Amor y Alegria

Amor Y Alegria
Studio album by Luis Enrique
Released	1988
Genre	Salsa
Label	Sony Discos
Luis Enrique chronology
Amor de Medianoche (1987) Amor y Alegria (1988) Mi Mundo (1989)
Singles from Amor Y Alegria
"Comprendelo" Released: 1988 "Desesperado" Released: 1988 "Tu No Le Amas, Le Temes" Released: 1988 "Volverte a Ver" Released: 1989 "Tu Cuerpo" Released: 1989 "Que Sera De Ti" Released: 1989

Amor y Alegria (Love and Joy) is the second studio album released by Nicaraguan salsa singer, Luis Enrique. The album earned him international recognition as the album was produced during the salsa romantica era of the 1980s. Some of the songs are cuts from the previous album, Amor de Medianoche.

Contents 1 Singles 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Chart position 5 Critical reception 6 See also 7 References

Singles

The album produced six singles that charted on the Hot Latin Tracks.

• Comprendelo (Understand) was the first single released from the album in 1988. The song reached #8 on the Hot Latin Tracks, the highest peaking single from the album.^[1]

• Desesperado (Hopeless) was the second single released from the album. The single is a cover of Emmanuel's song. This version peaked #10 on Hot Latin Tracks.^[1]

• Tu No Le Amas, Le Temes (You Don't Love Him, You Are Afraid of Him) was the third single released from the album and is considered one of his signature songs. The song peaked #12 on Hot Latin Tracks.^[1]

• Volverte a Ver (Seeing you again) was the fourth single released from the album and charted #28 on the Hot Latin Tracks.^[1]

• Tu Cuerpo (Your Body) was the fifth single released from the album and charted #28 on Hot Latin Tracks.^[1]

• Que Sera de Ti (What Will Become of You?) was the sixth released from the album and charted #27 on the Hot Latin Tracks.

Track listing

1. "Desesperado" (Glenn Monroig, K.C. Porter, Mark Spiro) – 3:52
2. "Tu No Le Amas, Le Temes" (Jorge Luís Piloto) – 4:28
3. "Comprendelo" (Luis Enrique Mejia) – 5:23
4. "Amor y Alegria" (Piloto) – 4:51
5. "Tu Cuerpo" (Erasmo Carlos, Roberto Carlos, Buddy McCluskey) – 4:23
6. "Vovlerte a Ver" (Ray Girado, Amado Jaen) – 5:06
7. "Que Sera de Ti" (Mejia) – 4:42
8. "Tal Vez un Dia Amor" (Mejia) – 4:50
9. "No Te Quites la Ropa" (Juan Carlos Calderón) – 4:04
10. "Pregunta Por Ahi" (Luis Guillermo Gonzalez) – 5:26
11. "Amor de Medianoche" (Mejia) – 5:44
12. "La Mentira" (Alvaro Carrillo) – 5:02

Personnel

• Luis Enrique – vocals

Chart position

^[2]

Year	Chart	Album	Peak
1992	Billboard Tropical/Salsa	Amor y Alegria	1

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

José A. Estévez, Jr of Allmusic gave the album a positive review calling it "romantic salsa at its best".

See also

• List of number-one Billboard Tropical Albums from the 1980s

References