Galería Caribe

Galería Caribe
Studio album by Ricardo Arjona
Released	October 24, 2000
Recorded	1999-00
Genre	Latin pop
Length	77:13
Label	Sony Music Mexico
Producer	Ricardo Arjona
Ricardo Arjona chronology
Vivo (1999) Galería Caribe (2000) Santo Pecado (2002)

Galería Caribe (English: Caribbean Gallery) is the eighth studio album released on October 24, 2000 by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona and became his first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, peaking at the top of the chart in 2000 and 2001.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Allmusic review by Jason Birchmeier awarded the album 3 stars stating "All in all, Galería Caribe is a curious entry in Arjona's catalog that most fans can overlook without missing much."^[1]

Track listing

All songs were written by Ricardo Arjona, except where noted.^[2][3]

1. "Carabelas" (Caravels) — 2:32
2. "Mujer de Guanahani" (Woman From Guanahani) (Arjona, Angel "Cuco" Peña) — 3:42
3. "Lo Poco Que Queda de Mi" (What Little is Left Of Me) — 4:56
4. "Un Caribe en Nueva York" (A Caribbean In New York) — 5:24
5. "Cuando" (When) — 4:34
6. "Receta" (Prescription) — 4:52
7. "Sólo Quería un Café" (I Just Wanted A Coffee) — 3:50
8. "Mesias" (Messiah) — 4:41
9. "Te Enamoraste de Ti" (You Fell In Love With You) — 4:27
10. "Lo Poco Que Queda de Mi (Acoustic)" — 4:34
11. "Si Usted la Viera (El Confesor)" (If You See Her (The Confessor)) (Eusebio Blasco, Jorge Luis Chacín) — 4:18
12. "Receta (Acoustic)" — 4:23
13. "Pensar en Ti" (Think of You) — 4:22
14. "Pensar en Ti (Acoustic)" — 4:03
15. "Cuando (Pop version)" — 4:19
16. "Te Enamoraste de Ti (Acoustic)" — 4:09
17. "Sólo Quería un Café (Acoustic)" — 3:26
18. "Porque Hablamos (featuring Ednita Nazario)" (Because We Talk) — 4:41
19. "A Cara O Cruz" (Face Or Cross) — 3:42 (Spain Bonus Track)

Personnel

• Ricardo Arjona – vocals
• Cucco Peña – Arreglos Direccion
• Fernando Muscolo – Arreglos Piano Teclados

Singles

1. Cuando
2. Lo Poco Que Queda de Mi
3. Mesias
4. A Cara O Cruz
5. Porque Hablamos (featuring Ednita Nazario) (Spain only)

Chart performance

Chart (2000)[4]	Peak position
US Billboard Top Latin Albums	1
US Billboard Latin Pop Albums	1
US Billboard 200	136

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[5]	Platinum	60,000^x
Mexico (AMPROFON)[6]	Platinum	150,000^^
United States (RIAA)[7]	2× Platinum (Latin)	200,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. Birchmeier, J. Allmusic Review accessed September 4, 2011
2. ""Galería Caribe" on Billboard.com". Billboard.com. 2000-08-29. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
3. ""Galería Caribe" on Allmusic.com". Billboard.com. 2000-02-29. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
4. Allmusic.com. ""Galería Caribe" on Allmusic.com". Retrieved 2008-08-25.
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