''Jorge González'' is the self-titled solo debut of former lead singer and songwriter of the

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an band

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, recorded in 1992 and released in early 1993. It was produced by

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with

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's collaboration. The 14 tracks featured in this album were written and composed by González. Due to the enormous success that the band had with ''

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'', González decided to follow that same musical line on his awaited solo debut. EMI-Odeon, who wanted this release to be a completely exportable product, launched a huge promotion campaign with the purpose of transforming it in Latin America's most important album of 1993. The first single, "

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", featured a totally positive and spiritual González, feelings that he put throughout the album. The song, as well as its corresponding video-clip, were very successful in Chile and Latin America. In the same way, "

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" and "Fe" enjoyed some success too. Despite that sales of the album were not bad at all, they didn't fill the expectations of EMI-Odeon and González. The following year, González recorded ''

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'', completely far from the glamour that prevailed on their debut. That album would be the last that he made on EMI-Odeon. In the United States, ''Jorge González'' was released by

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Track listing

*All tracks written by Jorge González. #"

" – 4:29 #"Hombre" – 4:47 #"Pastilla" – 4:33 #"Velocidad" – 3:52 #"

" – 4:19 #"Volar" – 4:25 #"Voluntad" – 3:04 #"Fé" – 4:26 #"Guitarras Viajeras" – 3:22 #"Piedad" – 4:31 #"Lluvia" – 4:10 #"Más Palabras" – 5:50 #"Mamá" – 3:53 #"Esas Mañanas" (

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) – 2:58

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jorge Gonzalez (album) 1993 albums Jorge González (musician) albums Albums produced by Gustavo Santaolalla