El Amor de Mi Tierra

El Amor de Mi Tierra
Studio album by Carlos Vives
Released	October 19, 1999
Genre	Vallenato, Porro, Cumbia, Pop latino
Length	45:16
Label	Sonolux (Colombia) EMI/Virgin Records (worldwide)
Producer	Emilio Estefan, Jr. Juan Vicente Zambrano Andrés Castro
Carlos Vives chronology
Tengo Fe (1997) El Amor de Mi Tierra (1999) Déjame Entrar (2001)

El Amor de Mi Tierra is the ninth album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives released on October 19, 1999.

Track listing

1. "El Amor de Mi Tierra" (M. Madera) – 3:24
2. "Fruta Fresca" (M. Madera) – 3:53
3. "19 de Noviembre" (C. Vives, E. Estefan, A. Chirino) – 4:37
4. "Tu Amor Eterno" (C. Vives, M. Madera) – 4:03
5. "La Mona" (C. Vives, A. Castro) – 4:06
6. "Volver Al Valle" (C. Vives, E. Cuadrado) – 4:15
7. "Cante" (C. Vives, E. Escaf) – 3:43
8. "La Cartera" (C. Vives, A. Castro) – 3:19
9. "Pitán-Pitán" (C. Vives, A. Castro) – 4:53
10. "La Receta" (C. Vives, J. Zambrano) – 4:39
11. "La Piragua" (José Barros) – 4:24

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[1]	3× Platinum	300,000^^
United States (RIAA)[2]	2× Platinum (Latin)	200,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Personnel

• Carlos Vives - vocals, guitar
• Einar Escaf - vocals, drums
• Andrés Castro - guitar, background vocals
• Mayte Montero - flute, maracas
• Egidio Cuadrado - accordion, background vocals
• Juan Vicente Zambrano - Producer, Arranging, programming, Keyboards
• Carlos Ivan Medina - keyboards, background vocals
• Luis Angel "El Papa" Pastor - bass
• Pablo Bernal - drums
• Archie Pena - congas, Cajón, Percussion
• Shango Dely - congas
• Alfredo Rosado - vallenato box
• Eder Polo - guacharaca
• Ramon Benitez - bombardino
• Cheito Quinonez - background vocals

Technical personnel

• Emilio Estefan Jr.-Juan Vicente Zambrano - producers
• Carlos Santos - engineer
• Sebastian Krys - engineer
• Juan Vicente Zambrano - programming, arranger, producer
• Javier Garza - engineer
• Andrés Castro - producer
• Scott Canto - engineer
• Cesar Sogbe - engineer
• Marcelo Anez - engineer
• Carlos Nieto - engineer
• Alfred Figueroa - engineer
• Carlos Vives - producer
• Ron Taylor - engineer

References

1. "CARLOS VIVES BARRE EN ESPAÑA" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. September 5, 2000. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
2. "American album certifications – Carlos Vives – El Amor de Mi Tierra". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH