Clásicos de la Provincia II is the twelfth album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives. The album is a sequel to Vives' 1993 breakthrough album Clásicos de la Provincia and like its predecessor it is a collection of vallenato standards, updated by Carlos and his long-time backing band La Provincia.
Prior to the album's release Vives had signed a licensing deal with the supermarket company Grupo Éxito. Under the terms of the deal the album was released exclusively through stores belonging to the Éxito group on September 30, 2009, in exchange for being priced at COP$16,000, about half the normal retail price for an album. The album's low price contributed to record sales for an album in Colombia, with 42,500 copies sold on the first day of release. It sold 300,000 copies in the country, as of 2010.
Track listing "El Pollo Vallenato" (Luis Enrique Martínez) – 3:15 "Sí, Sí, Sí" (Juancho Polo Valencia) – 3:22 "Sin Ti" (Náfer Durán) – 3:20 "Las Mujeres" (Carlos Huertas) – 3:48 "Momentos de Amor" () – 3:33 "Confidencias" (Gustavo Gutiérrez) – 3:19 "El Contrabandista" (Sergio Moya Molina) – 3:11 "Frente a Mí" () – 3:44 "La Parrandita" (Leandro Díaz) – 4:00 "La Bogotana" (Rafael Sánchez) – 3:45 "Mujer Conforme" (Máximo Mobil) – 4:11 "La Colegiala" () – 3:34 "La Caja Negra" (Rafael Valencia) – 3:28 "La Muchachita" (Alejo Durán) – 3:05 "Noche sin Luceros" (Rosendo Romero) – 3:28
Personnel Carlos Vives - Director, Vocals, Producer, Arrangement Egidio Cuadrado - Accordion Mayté Montero - Gaita, Additional arrangement Andrés Castro - Guitars, Arrangement, Producer Luis Ángel "El Papa" Pastor - Bass, Additional arrangement Pablo Bernal - Drums Archie Peña - Percussion Rodny Teran - Percussion Carlos Ivan Medina - Piano, Keyboards, Organ, Additional arrangement Ron Taylor - Keyboards Alfredo Rosado - Caja Vallenata Eder Polo - Guaracharaca Carlos Huertas Jr. & Juan Deluque - Backing vocals Konstantin Litvinenko - Cello Pedro Alonso - Violin
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