La Tierra del Olvido

1995 studio album by Carlos Vives

Studio album by

Carlos Vives

Released

July 25, 1995 (1995-07-25)

Genre

Tropipop, Latin pop, vallenato

Length

43:13

Label

Sonolux (Colombia)
Polygram (worldwide)

Producer

Carlos Vives
Richard Blair
Ernesto Ocampo
Luis Angel Pastor
Iván Benavides
Álvaro Duque (Sonolux)
Manuel Riveira (Sonolux)

Carlos Vives chronology

Clásicos de la Provincia
(1993)

La Tierra del Olvido
(1995)

Tengo Fe
(1997)

Singles from La Tierra del Olvido

"La Tierra del Olvido"
Released: 1995
"Pa' Mayte"
Released: 1995
"Fidelina"
Released: 1995

La Tierra del Olvido (The Forgotten Land) is the seventh album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives. The album was released on July 25, 1995, and contained a split of vallenato covers, as well as Vives' first foray into original compositions in the vallenato style. The album was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year.^[1] The album consolidated Vives as Colombia's most famous musician at the time of its release.

Track listing

"Pa' Mayté" (Andrés Castro, Carlos Iván Medina, Carlos Vives) – 3:07
"Fidelina" (Alejo Durán) – 4:22
"La Tierra del Olvido" (Vives, Iván Benavides) – 4:25
"Zoila" (Toño Fernández) – 4:23
"Rosa" (Irene Martínez) – 4:12
"Agua" (Benavides, Ernesto Ocampo) – 3:52
"La Cachucha Bacana" (Durán) – 4:21
"Diosa Coronada" (Leandro Díaz) – 4:14
"La Puya Puyá" (Egidio Cuadrado) – 5:00
"Ella" (Benavides) – 3:47
"Jam en Jukümey" (Benavides, Ocampo, Vives, Mayte Montero, Medina) – 1:30

Album credits

Performance credits^[2]

Carlos Vives – Primary Artist, Director, Vocals
Egidio Cuadrado – Accordion, Vocals (La Puya Puyá), Backing Vocals
Carlos Ivan Medina – Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Keyboards
Mayte Montero – Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Gaita, Percussion, Vocals
Luis Angel Pastor – Bass
Gilbert Martínez – Conga, Marimbas, Marimbula, Percussion
Pablo Bernal – Drums
Eder Polo – Guacharaca
Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo – Guitar, Vocals
Alfredo Rosado – Tamboura, Timbales

Technical credits^[2]

La Provincia – Arranger
José Luis Diazgranados – Artwork
José Rincón – Contributor
Chris Lawson – Engineer
Carlos Vives – Graphic Design, Producer
Jerry Lofaro – Illustrations
Alfonso Bulla – Logistics
Iván Benavides – Producer
Richard Blair – Producer
Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo – Producer
Luis Angel Pastor – Producer
Michael Fuller – Mastering

Charts and sales

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Heatseekers Albums^[3]	29
U.S. Billboard Latin Albums^[4]	5
U.S. Billboard Tropical Albums^[5]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
U.S. Billboard Latin Albums^[6]	50
U.S. Billboard Tropical Albums^[6]	5

Sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Colombia	—	880,000^[7]

Notes

^ "Univision Announces The Nominees For Spanish-Language Music's Highest Honors: Premio Lo Nuestro A La Musica Latina". PR Newswire. Free Online Library. March 27, 1996. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Vives, Carlos (1995). La Tierra del Olvido (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc). Carlos Vives. Bogotá, Colombia: PolyGram.
^ "Carlos Vives' Albums Chart". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
^ Billboard. "Top Latin Albums". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
^ Billboard. "Tropical Albums". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
^ ^a ^b "The Year in Music - Top Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. 1996-12-28. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
^ "Cifras y Números". Cromos (in Spanish). No. 4183–4186. 1998. p. 65. Retrieved August 9, 2023. Carlos Vives Clásicos de la provincia : 1.200.000 copias vendidas en Colombia . 3.000.000 copias vendidas en Argentina , Chile , España , EE.UU. y México . Y ! Tierra del olvido 880.000 copias vendidas en Colombia