''La Tierra del Olvido'' (''The Forgotten Land'') is the seventh album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives. The album was released on July 25, 1995, and contained a split of

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covers, as well as Vives' first foray into original compositions in the vallenato style. The album was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year. The album consolidated Vives as Colombia's most famous musician at the time of its release.

Track listing

# " Pa' Mayté" (Andrés Castro, Carlos Iván Medina, Carlos Vives) – 3:07 # "Fidelina" (Alejo Durán) – 4:22 # " La Tierra del Olvido" (Vives, Iván Benavides) – 4:25 # "Zoila" (Toño Fernández) – 4:23 # "Rosa" (Irene Martínez) – 4:12 # "Agua" (Benavides, Ernesto Ocampo) – 3:52 # "La Cachucha Bacana" (Durán) – 4:21 # "Diosa Coronada" (Leandro Díaz) – 4:14 # "La Puya Puyá" (Egidio Cuadrado) – 5:00 # "Ella" (Benavides) – 3:47 # "Jam en Jukümey" (Benavides, Ocampo, Vives, Mayte Montero, Medina) – 1:30

Album credits

;Performance credits * Carlos Vives – Primary Artist, Director, Vocals *Egidio Cuadrado – Accordion, Vocals (La Puya Puyá), Backing Vocals *Carlos Ivan Medina – Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Keyboards *Mayte Montero – Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Gaita, Percussion, Vocals *Luis Angel Pastor – Bass *Gilbert Martínez – Conga, Marimbas, Marimbula, Percussion *Pablo Bernal – Drums *Eder Polo – Guacharaca *Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo – Guitar, Vocals *Alfredo Rosado – Tamboura, Timbales ;Technical credits *La Provincia – Arranger *José Luis Diazgranados – Artwork *José Rincón – Contributor *Chris Lawson – Engineer * Carlos Vives – Graphic Design, Producer *Jerry Lofaro – Illustrations *Alfonso Bulla – Logistics *Iván Benavides – Producer *Richard Blair – Producer *Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo – Producer *Luis Angel Pastor – Producer *Michael Fuller – Mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Notes

External links

Carlos Vives official homepage
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