''Árboles'' is an album from Puerto Rican singer Roy Brown and Cuban singer

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, along with Cuban

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Afrocuba. Brown and Rodríguez has collaborated previously, but this is the first album where they are billed together.

Background and recording

''Árboles'' was recorded from January to February 1987 at EGREM Studios in

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. It features five songs by Roy Brown, and two songs by Rodríguez. The last song, "Árboles", is sung by Brown and Rodríguez together. It is based on a poem by

Clemente Soto Vélez Clemente Soto Vélez (1905 – April 15, 1993) was a Puerto Rican nationalist, poet, journalist and activist who mentored many generations of artists in Puerto Rico and New York City. Upon his death in 1993, he left a rich legacy that contri ...

. The album also features singing contributions from Cubans

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(on "Negrito bonito") and

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(on "Ohé Nené").Arboles
on Cancioneros This album is also notable for featuring the first version of "

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", which has probably become Brown's most popular song.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

- vocals on Track 4 *

- vocals on Track 6

Afrocuba

* Oriente López * Óscar Valdés * Ernán López-Nussa * Fernando "Teo" Calveiro * Fernando Acosta * Marios Luis Pino * Ómar Hernández * Edilio Montero

Notes

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