''Canción de Alerta'' is the first album by the
Puerto Rican reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
band,
Cultura Profética
Cultura Profética (in English, ''Prophetic Culture'') is a Puerto Rican reggae band formed in 1996. The band has undergone several lineup changes, but founding members Willy Rodríguez (bass guitar, vocals), Eliut González (guitar), and Omar S ...
. It was recorded in Jamaica at Marley Music Studios and released in 1998 under the
Tuff Gong
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label.
Track listing
Canción de alerta
# "Enyoyando" – 1:11
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Music: Iván Gutiérrez
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Singers: Alrick Thompson, Ras "Rodjah"
# "Con truenos hay que hablar" – 5:32
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Music: Cultura Profética
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Singers: Rodríguez, Boris Bilbraut
# "Despertar" – 4:06
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Singer: Rodríguez
# "Lucha y Sacrificio" – 5:12
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Lyrics: Vegoeli de Cuacio
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Music: Eliut González, Rodríguez, Gutiérrez
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Singer: Bilbraut
# "Por qué cantamos" – 6:38
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Lyrics: Mario Benedetti
Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia (; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being publish ...
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Singer: Rodríguez
# "Pasiones, Guerrillas y Muertes" – 4:56
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Lyrics: Bilbraut
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Music: Cultura Profética
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Singer: Bilbraut
# "Advertencia" – 6:01
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Singer: Rodríguez
# "Protesto" – 5:00
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Lyrics: Bilbraut
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Singer: Bilbraut
# "Population Disorder" – 3:46
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Music: Rodríguez
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Singer: Rodríguez
# "Tempestad Tranquila" – 3:37
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Music: Gutiérrez
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Singer: Bilbraut
# "Fruto de la Tierra" – 4:23
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Music: Gutiérrez
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Singer: Rodríguez
# "Filitustrein" – 3:04
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Music: Gutiérrez
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Singers: Alrick Thompson, Ras "Rodjah"
All lyrics written by Willy Rodríguez and all music written by Rodríguez and Iván Gutiérrez, except where noted.
Musicians
* Willy Rodríguez –
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, lead vocals
* Boris Bilbraut – drums, lead vocals
* Iván Gutiérrez –
hohner clavinet
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, piano, trumpet, background vocals
* Eliut González – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
* Juan Costa – rhythm guitar
* Raúl Gaztambide – organ
* Eduardo Fernández – trombone
* Javier Joglar –
tenor sax
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, flute
* María Soledad Gaztambide – vocals
Additional musicians
* Omar Cruz – percussion
Production
* Produced by Raúl López and Cultura Profética.
* Executive produced by Anibal and Jorge Jover, from CDT Records.
Recording
* Recorded and mixed at Marley Music Studios,
Kingston, Jamaica
* Recording and mix engineer –
Eroll Brown
* Assistant engineer – Alrick Thompson
* Mastered at DRS in
Levittown, Puerto Rico
Levittown, a community in the San Juan MSA and part of the municipality of Toa Baja, is one of the largest planned communities in Puerto Rico. Per the 2020 census, the population was 25,591.
It was developed by Levitt & Sons in 1963.
Levitto ...
, by Estebán Piñero
References
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1998 albums
Cultura Profética albums