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1993 studio album by Carlos Vives From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Clásicos de la Provincia (Classics from the Province) is the sixth album by Colombian singer-songwriter Carlos Vives. Released in Colombia in late 1993, and internationally on February 22, 1994, the album is a collection of Colombian vallenato classics. The album made Vives a superstar in Colombia and was his breakthrough in the vallenato genre.

Released
  • August 27, 1993 (1993-08-27) (Colombia)
  • February 22, 1994 (1994-02-22) (International)
GenreVallenato
Length50:55
Labels
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Clásicos de la Provincia
Studio album by
Carlos Vives
Released
  • August 27, 1993 (1993-08-27) (Colombia)
  • February 22, 1994 (1994-02-22) (International)
GenreVallenato
Length50:55
Labels
Producers
  • Eduardo De Narváez
  • Bernardo Ossa
  • Fidel Jaramillo
Carlos Vives chronology
Escalona: Vol. 2
(1992)		 Clásicos de la Provincia
(1993)		 La Tierra del Olvido
(1995)
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The album sold over 1.4 million copies in Colombia,[1] and 3 million copies worldwide in its first 6 months of being released.[2] Worldwide copies stands at 4 million.[3]

Track listing

  1. "La gota fría" (E. Zuleta) – 3:33
  2. "Amor Sensible" (F. Molina) – 4:26
  3. "Alicia Adorada" (J. Valencia) – 4:15
  4. "La Hamaca Grande" (A. Pacheco) – 3:16
  5. "El Cantor De Fonseca" (C. Huertas) – 3:07
  6. "Matilde Lina" (L. Díaz) – 3:57
  7. "Altos Del Rosario" (A. Durán) – 3:56
  8. "Honda Herida" (R. Escalona) – 3:03
  9. "La Cañaguatera" (I. Carrillo) – 3:13
  10. "Lirio Rojo" (C. Ochoa) – 2:48
  11. "La Tijera" (L. Martínez) – 3:27
  12. "Compae Chipuco" (C. Gomez) – 3:16
  13. "Pedazo De Acordeón" (A. Durán) – 4:06
  14. "La Celosa" (F. Molina) – 4:12
  15. "Contestación A La Brasilera (fragmento)" (A. Zabaleta) – 0:49

Personnel

Performance credits

  • Carlos Vives - Primary Artist, Director, Vocals
  • Egidio Cuadrado - Accordion, Vocals (Pedazo de Acordeón), Backing Vocals
  • Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar
  • Luis Ángel Pastor - Bass
  • John Jairo Lemus - Conga
  • Luis Pacheco - Conga, Guache, Tamboura, Tambourine
  • Alexa Hernández - Vocals, Choir
  • Amparo Sandino - Vocals Choir
  • Aníbal Rivera - Electric Guitar
  • Antonio Arnedo - Gaita, Soprano Saxophone
  • Eder Polo - Guacharaca
  • Bernardo Ossa - Keyboards, Percussion
  • Michael Egizi - Piano
  • Alfredo Rosado - Tamboura, Tambourine
  • Heberth Cuadrado - Violin, Vocals ("Pedazo De Acordeón")

Technical credits

  • Eduardo de Narváez - Arranger, Engineer, Producer
  • Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo - Arranger
  • Bernardo Ossa - Arranger
  • Carlos Vives - Arranger, Direction
  • Rafael Mejía - Art Direction
  • Phil Austin - Engineer
  • Jorge Díaz - Engineer
  • Robin Jenny - Engineer, Mastering
  • Manuel Riveira - Representation

Chart performance

More information Chart (1994–1995), Peak position ...
Chart (1994–1995) Peak
position
Chile (APF)[4] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums[5] 2
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums[5] 2
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Albums[5] 21
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Certifications and sales

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Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Argentina — 120,000[1]
Chile[6] 2× Platinum  
Colombia[7] Gold 1,500,000[8]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[9] 2× Gold 200,000[10]
Spain (Promusicae)[11] 3× Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold (Latin) 400,000[13]
Summaries
Worldwide — 4,000,000[3]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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