Mad Love
In 2002 Draco redirected his energies again toward his own music. While he worked on new material, he released Libertad del Alma, a compilation album which debuted at the top of the Latin Album Billboard chart based only on its sales in Puerto Rico. After two years of experimentation and sessions in studios around the world, Draco released Mad Love on March 30, 2004. With most songs in English, collaborations with musicians from all over the world and two videos included in the CD—for "Dancing in the Rain" and "Lie Without a Lover," both directed by Angela Alvarado Rosa—Mad Love debuted at #2 on Billboard's Heatseeker charts and was considered the #1 Latin album of 2004 by New York's Newsday. The video for "Más y Más" (one of only four Spanish tracks on the album), also directed by Angela Alvarado Rosa, won the 2004 Latin Grammy Award for Best Video.
A few months after the release of Mad Love, Draco released another compilation album destined specifically for the Latin market entitled Como Me Acuerdo, which included four new tracks along with some of his most revered songs. He kicked off a long international tour to support both albums. The tour enabled him to step on stages in many major US cities, as well as Japan, Singapore, England, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Panama, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina, among others. In Bogota, Colombia in particular, he closed the 2004 Rock al Parque, a multitudinous all-day musical extravaganza with a crowd of 150,000 people.
Rosa ended the tour in his native Puerto Rico, where he sold out the island's recently opened new 18,000-seat arena, Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot. Entitled Draco al Natural, this last concert was the basis for a CD/DVD, a full-length documentary of the live performance directed by Draco's wife, Angela Alvarado Rosa, released in 2005. He capped 2005 with 7 sold out concerts at Centro de Bellas Artes in the month of September. Draco's independent spirit led him to seek release from his contract with Sony. This new freedom gave way to his second Spanish album, Vino released in October 2008. Draco considers Vino a follow up to Vagabundo. Vino is included in his long awaited production "Draco: Limited Collector's Edition", along with "Teatro Live" DVD and a full color booklet. "Draco: Limited Collector's Edition" marks the return of one of music's most intriguing and critically acclaimed artist of his generation.
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