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Released | 31 May 2019 | |||
Recorded | 2018–2019 | |||
Studio | Abbey Road Studio 2 London, United Kingdom JLG Studios (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) | |||
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Length | 34:22 | |||
Label | Universal Music Latin | |||
Producer | Juan Luis Guerra | |||
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Literal is the 14th studio album (16th overall) by Dominican singer, songwriter and producer Juan Luis Guerra. It was released on 31 May 2019 by Universal Music Latin.[1][2][3] Written and produced by Juan Luis Guerra, the album contains eleven tracks and encompasses a variety of tropical genres, such as bachata, merengue, salsa and son along with influences from jazz, gospel, rock and Dominican folk music. The album was co-produced by Guerra's longtime collaboration and musical director Janina Rosado. It has lyrics about romance, love, nostalgia, moving on and protest against corruption.
Recorded between Abbey Road Studios in London, United Kingdom and Guerra's own studio in studio in Santo Domingo, Literal provides musical interpolations along with retro and modern sounds. In much the same way that his 1994 album, Fogaraté includes a bachata adaptation of the Lacrimosa movement from Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor and "I Love You More" which interpolates sections from, or is otherwise influenced by, Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.
Literal was one of Latin music's most awarded and critically-praised Tropical releases of 2019. It won Best Contemporany Tropical/Tropical Fusion Album and Best Tropical Song at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards on November 14, 2019.[4] Also, it was for nomintated for Best Tropical Latin Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. The album was supported with the released of four singles: Kitipun, Corazon Enamorado, I Love You More and Lámpara Pa' mis pies. Literal debuted at the Top 20 of the albums charts in Spain and Argentina and Tropical in the United States. To promote the album, Guerra went on the Literal Grandes Exitos Tour.