La Tierra del Olvido (The Forgotten Land) is the seventh album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives. The album was released on July 25, 1995, and contained a split of vallenato covers, as well as Vives' first foray into original compositions in the vallenato style. The album was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year. The album consolidated Vives as Colombia's most famous musician at the time of its release.

Track listing

"Pa' Mayté" (Andrés Castro, Carlos Iván Medina, Carlos Vives) – 3:07

"Fidelina" (Alejo Durán) – 4:22

"La Tierra del Olvido" (Vives, Iván Benavides) – 4:25

"Zoila" (Toño Fernández) – 4:23

"Rosa" (Irene Martínez) – 4:12

"Agua" (Benavides, Ernesto Ocampo) – 3:52

"La Cachucha Bacana" (Durán) – 4:21

"Diosa Coronada" (Leandro Díaz) – 4:14

"La Puya Puyá" (Egidio Cuadrado) – 5:00

"Ella" (Benavides) – 3:47

"Jam en Jukümey" (Benavides, Ocampo, Vives, Mayte Montero, Medina) – 1:30

Album credits

Performance credits

Carlos Vives – Primary Artist, Director, Vocals

Egidio Cuadrado – Accordion, Vocals (La Puya Puyá), Backing Vocals

Carlos Ivan Medina – Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Keyboards

Mayte Montero – Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Gaita, Percussion, Vocals

Luis Angel Pastor – Bass

Gilbert Martínez – Conga, Marimbas, Marimbula, Percussion

Pablo Bernal – Drums

Eder Polo – Guacharaca

Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo – Guitar, Vocals

Alfredo Rosado – Tamboura, Timbales

Technical credits

La Provincia – Arranger

José Luis Diazgranados – Artwork

José Rincón – Contributor

Chris Lawson – Engineer

Carlos Vives – Graphic Design, Producer

Jerry Lofaro – Illustrations

Alfonso Bulla – Logistics

Iván Benavides – Producer

Richard Blair – Producer

Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo – Producer

Luis Angel Pastor – Producer

Michael Fuller – Mastering

Charts and sales

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sales

See also

List of number-one Billboard Tropical Albums from the 1990s

Notes

External links

Carlos Vives official homepage

1995 albums

Carlos Vives albums

La Tierra del Olvido