''Cuando Los Ángeles Lloran'' (English: ''When the Angels Cry'') is the eighth album and fourth studio album by Mexican rock band

Maná Maná () is a Mexican pop rock band formed in 1981. Originally called Sombrero Verde, the current lineup of members is vocalist-guitarist Fher Olvera, drummer Alex González (musician), Alex González, guitarist Sergio Vallín and bassist Juan ...

. It was the first album to feature their new guitarist Sergio Vallín replacing Ulises Calleros & César "Vampiro" López. As of 1996, it has sold over 1.5 million copies. The album, which marked a clear evolution in Maná's compositions, was recorded between

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and

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throughout 1994, although its release was postponed to 1995. The singles that accompanied the release of the album, ''Déjame entrar'', ''No ha parado de llover'' and ''Como un perro'' had a great impact on radio stations and the videos that accompanied them received numerous awards for their technical and aesthetic quality. ''Cuando Los Ángeles Lloran'' was nominated for a 1996

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for

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. The song that gave its name to the album is in recognition of Chico Mendes, a Brazilian environmentalist who was murdered.

Track listing

Personnel

* Fher Olvera – lead vocals,

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

, harmonics, choir * Alex González – drums, electric percussion, lead vocals in "Como Un Perro Enloquecido" and "El Borracho", choir * Juan Calleros –

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

* Sergio Vallín; acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar coral

Invited Guests

*Juan Carlos Toribio – keyboards, piano,

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*Luis Conte – percussions *David Hidalgo –

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

on "El Borracho" *David Shamban – cello on "Hundido En Un Rincón" *Ramon Flores – brass on "Déjame Entrar" *Eric Jorgensen – brass on "Déjame Entrar" *Jene Burkert – brass on "Déjame Entrar" *Charles David – brass on "Déjame Entrar"

Charts

Sales and certifications

References

External links

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