Canciones Del Solar De Los Aburridos is an album by Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...

 and Willie Colón

Willie Colón

William Anthony Colón is a Nuyorican salsa musician. Primarily a trombonist, Colón also sings, writes, produces and acts. He is also involved in municipal politics in New York City.-Early years:...

 released by Fania Records

Fania Records

Fania Records was a New York based record label founded by Dominican-born composer and bandleader Johnny Pacheco and Italian-American lawyer Jerry Masucci in 1964. The label took its name from an old Cuban song by the singer Reinaldo Bolaño. Fania is known for its promotion of what has become...

 in 1981.

Background

Canciones Del Solar De Los Aburridos was the penultimate collaborative duo album produced by Rubén Blades and Willie Colón. The songs were mainly composed by Blades ranging in theme from the political to the comical/playful. 'Tiburón' has since become widely considered one of the highlights of Rubén Blades' songwriting career.

Reception

Although Grammy-nominated, Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos received little air play in the United States at the time of its release due to the political slant of the song Tiburón (literally, "Shark") referring to U.S. hegemony in Latin America. The main opposition to the composition came from the Cuban communities in the US.. In 1991 Willie Colón

Willie Colón

William Anthony Colón is a Nuyorican salsa musician. Primarily a trombonist, Colón also sings, writes, produces and acts. He is also involved in municipal politics in New York City.-Early years:...

reflected, "that type of composition caused us a lot of trouble, so much so that at one point when we were doing Pedro Navaja and Tiburón with Blades, we had to perform in bulletproof vests." . However, reception was much warmer in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, where "Tiburón", "Te Están Buscando" and "Ligia Elena" were major radio hits.

Track listing

Personnel

Concept and Artistic Direction:

• Ruben Blades & Willie Colon

Arrangements:

• Hector Garrido
• Javier Vazquez
• Luis Cruz
• Marty Sheller
• Rubén Blades
• Willie Colon

Participating Musicians:

• Johnny Andrews
• Ruben Blades
• Sam Burtis
• Milton Cardona
• Willie Colon
• Salvador Cuevas
• Jimmy Delgado
• Andy González
• Reynaldo Jorge
• Lewis Kahn
• Jose Rodríguez
• Joe Santiago
• Joe Torres

Engineers:

• Willie Colon
• Jon Fausty

Assistants:

• Kevin Zambrana
• Henry Monzon

Original Cover Design:

• Izzy Sanabria

Designer:

• Jorge Vargas

Photographer:

• Lee Marshall

Hair Stylist for Willie Colon:

• James Perez

Produced By:

• Willie Colon & Ruben Blades for WAC Productions, Inc.