Trópico (Ricardo Arjona album)
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| Compilation album by Ricardo Arjona | ||||
| Released | June 13, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Salsa, merengue, pop, rock | |||
| Length | 75:28 | |||
| Language | Spanish | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
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Trópico (English: Tropic) is the fifteenth compilation album by the Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, released on 13 June 2009. The album consists of Arjona's past songs, drawn from Animal Nocturno (1992) to Galería Caribe (2000), which are performed either by him, or by other Latin artists, including Marc Anthony, Tito Nieves and Gilberto Santa Rosa. The album follows Sony's release of Simplemente Lo Mejor in December 2008, and it marks the second compilation album released after Arjona's departure to Warner Music on September 2008.
Trópico is a collection of Arjona's past hits re-recorded in a "tropical version", featuring genres such as salsa, bachata and merengue. Several songs included in the album were originally part of another compilation that Arjona released several years before, entitled Arjona Trópical, with the exception of "Historia De Taxi", which was borrowed from Quién Dijo Ayer. Trópico became a moderate commercial success, reaching number nine on the US Billboard Tropical Albums chart and number 23 in Mexico. The album received positive critical reception, with Jason Birchmeier from Allmusic awarding the album three-and-a-half stars out of five.
The album is a collection of Arjona's past hits re-recorded in a "tropical version", featuring genres such as salsa, bachata, merengue, vallenato, son and reggae. Several of Tropico's songs were originally included in another compilation Arjona released several years before, in 2001, entitled Arjona Tropical. The salsa version of "Historia De Taxi", which Arjona performed with American singer Marc Anthony and pianist Sergio George, was included on the album. The song was originally recorded for Arjona's compilation album Quién Dijo Ayer, released in August 2007. George said, "It's been interesting to work with two figures from different music worlds on the interest of making good music", and "every time a reunion of this kind happens, it [is] a reason to celebrate." "Buenas Noches Don David", originally recorded for Sin Daños a Terceros, was performed by Puerto Rican salsa singer Gilberto Santa Rosa. Arjona produced both the original version as well as the new salsa version, and provided additional background vocals for the new version. "Primera Vez", originally featured in Animal Nocturno, was performed by Victor Manuelle. "Mujeres" was re-recorded to feature a new merengue style, fitting the usual musical production of Elvis Crespo, who performed the song.
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