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Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos (Songs of the Boring Solar) is the third studio álbum between the duo of Willie Colón and Rubén Blades released on September 20, 1981 by Fania Records. This being the second most successful album of the duo and the one that comes closest to being a post-boogalo album with the sounds of hard salsa characteristic of the Harlow Orchestra.[1]

Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos
United States album cover version
Studio album by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Released	September 20, 1981
Recorded	La Tierra Sound Studios Sound Works Studios New York City 6/1981-7/1981
Studio	La tierra sound studios
Genre	Salsa, folclore
Length	42:17
Language	Spanish
Label	Fania Records JM 597 NYC
Producer	Willie Colón, Rubén Blades, Larry Harlow And Jerry Masucci
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades chronology
Siembra (1978) Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos (1981) The Last Fight (1982)

Background

Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos is the penultimate of four collaborative duo albums produced by Rubén Blades and Willie Colón for Fania. 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.^{[by whom?]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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 U.S.[3] In 1991 Willie Colón 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."[3] 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:

• Rubén 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.

References

На других языках

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- [en] Canciones Del Solar De Los Aburridos

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[es] Canciones del solar de los aburridos

Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos es el tercer álbum realizado en conjunto por Willie Colón y Rubén Blades que fue lanzado en 1981. La producción contiene la polémica canción Tiburón que hace alusión a la política de Estados Unidos sobre América Latina en ese tiempo. El cha-cha-chá Ligia Elena, de que?, madame kalalú, el telefónito son canciones destacadas en el álbum y su tema más famoso te están buscando la cual narra de una forma un tanto humorística la situación de un jugador que cada vez que pierde apostando no paga su deuda. Además este álbum fue nominado a los Grammy en el año 1982

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