De Ti Depende

De Ti Depende
De Ti Depende
Studio album by Héctor Lavoe
Released	1976
Genre	Salsa
Length	43:32
Label	Fania Records
Producer	Willie Colón
Héctor Lavoe chronology

De Ti Depende (It's Up to You) is the second solo album by Héctor Lavoe, released in 1976 under Fania Records. Its lead single, "Periodico de Ayer", is known as one of the most popular salsa songs ever.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Vamos a Reír un Poco"	Perucho Torcat	7:32
2.	"De Ti Depende"	Miguel Ángel Amadeo	4:33
3.	"Periódico de Ayer"	Catalino Curet Alonso	6:43
4.	"Consejo de Oro"	Arquímedes Arcidiácono	2:40
5.	"Tanto Como Ayer"	D.R.	3:42
6.	"Hacha y Machete"	Enildo "Chino" Padrón	5:41
7.	"Felices Horas"	Luis A. Pérez	6:04
8.	"Mentira"	Ignacio Piñeiro	6:37
Total length:			43:32

Personnel

Arrangers

Edwin Rodriguez (Tanto Como Ayer)
Jose Febles (De Ti Depende)
Louie Ramirez (Consejo de Oro)
Louie Ortiz (Tanto Como Ayer), (Felices Horas)
Willie Colón (Vamos a Reír un Poco), (Periódico de Ayer), (Mentira)

Musicians

Bass – Santi Gonzalez
Bongos – Jose Mangual Jr.
Congas – Milton Cardona
Guitar – Yomo Toro
Piano – Joe "Profesor" Torres
Trombone – Harry de Aguiar, Angel Vasquez
Trumpet – Ray Feliciano
Vocals and Chorus
Lead vocals, maracas – Héctor Lavoe
Chorus – Jose Mangual Jr., Milton Cardona, Rubén Blades, Willie Colón
Percussion – Jose Mangual Jr., Milton Cardona

Production

Producer – Willie Colón
Executive producer – Jerry Masucci
Engineer – Jon Fausty

Design and Photography

Album design – Ron Levine
Photography – Lee Marshall

References

1 2 3 4 Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York City Agustín Laó-Montes, Arlene Dávila - 2012 -- Page 213 0231505442 "With the original band members now in Lavoe's band, they continued to produce successful albums such as La Voz (1975); The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (1975); De Ti Depende (1976); Comedia (1978); Héctor's Gold (1980); Revento (1985) iQue Sentimiento! (1981), El Sabio (1980), Strikes Back (1987), Recordando a Felipe Pirela (1979), and the Master and the Protégé (1993).12 In 1988, Lavoe was nominated for a Grammy Award for his album Strikes Back, ..."
1 2 3 4 César Miguel Rondón The Book of Salsa 2008 0807831298 "Furthermore, all of Lavoe's albums made themselves unquestionably and continuously relevant and, it seems, indomitable. In 1976, Hector Lavoe's long-awaited second album, De ti Depende, was released, and it was much more successful ..."

[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York City Agustín Laó-Montes, Arlene Dávila - 2012 -- Page 213 0231505442 "With the original band members now in Lavoe's band, they continued to produce successful albums such as La Voz (1975); The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (1975); De Ti Depende (1976); Comedia (1978); Héctor's Gold (1980); Revento (1985) iQue Sentimiento! (1981), El Sabio (1980), Strikes Back (1987), Recordando a Felipe Pirela (1979), and the Master and the Protégé (1993).12 In 1988, Lavoe was nominated for a Grammy Award for his album Strikes Back, ..."

[:1-2] 1 2 3 4 César Miguel Rondón The Book of Salsa 2008 0807831298 "Furthermore, all of Lavoe's albums made themselves unquestionably and continuously relevant and, it seems, indomitable. In 1976, Hector Lavoe's long-awaited second album, De ti Depende, was released, and it was much more successful ..."