 = Si, Te Mentí
| writer2 = Anibal Pastor
| length2 = 4:55
| title3 = Voy a Escarbar Tu Cuerpo
| writer3 = Mario Díaz
| length3 = 3:55
| title4 = Te Estoy Pidiendo
| writer4 = Corinne Oviedo
| length4 = 4:35
| title5 = Tú Ni Te Piensas
| writer5 = Corinne Oviedo
| length5 = 4:32
| title6 = Despues de Hacer el Amor
| writer6 = Elio Roca, V. Planas
| length6 = 4:33
| title7 = Tú Iluminas
| writer7 = Antonio de Jesus
| length7 = 4:24
| title8 = No Te Voy a Defraudar
| writer8 = Corinne Oviedo
| length8 = 4:52
}}
Personnel
- Trombone - Antonio Vazquez
- Composer - Aníbal Pastor
- Composer - Corinne Oviedo
- Arranger - Cuto Soto
- Composer - Elio Roca
- Arranger, Baritone Saxophone - Ernesto Sanchez
- Producer - Frank Torres
- Background Vocals - Hecor Perez
- Congas - Jimmy Morales
- Mixing, Producer, Recording Director - Julio Cesar Delgado
- Primary Artist, Vocals, Background Vocals - Lalo Rodríguez
- Composer - Mario Diaz
- Background Vocals - Nino Segarra
- Composer - Palmer Hernandez
- Bass - Pedro Pérez
- Keyboards - Ramon B. Sanchez
- French Horn - Roberto Rivera
- Timbales - Santiago "Chago" Martínez
- Arranger - Tommy Villarini
- Composer - Uvaldo Rodriguez
- Trumpet - Vicente Cusi Castillo
- Piano - Willie Sotelo
- Trumpet - Ángel "Angie" Machado
Chart position
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Chart ! Album ! Peak |
|---|
| 1988
| U.S. Billboard Tropical/Salsa | Un nuevo despertar | 1 |
Awards
Un nuevo despertar was given the first Premio Lo Nuestro award for "Tropical Album of the Year" in 1989.{{cite web |url=http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=489294 |title=Premio 1989 - Historia de Premio lo Nuestro |publisher=Univisión |accessdate=2012-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805232553/http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=489294 |archivedate=2011-08-05 }}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r446704}}
}}
José A. Estévez Jr. of Allmusic gave the album a mixed his efforts on the album a "lackluster production" despite its commercial success.
See also
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