Rocktrospectiva: The Elegant And Well-Crafted "Los Chicos No Lloran" Turns 35

Released on 27 March 1990, "Los Chichos No Lloran" was the tenth studio album by Spanish singer Miguel Bose, a breakthrough album that propelled singer's career into a new open and different stage, despite the use of his usual fetish-producers duo Roberto Colombo/Enzo Feliciati. The album spawned five powerful singles "Bambú", "Los Chicos No Lloran", "Senza Di Te", "Si Te Cuentan Que Cai" & "Manos Vacías". 

 

The end of the 1980s was a curious time for many Spaniards artists, if they wanted to keep updated in their careers a deep revisited was a must if they wanted to remain on first line of pop music, that was partly the case for Miguel Bosé, and one of the good excuses of this fascinating and refreshing changed was the arrival of the 90s, "Los Chicos No Llorán" was one of his must direct and inmediate albums not only because the quality of the compositions but the good line of guest musicians on the record.

 

It doesn't matter if during the process, the elegance and sophistication of the previous years nearly gone, at least he kept certain identity on tracks such as "Bambú" the opener, a good tune that would fit perfectly on "XXX" three years ago. Bosé was in the middle of his most prolific period as an artist and actor, he took part in two films and he was common figure on Spaniard TV and magazines, this sort of events and collaborations aided to crafted his new persona, style and sound.

 

Under the produccion of the usual suspects as we said before, the Italian producers Roberto Colombo and Enzo Feliciati were demanded to shaped "Los Chicos No lloran", the track list this time was straight and even more commercial that its previous efforts, highlights on the record are "Los Chicos No Lloran" the self-titled track, it had a reggae sound and a meaninful lyric, "Senza Di Te" and "Si Te Cuentan Que Caí" are amongst the most remarkable tracks of the album but not as brilliant as the first two singles and of course the powerful, touchy and breathtaking ballad "Manos Vacías", that was the final single, another intense track is "Unica Libera Radio" and of course the worthy "Josephine" and a new remix of the track "Hojas Secas". 

 

The album was a commercial break out, and received favourable critics, a nearly no waste album and one Bose's most intense and meaningful albums of his career, the succesful of the record encouraged a world tour that later released under the title "Directo '90". The change came in the perfect moment, propelled and vitalized once more Bose's career, a must-have

 

Los Chicos No Lloran Track List: 

 

1. Bambú 

2. Senza Di Te

3. Manos Vacías

4. Hojas Secas

5. Si Te Cuentan Que Caí

6. Nunca Pasa Nada

7. Aquel Sendero

8. Otro

9. Unica Libera Radio

10. Los Chicos No Lloran

11. Josephine