Gustavo Laureano

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Gustavo Laureano
Born Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Guitarist
  • singer
  • composer
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Member of La Secta AllStar

Gustavo Laureano is a Puerto Rican guitarist and composer. He is best known for being the lead singer of the band La Secta AllStar.

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Career

As a songwriter and solo artist

Laureano began his career as a songwriter, together with friend Mark Kilpatrick. In the 1990s, Laureano and Kilpatrick started writing and playing at clubs in Florida and Puerto Rico. At some point, they were discovered by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, who recorded the song "Bombón de Azúcar", written by Laureano, on his 1995 album A Medio Vivir . The following year, Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario recorded the song "Ultima Vez", also written by Laureano, on her 1996 album Espíritu Libre . [1]

After achieving success, Laureano has continued to contribute his songwriting to several artists like Obie Bermúdez and Wilkins, among others. [2] Laureano has also collaborated with artists like Ignacio Peña, Wisin & Yandel, Robi Draco Rosa, Reyli, Eddie Dee, Lito & Polaco, KC Porter and Fonseca. [3] [4] In 2007, Laureano released his first solo album titled Kingcallero del Amor . [5]

La Secta AllStar

See main article: La Secta AllStar

Laureano founded La Secta in the early 90s with Mark Kilpatrick. After playing around Orlando and Puerto Rico, they recorded their first album, Aniquila, in 1998. Since then, the band has released four additional studio albums and has won several awards like Billboard Awards, Lo Nuestro Awards, [6] [7] as well as nominations to the Grammy.

Solo discography

Kingcallero del Amor

Kingcallero del Amor
Studio album by
Gustavo Laureano
Released27 March 2007
Genre Rock en Español
Label Universal Latino
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Kingcallero del Amor is the first solo album from singer-songwriter Gustavo Laureano. It was released on 27 March 2007 by Universal Latino. Most of the music in the album was recorded by Laureano himself.

The first single from the album was "Enamorado", which was produced by Marteen and Laureano. According to Universal Music Latino, the song features an 80s rock sound reminiscent of Cheap Trick or XTC.

Track listing

All tracks written by Laureano and Marteen, except where noted.

  1. "Intro" (Afont, Laureano) – 0:29
  2. "La Novela" (Afont, Laureano) – 5:54
  3. "Si Me Hablaras" (Laureano, Restrepo) – 5:31
  4. "Enamorado" – 4:18
  5. "Es Así" (Gocho, Laureano, Marteen, Santana) – 3:46
  6. "Intro" (Figueroa, Illisastigui, Laureano) – 0:15
  7. "Kingcallero" (Figueroa, Illisastigui, Laureano) – 4:06
  8. "Nadie Te Va a Salvar" – 2:59
  9. "Suavecito" (Avila, Laureano, Marteen) – 4:36
  10. "Puede Más" – 5:15
  11. "Intro" (Laureano) – 0:19
  12. "Amantes del Amor" (Laureano) – 5:17
  13. "Porque a Veces Sí" – 4:18
  14. "Intro" – 0:11
  15. "Star Shine" – 4:40
  16. "Suavecito" (Avila, Laureano, Marteen) – 4:40

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References

  1. Gustavo Laureano Biography [ permanent dead link ] on Billboard ; Gutierrez, Evan C.
  2. Gustavo Laureano Credits on AllMusic
  3. Gustavo Laureano presenta "Enamorado" Archived 4 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine on Universal Music Latino
  4. Gustavo Laureano suena "enamorado" on La Voz; Ramírez, Luis (11 April 2007)
  5. Gustavo Laureano suena "enamorado" on La Voz; Ramírez, Luis (11 April 2007)
  6. Premio Lo Nuestro: The Winners List Archived 26 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine on MyLatinoVoice; Alma, Alessandra
  7. Premio Lo Nuestro 2010 – Nominees and Winners Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine on About.com