''Un Nuevo Despertar'' (''A New Awakening'') is a studio album by

Lalo Rodríguez Ubaldo Rodríguez Santos (May 16, 1958 – December 13, 2022), known professionally as Lalo Rodríguez, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer recognized as one of the pioneers of the subgenre of Romantic or Erotic Salsa. Early life Rodriguez was b ...

released in 1988. Continuing the tradition of the ''salsa romántica'', Rodríguez also added in sexual songs known as ''salsa erótica'' which was short-lived.

Singles

The album produced three singles that charted on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks. *"

Ven, devórame otra vez "Ven, devórame otra vez ( en, Come, Devour Me Again) is the lead single from Lalo Rodríguez's album, Un nuevo despertar. The song with lyrics by Dominican songwriter Palmer Hernández is noted for its sexual content at the time of the salsa r ...

" ("Come, Devour Me Again") was the first single released from the album. The song displays an example of the salsa erotica-style songs. The song charted #10 on the Hot Latin Tracks. *"Sí, te mentí" ("Yes, I Lied to You") was the second single released from the album and charted #12 on the Hot Latin Tracks. *"Voy a escarbar tu cuerpo" ("I Will Dig Through Your Body") was the third single released from the album and charted #23 on the Hot Latin Tracks.

Track listing

Chart position

Awards

''Un nuevo despertar'' was given the first

Premio Lo Nuestro The Lo Nuestro Awards or Premios Lo Nuestro (Spanish for "Our Thing") is a Spanish-language awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by Univision, a Spanish-language television network based in the United States. The awards began in ...

award for " Tropical Album of the Year" in 1989.

Reception

José A. Estévez Jr. of

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...

gave the album a mixed his efforts on the album a "lackluster production" despite its commercial success.

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