Clásicos de la Provincia

Clásicos de la Provincia is the sixth album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives. Released in Colombia in late 1993, and internationally on February 22, 1994, the album is a collection of Colombian vallenato standards. The album made Vives a superstar in Colombia and was his breakthrough in the Vallenato genre.

Clásicos de la Provincia
Studio album by
Carlos Vives
Released
  • August 27, 1993 (1993-08-27)
  • (Colombia)
  • February 22, 1994 (1994-02-22) (International)
GenreVallenato
Length50:55
Label
Producer
  • Eduardo De Narváez
  • Bernardo Ossa
  • Fidel Jaramillo
Carlos Vives chronology
Escalona: Vol. 2
(1992)		 Clásicos de la Provincia
(00000003)		 La Tierra del Olvido
(1995)

The album sold over 1,400,000 copies in Colombia,[1] and 3 millions of copies worldwide in it first 6 months of been released.[2]

Track listing
  1. "La gota fría" (E. Zuleta) – 3:33
  2. "Amor Sensible" (F. Molina) – 4:26
  3. "Alicia Adorada" (J. Valencia) – 4:15
  4. "La Hamaca Grande" (A. Pacheco) – 3:16
  5. "El Cantor De Fonseca" (C. Huertas) – 3:07
  6. "Matilde Lina" (L. Díaz) – 3:57
  7. "Altos Del Rosario" (A. Durán) – 3:56
  8. "Honda Herida" (R. Escalona) – 3:03
  9. "La Cañaguatera" (I. Carrillo) – 3:13
  10. "Lirio Rojo" (C. Ochoa) – 2:48
  11. "La Tijera" (L. Martínez) – 3:27
  12. "Compae Chipuco" (C. Gomez) – 3:16
  13. "Pedazo De Acordeón" (A. Durán) – 4:06
  14. "La Celosa" (F. Molina) – 4:12
  15. "Contestación A La Brasilera (fragmento)" (A. Zabaleta) – 0:49

Personnel

Performance credits

  • Carlos Vives - Primary Artist, Director, Vocals
  • Egidio Cuadrado - Accordion, Vocals (Pedazo de Accordion), Backing Vocals
  • Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar
  • Luis Ángel Pastor - Bass
  • John Jairo Lemus - Conga
  • Luis Pacheco - Conga, Guache, Tamboura, Tambourine
  • Alexa Hernández - Vocals, Choir
  • Amparo Sandino - Vocals Choir
  • Aníbal Rivera - Electric Guitar
  • Antonio Arnedo - Gaita, Soprano Saxophone
  • Eder Polo - Guacharaca
  • Bernardo Ossa - Keyboards, Percussion
  • Michael Egizi - Piano
  • Alfredo Rosado - Tamboura, Tambourine
  • Heberth Cuadrado - Violin, Vocals ("Pedazo De Acordeón")

Technical credits

  • Eduardo de Narváez - Arranger, Engineer, Producer
  • Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo - Arranger
  • Bernardo Ossa - Arranger
  • Carlos Vives - Arranger, Direction
  • Rafael Mejía - Art Direction
  • Phil Austin - Engineer
  • Jorge Díaz - Engineer
  • Robin Jenny - Engineer, Mastering
  • Manuel Riveira - Representation

Chart performance
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Chile (APF)[3] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums[4] 2
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums[4] 2

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Argentina — 120,000[1]
Colombia — 1,400,000[1]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[5] 3× Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References
  1. "Quien es Quien". Semana (in Spanish). January 15, 1995. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  2. "El grito de la Independencia en la música colombiana". Canal Trece. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  3. "Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 3. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1995-01-21. p. 49. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  4. "Clasicos de la Provincia – Carlos Vives". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  5. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 939. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

External credits
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