Amor y Control

Amor y Control
Amor y Control
Studio album by Rubén Blades & Son del Solar
Released	September 22, 1992
Recorded	March – April 1992
Studio	Power Station, Nueva York
Genre	Salsa; tropical;
Length	54:41
Label	CBS
Producer	Rubén Blades; Oscar Hernández;
Rubén Blades chronology
Singles from Amor y Control
	"Creo en Tí"; Released: 1992; "Piensa en Mí"; Released: 1992; "Baby's In Black" / "West Indian Man"; Released: 1992; "El Apagón"; Released: February 12, 1993;

Amor y Control (transl. "Love and Control") is the eleventh studio album by Panamian singer Rubén Blades and the sixth album with his Band Son Del Solar released on September 22, 1992 through CBS Records International. Featuring a variety of Caribbean and Latin American musical genres,^[1] which reached #14 on the Billboard Tropical/Salsa charts and received a nomination for Grammy Award for best Tropical Latin Album.^[2]^[3]

The album had three outstanding songs that are "Amor Y Control", "Adán García" and "Creo en Ti" which had a video clip, there is also a reversion of the song Baby's in Black" by the English rock pop band The Beatles originally released on December 4, 1964 for their Beatles for Sale album. The five singles from the album were "Creo en Tí", "Piensa en Mí", "West Indan Man", "Baby's in Black" and "El Apagón".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rubén Blades, except where noted

*Amor y Control* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"El Apagón"	Rubén Blades	5:26
2.	"West Indian Man"	Blades	3:28
3.	"Adán García"	Blades	4:48
4.	"Naturaleza Muerta"	Blades	2:30
5.	"El Cilindro"	Blades	4:31
6.	"Piensa en Mí"	Blades	4:31
7.	"Amor y Control"	Blades	5:52
8.	"Canto a la Madre"	Blades	2:50
9.	"Canto a la Muerte"	Blades	6:23
10.	"Baby's in Black"	John Lennon Paul McCartney	3:33
11.	"Creo en Ti"	Blades	4:38
12.	"Conmemorando"	Blades	6:11
Total length:			54:41

Certification


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[4]	Platinum (Latin)	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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[1] Allmusic, Amor y Control, Overview

[2] Maestravida.com

[3] Allmusic, Amor y Control, Awards

[United_StatesRuben_BladesAmor_y_ControlalbumCertRef-4] "American album certifications – Ruben Blades – Amor y Control". Recording Industry Association of America.

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