La Llorona (album)
| La Llorona | ||||
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| Studio album by Lhasa de Sela | ||||
| Released | 4 February 1997 | |||
| Recorded | Chez Frank Studios, Montreal | |||
| Genre | Latin, folk, world music, Gypsy jazz | |||
| Length | 44:16 | |||
| Label | Audiogram (Canada), Atlantic (USA) | |||
| Lhasa de Sela chronology | ||||
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La Llorona is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Lhasa de Sela, released in 1997 in Canada and 1998 elsewhere.
Concept
Alejandro Sela, Lhasa's father, received his doctorate on literature of the Spanish conquest of Mexico and taught her of the legend of La Llorona.[1] This is the folktale of the crying woman, resembled the mythological wife of Quetzalcoatl who has lost her children. For Lhasa, La Llorona comes from the omen of conquerors. Lhasa believes that the woman cried when the Spanish arrived in America to warn her native children of the doom that the conquistadors would bring to their way of life.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "De cara a la pared" | Lhasa de Sela, Yves Desrosiers | 4:16 |
| 2. | "La Celestina" | Lhasa, Desrosiers | 4:47 |
| 3. | "El desierto" | Lhasa, Desrosiers | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Por eso me quedo" | Lhasa, Desrosiers | 3:51 |
| 5. | "El payande" | Traditional, arranged by Lhasa and Desrosiers | 3:32 |
| 6. | "Los peces" | Traditional, arranged by Lhasa and Desrosiers | 3:51 |
| 7. | "Floricanto" | Lhasa, Desrosiers, Alex de Sela | 4:10 |
| 8. | "Desdeñosa" | Traditional, arranged by Lhasa and Desrosiers | 4:34 |
| 9. | "El Pájaro" | Lhasa, Desrosiers | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Mi vanidad" | Lhasa, Desrosiers | 4:13 |
| 11. | "El árbol del olvido" | Fernan Silva Valdez, Alberto Ginastera | 3:11 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Lhasa de Sela - Vocals, artwork, English and French translations
- Yves Desrosiers - Guitars, lap steel, bass, saw, accordion, banjo, percussion, production, arranging
- Mario Légaré - Bass, double bass
- François Lalonde - Percussion, drums, sampling, programming
Production
- Jean Massicotte - Mixing
- Don Hachey - Assistant mixing
- Jean Bouthillette - Technical coordination
- Jean-Francois Chicoine - Mastering
- Eve Cournoyer - Graphic coordination
- Lousank - Graphic design
- Carl Lessard - Photography
- Alissa Hill - Makeup
- Sandra Khouri - French translations
References
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
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