Buscando América
Studio album by
Rubén Blades & Seis Del Solar
ReleasedApril 3, 1984
RecordedMay 1983, July & August 1983
StudioEurosound Studios (Nueva York)
Genre
LabelElektra[1]
ProducerRuben Blades[2]
Rubén Blades & Seis Del Solar chronology
The Last Fight
(1982)		 Buscando América
(1984)		 Escenas
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]

Buscando América (Searching for America) is the first album by the Rubén Blades and Seis del Solar band released and distributed on April 3, 1984. The production, under the Elektra label, fuses different musical rhythms such as salsa, reggae, rock, and jazz Latin. The album was recorded at Eurosound Studios in New York between May and August 1983.

With songs having political and social content and given their content of political questioning, some tracks had problems being broadcast on the radio; such as "Desapariciones", later covered by other musicians.[6][7] The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Tropical Latin Performance.[8]

Production

The album was recorded with the six musicians of Seis Del Solar.[5] The lyrics were printed inside the album in both Spanish and English.[9]

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that "the musicians, most of whom have labored for years on the salsa circuit, respond to Mr. Blades's creativity and risk-taking with some of the freshest, most impressive playing heard on a pop album this year."[10] Trouser Press wote that Buscando América "stands as the finest of his major-label recordings to date."[11]

Time named the album one of 1984's best.[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rubén Blades, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Decisiones"Rubén Blades5:00
2."GDBD"Rubén Blades3:35
3."Desapariciónes"Rubén Blades6:20
4."Todos Vuelven"César Miró4:26
5."Caminos Verdes"Rubén Blades3:00
6."El Padre Antonio y el Monaguillo Andrés"Rubén Blades8:02
7."Buscando América"Rubén Blades8:38

Personnel

Additional Personnel

Seis Del Solar

References

  1. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 64.
  2. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 118.
  3. ↑ AllMusic review
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 655.
  6. ↑ "Rubén Blades | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. 1 2 Thompson, Clifford (October 7, 2020). Contemporary World Musicians. Routledge. ISBN 9781135939618 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Rubén Blades". GRAMMY.com. December 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; Trillo, Richard; Duane, Orla; McConnachie, James (March 12, 1999). World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858286365 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Palmer, Robert (April 4, 1984). "THE POP LIFE; RUBEN BLADES'S SALSA (Published 1984)". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ↑ "Rubén Blades". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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