Union (Puya album)

Union
Studio album by Puya
Released June 12, 2001 (U.S)
Recorded Denver,Colorado,St Louis,Missouri
Genre Latin metal, progressive metal, salsa
Length 65:04
Label MCA
Puya chronology

Fundamental
(1999)		 Union
(2001)
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Union is the second studio album by Puerto Rican rock band Puya, released by MCA, in 2001.

Background

Union fuses elements of salsa,[2][3] progressive metal,[4] 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

Songs written by R. Ortiz, except where noted.

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

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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 0-8229-5841-4.
  3. ↑ Flicky, Brad (August 2001). "Review of Union". CMJ New Music (95): 87. ISSN 1074-6978.
  4. ↑ https://www.questia.com/article/1G1-77810705/puya