Areíto

Areíto is the sixth album by Juan Luis Guerra with his band 440, released on 8 December 1992, by Karen Records. The album, meant to be a tribute to the indigenous tribes of the Dominican Republic, is named after a dance that the aboriginal inhabitants of the Greater Antilles accompanied with songs during their festivals and religious rites. The album contains twelve tracks including "Cuando te Beso", interpret by Santo Domingo Philharmonic Orchestra. Congolese musician Diblo Dibala played guitar on the song "El Costo de la Vida", which was a Spanish cover of his own soukous song "Kimia Eve", while the last track on the album, "Naboria daca, mayanimacaná", is sung in Arawak, the language of the Taíno people. Areíto was originally set to be released in early April 1992, but was first delayed to the end of October 1992 and was finally released on 8 December 1992. According to Guerra himself, Areíto did not serve as a follow-up to his previous album Bachata Rosa. The album received universal acclaim from critics. It considered one of Guerra's best and most important albums, along with Bachata Rosa and Ojalá Que Llueva Café. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areíto_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)