Floreciendo!

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Floreciendo!
Floreciendo (Yolandita Monge album).jpg
Studio album by
Released1975
Recorded Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genre Latin pop
Label Coco Records / Musical Productions / Charly
Producer Enrique Méndez
Yolandita Monge chronology
Con Todo Mi Amor..!
(1974)
Floreciendo!
(1975)
Reflexiones
(1976)

Floreciendo! [1] is the seventh (7th) studio album by Puerto Rican singer Yolandita Monge. It was released in 1975 on LP, 8-Track and Cassette format under her new label Coco Records. This album served as the first stepping stone for her success in the Latin American markets. With this recording contract, Monge joined the ranks of other major performers in Puerto Rico and in the latin market of the United States. The album was her first best selling release and features her first international radio hit, Cierra Los Ojos Y Juntos Recordemos, a song she still performs in her concerts. Another radio hit was Alguien A Quien Se Amó Demás.

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The album was re-issued in CD format in 1990 by Musical Productions and re-titled as Cierra Los Ojos Y Juntos Recordemos with a different cover picture. Such 1990 re-issue and the 1975 original release are both available as a digital downloads at iTunes and Amazon, as well as several hits songs also appear in various compilations of the singer available on such media platforms. Coco Records/Charly re-released the album in November 2020 as a digital download, also available at iTunes and Amazon.

Track listing

TrackTitleComposer(s)Duration
1"Cierra Los Ojos Y Juntos Recordemos"Eduardo Franco3:23
2"Cuando Estemos Lejos"A. Villa, S. Villar2:34
3"Adios Amor Adios"O. Ortega, T. Ronald3:28
4"Alguien A Quien Se Amó Demás"Wilkins3:16
5"No Soy Lisa"Jessie Colter, Tite Curet Alonso 3:06
6"Una Sonrisa, Una Lágrima"R. Mochoulske, Charlie Leroy3:05
7"Un Ser Muy Triste"B. Orlando, R. Amado, M. Bernos2:37
8"Cada Noche Mía"Eduardo Franco2:37
9"La Vida En Un Segundo"Raúl Parentella, Chico Novarro3:28
10"Te Llevo Conmigo"Wilkins2:35

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References

  1. Information on Floreciendo
  2. Floreciendo! (Cover). Yolandita Monge. Coco Records (Cat No. CLP 123). 1975.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)