Cuando los Ángeles Lloran
Encyclopedia
Cuando los Ángeles Lloran (English: When the Angels Cry) is the eighth album and fourth studio album by the Latin American Mexican rock
band Maná
. It was the first album to feature their new guitarist Sergio Vallín
.
Cuando los Ángeles Lloran was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award
for Best Latin Pop Performance
.
Mexican rock
Mexican rock music, often referred to in Mexico as rock nacional , originated in the 1950s with covers of standards by Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and The Everly Brothers, among others, bands such as Los Rebeldes del Rock, Los Locos del Ritmo, Los Crazy Boys, Los Nómadas, and Javier Bátiz soon arose...
band Maná
Maná
Maná is a pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, whose career has spanned more than three decades. They have earned three Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, five Premios Juventud awards, nine Billboard Latin Music Awards and 13 Premios Lo...
. It was the first album to feature their new guitarist Sergio Vallín
Sergio Vallín
Sergio Vallín Loera is the lead guitarist of the Mexican band Maná. Vallín was born in Mexico City, where he lived for the first ten years of his life until he moved with his family to Aguascalientes, capital of the state of the same name...
.
Cuando los Ángeles Lloran was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Latin Pop Performance
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album was awarded from 1984 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1984 to 1991 the award was known as Best Latin Pop Performance*From 1992 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Latin Pop Album...
.
Track listing
| # | | Title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Como un perro enloquecido (Like a Mad Dog) (Fher Olvera Fernando Olvera José Fernando Emilio "Fher" Olvera, in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico as José Fernando Emilio Olvera Sierra, is the secondary guitarist, composer, and lead singer for the Mexican rock band Maná. Olvera studied communications in the Universidad Iberoamericana... , Alex González Alex González (musician) Alejandro González , better known as Alex González, is an American Mexican musician of Cuban and Colombian origin. He is a member, drummer and songwriter for the Mexican band Maná. He is nicknamed "El Animal" and also sings lead vocals for many songs, including the single "Me Vale"... ) |
4:24 |
| 2. | Selva negra (Black Jungle) (Fher Olvera) | 5:44 |
| 3. | Hundido en un rincón Hundido En Un Rincón "Hundido En Un Rincón" is the second radio single and the third track off of Maná's fourth studio album, Cuando los Ángeles Lloran in 1995. On the week of October 7, 1995 the song debuted at number twenty five on the U.S... (Depressed in a Corner) (Fher Olvera) |
5:58 |
| 4. | El reloj cucú El Reloj Cucú "El Reloj Cucú" is the third and last radio single and the fourth track from Maná's fourth studio album, Cuando los Ángeles Lloran in 1995. On the week of March 16, 1996 the song debuted at number forty on the U.S... (The Cuckoo Clock) (Fher Olvera) |
5:02 |
| 5. | Mis ojos (My Eyes) (Fher Olvera) | 4:54 |
| 6. | Ana (Fher Olvera) | 4:56 |
| 7. | Siembra el amor (Sow the Love) (Fher Olvera) | 5:13 |
| 8. | Cuando los ángeles lloran (When Angels Cry) (Fher Olvera) | 5:07 |
| 9. | Déjame entrar (Let Me In) (Fher Olvera) | 4:23 |
| 10. | No ha parado de llover No Ha Parado De Llover "No Ha Parado De Llover" is the first radio single and the tenth track off of Maná's fourth studio album, Cuando los Ángeles Lloran in 1995. On the week of July 8, 1995 the song debuted at number thirty four on the U.S... (It Hasn't Stopped Raining) (Fher Olvera, Alex González) |
5:23 |
| 11. | Antifaz (Mask) (Fher Olvera, Alex González) | 5:00 |
| 12. | El borracho (The Drunk) (Alex González) | 4:44 |
Band members
- Fher OlveraFernando OlveraJosé Fernando Emilio "Fher" Olvera, in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico as José Fernando Emilio Olvera Sierra, is the secondary guitarist, composer, and lead singer for the Mexican rock band Maná. Olvera studied communications in the Universidad Iberoamericana...
– main vocals, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, harmonics, choir - Alex GonzálezAlex González (musician)Alejandro González , better known as Alex González, is an American Mexican musician of Cuban and Colombian origin. He is a member, drummer and songwriter for the Mexican band Maná. He is nicknamed "El Animal" and also sings lead vocals for many songs, including the single "Me Vale"...
– drums, electric percussion, main vocals in "Como Un Perro Enloquecido" and "El Borracho", choir - Juan Diego Calleros – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Sergio VallínSergio VallínSergio Vallín Loera is the lead guitarist of the Mexican band Maná. Vallín was born in Mexico City, where he lived for the first ten years of his life until he moved with his family to Aguascalientes, capital of the state of the same name...
; acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar coral
Invited Guests
- Juan Carlos Toribio – keyboards, piano, Hammond B-3 organ
- Luis Conte – percussions
- David Hidalgo – accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
on "El Borracho" - David Shamban – cello on "Hundido En Un Rincón"
- Ramon Flores – brass on "Déjame Entrar"
- Eric Jorgensen – brass on "Déjame Entrar"
- Jene Burkert – brass on "Déjame Entrar"
- Charles David – brass on "Déjame Entrar"
Charts
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information of the Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full length albums and like all album charts on Billboard, is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen... |
2 |