Musical Style, Writing and Composition
The album consists of ten tracks, including four bachata songs. The album starts with the opening track "Rosalia", an upbeat merengue song. "Como Abeja al Panal" begins as a bachata tune and switches to salsa music in the middle of the song. "Carta de Amor" is a salsa track in which he writes a letter to his lover in his journal. "Estrellitas y Duendes" ("Little Stars and Elves") is a bachata about living in his love's memories as a rain-shower of little stars and elves. "A Pedir su Mano"("Asking for Her Hand") is a cover of Lea Lignanzy's song "Dede priscilla" from the Central African Republic which combines merengue and Afropop.
"La Bilirrubina" ("The Bilirubin") is a merengue song that describes a man in a hospital suffering from a high bilirubin of love which can only be cured by kisses, as injections and surgery are ineffective. "Burbujas de Amor" ("Bubbles of Love") is a sexual bachata song about a man's desire to become a fish and "make bubbles of love" in his lover's fishbowl. The lyrics for the song "Bachata Rosa" were inspired by the opening lines of the poem "Book of Questions" by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. "Reforestame" ("Reforest me") is a merengue track performed by 4-40 vocalist Adalgisa Pantaleon. The last track "Acompáñeme Civil" is a merengue song performed by Beny Peregina which deals with social awareness.
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