''Los Chulos Son Pa' Cuidarlos'' is the first album recorded by Spanish singer

Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. He has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Latin Grammy Award ...

, known at the time as Alejandro Magno, with the label

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. The record, which fused

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, was met with critical and commercial indifference, and today Sanz views the record to be "insignificant". However, the album is now considered to be a collector's item. In an attempt to promote ''Los Chulos Son Pa' Cuidarlos'', he performed at

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s, playing short sets between acts. This proved to be unsuccessful and Sanz took a break from music, choosing to study

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Track listing

# Los Chulos Son Pa' Cuidarlos – 2:50 (J.Torres, Sagrario, Deloina) # Tomasa – 2:54 (A.L. Arenas) # El Apartamento – 3:32 (J.Torres, Sagrario, Deloina) # Se Busca un Lío – 2:25 (A.L. Arenas) # Doña Marina – 3:35 (J. Torres, J. Alejandro, L. Tamora, J.L. Oliveros) # Tom Sawyer – 3:00 (Alejandro Sánchez) # Señor Papa – 3:29 (A.L. Arenas) # Cuando Navegamos – 3:24 (A.L. Arenas) # Micaela – 2:50 (A.L. Arenas) # Ajaulili – 3:17 (A.L. Arenas)

References

1989 debut albums Alejandro Sanz albums {{1980s-folk-album-stub