Gratitud (''Gratitude'') is the third album by Colombian singer-songwriter Fonseca, released by EMI Capitol on May 27, 2008.

Album information

This album mixes tropical rhythms with urban sounds. He cites the influence for had been born in a capital city from

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

; very far from the sea. The style of the album includes pure

vallenato Vallenato () or "Szlager" in Wayuu language (from the German "Schlager"), is a popular folk music genre from Colombia. It primarily comes from its Caribbean region. ''Vallenato'' literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing th ...

latin pop Latin pop (in Spanish and in Portuguese: Pop latino) is a pop music subgenre that is a fusion of US–style music production with Latin music genres from anywhere in Latin America and Spain. Originating in Spanish-speaking musicians, Latin po ...

and

disco Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric pia ...

in a unique fusion. At the same time, he shows us a great duality in his lyrics, from deep melancholy by that got way and the happiness from the party. His debut on the U.S. Latin Albums charts was in the position number seventy, only least one week. On the U.S. Tropical Albums chart her higher position was the number nine.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from ''Gratitud'' liner notes. *Juan Fernando Fonseca – vocals, composer, guitar *Richard Bravo – drums, drum kit *Wilfran Castillo – composer *David Castro – vocals *Tom Coyne –

mastering engineer A mastering engineer is a person skilled in the practice of taking audio (typically musical content) that has been previously mixed in either the analog or digital domain as mono, stereo, or multichannel formats and preparing it for use in distr ...

*Enrique "Kike" Cuao – guache, percussion *Pablo Garcia – photography *Iker Gastaminza –

mix engineer A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is responsible for combining ("mixing") different sonic elements of an auditory piece into a complete rendition (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"), whether in music, film, or any other content of a ...

*Alejandro Gómez Cáceras – guitar (acoustic) *Lee Levin – drums *Hermides "Taty" Manzano – composer *Boris Milan – mix engineer *Bernardo Ossa – keyboards, palms, programming, recording, sampling *Luis Angel Pastor – bass guitar *Tony Peluso – mix engineer *Alfredo Rosado – wood block,

guacharaca Guacharaca is a percussion instrument usually made out of the cane-like trunk of a small palm tree. The guacharaca itself consists of a tube with ridges carved into its outer surface with part of its interior hollowed out, giving it the appeara ...

Charts

References

2008 albums Fonseca (singer) albums Spanish-language albums EMI Records albums EMI Latin albums {{Latin-album-stub