Caminando (album)

Caminando is a 1991 album by Rubén Blades, his first album after moving from Elektra to Sony International. The album was a critical and commercial success with Latin and salsa audiences, marking a temporary return to Blades earlier coro-heavy style which marked the collaborations with Willie Colón of a decade earlier on Fania.[1][2] The album also reinstated the political content of his music,[3] though some listeners still found the social criticism lacking.[4] Blades new band for Sony, Son del Solar, includes four of the Seis del Solar members from his Elektra albums: percussionists Ralph Irizarry, Eddie Montalvo and Robby Ameen with pianist Oscar Hernández. The album reached number three on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart and received a Grammy nomination for Best Tropical Latin Album in 1992.[5][6]

Caminando
Studio album by Rubén Blades & Son del Solar
Released	1991
Label	Sony
Rubén Blades chronology
Live! (1990) Caminando (1991) Amor y Control (1992)

Track listing

The title track "Caminando", "Camaleón", and the trombone heavy "Prohibido olvidar," were released as singles. All songs are written by Blades. The song "Cipriano Armenteros" was also popular and became known as one of the first successful examples of "narrative-salsa" genre.[7]

All tracks are written by Rubén Blades, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Caminando"	Rubén Blades	2:43
2.	"Camaleón"	Rubén Blades	4:12
3.	"Mientras Duerme la Ciudad"	Rubén Blades	3:00
4.	"Ella Se Esconde"	Rubén Blades	5:28
5.	"Tengan Fe"	Rubén Blades	3:58
6.	"Obalue"	Rubén Blades	4:46
7.	"Prohibido Olvidar"	Rubén Blades	4:51
8.	"Cipriano Armenteros"	Rubén Blades	4:43
9.	"Él"	Rubén Blades	2:35
10.	"Raíz de Sueños"	Rubén Blades	3:37

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8]	Platinum (Latin)	100,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Hiram Guadalupe Pérez Historia de la salsa 2005 - Page 68 "Poseedor de un afán universalista, Rubén Blades, que creó el movimiento Papa Egoró para participar en las ... se producen al arribo de 1990, coincidiendo con el inicio de la relación del músico y la multinacional Sony "Caminando" (1991),"
2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide Anthony DeCurtis, James Henke, Holly George-Warren 1992 Page 64 "Even so, Caminando maintains the attitude and flavor of his Elektra recordings, from the forthright melodic appeal of songs like "Tengan Fe" and "Prohibido Olvidar," right down to the bilingual lyric sheet. "
3. Frances R. Aparicio Listening to Salsa: Gender, Latin Popular Music, and Puerto Rican Cultures 0819569941 2010 p.113 "His two most recent collections, Antecedentes (1989) and Caminando (1991), were produced at a time when Blades's power was waning among his Latina/o audiences. They attempt to recover the Panamanian singer's earlier role as the political and oppositional voice among salseros, vindicating himself in the eyes and ears of the working-class U.S. Latino/a community. "
4. Consuelo López Springfield -Daughters of Caliban: Caribbean women in the twentieth century 1997 "Blades's most recent album, Caminando (Walking, 1991), suggests that the Panamanian composer's interest in women's issues is on the wane."
5. "Rubén Blades – Chart history: Tropical Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
6. "The Grammy Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. 9 January 1992. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
7. César Miguel Rondón The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music 0807886394 2008 Page 278 "This song, “Cipriano Armenteros,” penned by Blades, inaugurated the all-important style of “narrative salsa” and became an extraordinary hit. Here was a new way of saying things with an intelligent irony that seeped into and revealed "
8. "American album certifications – Caminando". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH.