''No Podrás Escapar de Mí'' is the second album released by Colombian singer/composer

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. It was released in 1987, Vives was best known as the star of soap operas at the time of its release. The album contains

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s and Rock music sung in Spanish. Vives embraced Vallenato later in his career. Although the title track reached number 30 in the

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, the album was largely ignored by the public, and is a collector's item for fans.

Description

Released in 1987, "You can't escape me" is a record made near the end of the 1980's. Despite its characteristic hair that adorns the cover of the album, the music is very different from that of Vives did with ''

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'' in 1993. Instead where it is known Vives with the sound

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, the songs are mixed with the sound of pure pop Latino

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and Rock in Spanish of the time. While Vives would make her acting career in

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and doing what he liked "Music", this album is filled completely with a slower pace, ballads romantic and Rock much like he wanted. Vives, despite his distinctive voice, made a more commercial music attributed the interest of the record

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at the time, allowing the directives and take agreement the album had this label. Most of the album, written and arranged by the

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n Jorge Luis Piloto, contains songs like "Tu Y Yo" ("You and I") written by

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and

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, "Sin Negativo"("No Negative") of Mario Patino, "Si Es Que Te Vas" ("If you go") of Sergio Villar dealing with love and longing, this was part of the image Vives should be maintained as heartthrob star of soap operas not only in

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, but

. Apart from softer ballads, heavy songs like

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as "Yo No Quiero Volverme Tan Loco" ("I do not want to become so crazy") with a rocker style to what he Vives and while the song "Quizas Porque" ("Perhaps because") ends with very soft acoustic style driven by sound. In the back of the album he says this: Translated into English and is: Vives was nominated a "Breakthrough Artist" at the 1987

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and won the "Prize Stereo Tempo" in Puerto Rico (1988) followed by the "Too Much" Awards (Miami, 1988). He also played a set at the "Espectaculares JES" and sang the title track, "Yo No Quiero Volverme Tan Loco", "Quédate Aqui" and "Tu Y Yo".

Track listing

Charts

References

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