Track Listing 1. Piedras y Flores - (Spanish) 2. Sombra Loca - (Spanish) 3. Traigo de Todo - (Spanish) 4. Lo que Arraso - (Spanish) 5. Sere Tu Amigo - (Spanish) 6. Ensename a Vivir Sin Ti - (Spanish, version salsa) 7. El Rincon de Mis Ansias - (Spanish) 8. No Me Miras a los Ojos - (Spanish) 9. Y Si No Te Vuelvo a Ver - (Spanish) 10. Dime lo que Quieres - (Spanish) 11. Ensename a Vivir Sin Ti - (Spanish, version bolero) 12. El Son de la Madrugada - (Spanish) 13. Sigue Ella Boba - (Spanish) 14. Juan Manuel - (Spanish)
| Details | | Producer: | Jose M. Lugo | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel include: Gilberto Santa Rosa (vocals); Socky Torres (vocals); Bobby Valentin (bass instrument); Jimmie Morales (congas); Pichie "Ath" Perez (guiro); Edwin Bonilla (shekere); Pablo Padin (timbales); Willie Torres (background vocals); Chocolate Armenteros, Manny Oquendo, Mario Rivera, Andy Gonzalez, Sonny Bravo. Gilberto Santa Rosa has a career that began in the mid-1970s and an unassailable reputation as one of Puerto Rico's premier soneros, or vocal improvisers. His 2004 album, AUTENTICO, reinforces his status with a collection of tunes that vary from the white-hot attack of "Lo Que Arraso" to the Brazilian-influenced "Ensename a Vivir Sin Ti." The common denominator here is Santa Rosa's nuanced delivery, subtly elegant on the sophisticated after-hours ballad "Sombra Loca" and impassioned on "El Rincon De Mis Ansias," but consistently masterful, whether he's indulging in flights of improvisational fancy or putting his authoritative stamp on a lyric. The arrangements on AUTENTICO are fiery and swinging, with a distinctively traditional Puerto Rican flavor; the vocal and instrumental prowess displayed by Gilberto Santa Rosa and his band put the performer in a class by himself.
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