Union (Puya album)

Union
Studio album by Puya
Released June 12, 2001
Genre Latin metal, rap metal, salsa
Length 65:04
Label MCA
Puya chronology
Fundamental
(1999)		 Union
(2001)		 Areyto
(2010)
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Allmusic [1]

Union is the third album by Puerto Rican rock band Puya, released by MCA, in 2001.

Background

Union fuses elements of salsa,[2][3] rap metal, Rock en Español and jazz.[2] Jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente agreed to record a timbale solo on Unión, but died before he could do so.[2] Because sales did not meet MCA's expectations, the label did not renew the bands contract after it had expired in 2002.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by R. Ortíz, except where noted.

  1. "Ride" (Hopkins) - 3:52
  2. "People" - 3:30
  3. "Erizo" - 2:29
  4. "Socialize" - 3:49
  5. "Numbed" (Curbelo, Ortíz) - 3:09
  6. "Bridge" - 4:04
  7. "Si Aja" (Hopkins) - 5:39
  8. "No Interference" - 5:58
  9. "Semilla" - 1:08
  10. "A Matter Of Time" - 3:03
  11. "Pa'ti Pa'mi" (Hopkins) - 4:42
  12. "Ahorake" (Hopkins) - 6:56
  13. "Unión" (Hopkins, Ortíz) - 16:39

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b c d Mateus, Jorge Arévalo (2004). "Boricua Rock". In Hernandez, Deborah Pacini. Rockin' las Américas: the global politics of rock in Latin/o America. D. Fernández, Héctor l'Hoeste; Zolov, Eric. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 97–98. ISBN 0822958414. 
  3. ^ Flicky, Brad (August 2001). "Review of Union". CMJ New Music (95): 87. ISSN 10746978.