Released 1985 Label Alpha Records Así Cantaba Cheito González(1984) Controversia(1985) | Length 35:15 Producer Javier Hernandez Release date 1985 | |
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Recorded Melody Recording Studio, Puerto Rico People also search for 20 Exitos Navideños, Amigos del Alma | ||
01 controversia danny rivera vicente carattini y alma galarza
Controversia is an album by Danny Rivera, Vicente Carattini y Los Cantores de San Juan and Alpha IV. This album was Danny Rivera's first Puerto-Rican-Christmas-Music album. The title song "Controversia" (Controversy) is about an argument between Danny and Vicente in which Vicente accuses Danny of stealing Christmas gigs from him by becoming a new Christmas-music singer. At the end of the song, vocalist Alma Galarza comes in to break up the "fight" and at the end they both make peace. In real life, however, Danny did steal something from Vicente. For his next album Ofrenda he wanted vocalist Alma Galaza (who had been singing with Vicente for 8 years) to be a special guest vocalist, but only if she quit Vicente and his group. Alma went with Danny with whom she recorded several albums and toured for several years.
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- 01 controversia danny rivera vicente carattini y alma galarza
- Album cover and name
- TV Special
- Musicians
- Production
- References
This album was dedicated to Puerto Rican composer Mario Enrique, who composed 3 song for the album.
Despite the success of this album, it was never released on CD. The rights for this and other albums by Danny were bought by Disco Hit. In 2011 this company released a best of compilation called "20 Exitos Navideños" ("20 Christmas Hits") which included 6 songs from Controversia and other songs from Ofrenda, Mi Canción es Paz and Pido Paz.
Album cover and name
The cover was inspired by Halley's Comet. The comet has nothing to do with the title of the album or any of its songs. It is not clear if the photo is that of Halley's Comet or simply a made-up photo.
TV Special
As with other Danny Rivera albums, a TV special was made that same year, in which they acted most of the album.
Musicians
(credited on the album simply as a chorister)