Artist.......: Juanes
Album........: Live at Avo Session Basel
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Latin
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2013-04-17
Str.date.....: 2012-11-03
Quality......: 221kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.juanes.net/
track title time
1. Live at Avo Session Basel 75:20
* Fijate bien
* La paga
* Could you be loved
* La camisa negra
* La Se±al
* Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor
* Fotografia
* Rebelion
* Azul Sabina
* Dime
* Yerbatero
* La noche
* Para Tu Amor
* Es Por Ti
* Gotas de Agua Dulce
* A Dios Le Pido
* Mala Gente
Runtime 75:20
Size 119.53
Release Notes:
Whereas many of his Spanish-language contemporaries undertook English-language
crossover campaigns at one point or another in their careers, Colombian
singer/songwriter/guitarist Juanes won global appeal in his native language
exclusively and became perhaps the biggest and most important popular Latin
music artist in the world in the early 21st century. After his debut album,
Fijate Bien (2000), won him a Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Juanes broke
through to global success with his second album, Un Dφa Normal (2002). In the
United States alone, the album rode the Billboard Latin chart for two straight
years, remaining in the Top Ten for a record-breaking 92 weeks. It also notched
charting hit singles (six), Grammy nominations (eight), Grammy awards (five),
and various other accolades. When he returned with his third album, Mi Sangre
(2004), Juanes again garnered all kinds of commercial success and critical
acclaim. He tirelessly toured in support of the album, and by 2005 he had begun
topping the singles chart in non-Spanish-speaking countries such as Germany,
Italy, and Switzerland. By the time he returned with his fourth album, La
Vida...Es un Ratico (2007), Juanes had such a global presence, Universal chose
to release "Me Enamora," the lead single, to media outlets in 77 countries; it
became a number one hit in 14 of them, setting the stage for another cycle of
commercial success.
Born Juan Esteban Aristizßbal Vßsquez on August 9, 1972, in Carolina del
Prφncipe, Antioquia, Colombia, Juanes began to learn how to play guitar at age
seven, taught by his father and older brothers. His passion for the instrument
led him to learn traditional Latin sounds such as boleros, tangos, and cumbias
as well as Colombian folk music styles such as vallenatto and guasca. During his
upbringing in Colombia he also became steadily acquainted with the grief endured
by his fellow countrymen. In particular, his cousin was executed by kidnappers,
and a close friend was killed by gunmen. He also lost his father to cancer,
which only furthered his sense of grief.
As a teenager, Juanes and his guitar playing drifted toward heavy metal,
influenced greatly by Metallica and other bands of that ilk. This led to his
founding of the metal band Ekhymosis, which went on to considerable success,
releasing seven albums in ten years (1988-1998) and enjoying a sizable following
in Colombia. He eventually chose to depart the band and pursue a solo career.
With guitar in hand, he moved to Los Angeles and brought along a cassette demo
that got passed along to producer Gustavo Santaolalla, an Argentine transplant.
Santaolalla heard promise in the demo, contacted Juanes, and ultimately signed
him to his record label, Surco.
In 2000 Juanes and Santaolalla began work on what would become Fijate Bien, and
the singer/songwriter/guitarist also partnered with manager Fernan Martinez, a
fellow Colombian who had previously stood beside Enrique Iglesias during that
artist's rise to international fame. With everything in place for Juanes, Surco,
in association with Universal Music Latino, released Fijate Bien on October 17,
2000. The album sold very well in Colombia, where it spent ten weeks at number
one, but it was slow to catch on elsewhere, spinning off a few modest hits: the
title track, "Nada," and "Podemos Hacernos Dano." It was a pleasant surprise,
then, when it was announced in July 2001 that Juanes had received a whopping
seven Latin Grammy nominations. Such recognition brought a lot of international
attention to Fijate Bien, especially once Juanes won three Grammys, including
Best New Artist. He also performed at the ceremony.
Immediately following his Grammy wins, Juanes returned to Santaolalla's Surco
studio in Los Angeles, bringing with him demos for over 40 new songs that would
become the basis of Un Dφa Normal. He completed work on the album in February
2002 and the lead single, "A Dios le Pido," was sent to radio stations
throughout the U.S. and Latin America in April. The God-addressing song became
an anthem in much of Latin America, a sort of prayer for peace throughout that
often troubled part of the world. It went on to top the charts in 12 countries
on three continents, and spent 47 consecutive weeks on Billboard's Hot Latin
Tracks chart, a large percentage of those weeks spent firmly lodged in the Top
Five. It also spent more than four straight months atop the Colombian chart,
breaking a record formerly held by countrymate Shakira.
Surco/Universal unveiled Un Dφa Normal on May 21, 2002, and it lived up to the
promise of its lead single and its predecessor, becoming perhaps the most
successful Latin album ever released to date. The album was much brighter than
Fijate Bien (Juanes himself described Un Dφa Normal as the dawn that followed
the night of its predecessor), and it spun off numerous hit singles, most
notably a duet ballad with Nelly Furtado, "Fotografia," which the duo would go
on to perform at the following Latin Grammy ceremony. Un Dφa Normal sold
millions of copies worldwide, spending 92 weeks in the Top Ten of Billboard's
Top Latin Albums chart. Its accolades are far too many to list, as seemingly the
entire world seemed to celebrate Juanes throughout the remainder of 2002 and
into the following year. He toured the world and set all kinds of attendance
records, performed at all kinds of ceremonies and telecasts, and inspired
gushing praise from critics (from The New York Times: "Juanes is a figure like
Bono or Sting: an idealistic songwriter who never forgets how to entertain").
Following the whirlwind of Un Dφa Normal, Juanes once again headed straight to
the studio, in May 2004, to begin work on what would become Mi Sangre. The lead
single, "Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor," hit radio on August 12, 2004, bumped up to
prevent unauthorized leaks, and the album hit the streets on September 28.
Critics generally loved Mi Sangre, legions of fans bought it, and Juanes
promoted it nonstop, once again mounting a mammoth tour (over 200 dates) and
performing at all kinds of telecasts, in-stores, and ceremonies. All the while
he again swept up one award after another (including France's highest cultural
honor, L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) and tallied up yet more chart-topping
hits (including "La Camisa Negra," which was a number one hit across Western
Europe, in addition to the Americas). Though his chart-topping was confined to
the Latin market in the United States, Juanes was recognized for his global
outreach, as Time magazine counted him among its list of "the 100 most
influential people in the world today."
La Vida...Es un Ratico (2007), the fourth album by Juanes, was globally
anticipated and proved an immediate hit. The album's lead single, "Me Enamora,"
had already hit number one in 14 countries by the time of the album's release,
including seven consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Latin chart in the United
States. In Colombia, physical copies of La Vida...Es un Ratico were reportedly
sold out within the first day of release. His fifth studio album, 2010's
P.A.R.C.E., was recorded in London and produced by Stephen Lipson. Tr3s Presents
Juanes: MTV Unplugged, a career-spanning live set recorded in Miami Beach in
front of an enthusiastic audience, appeared in 2012.