Description

La Llorona is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Lhasa de Sela, originally released in 1997.

Alejandro Sela, Lhasa's father, received his doctorate on literature of the Spanish conquest of Mexico and taught her of the legend of La Llorona. This is the folktale of the crying woman, resembled the mythological wife of Quetzalcoatl who has lost her children. For Lhasa, La Llorona comes from the omen of conquerors. Lhasa believes that the woman cried when the Spanish arrived in America to warn her native children of the doom that the conquistadors would bring to their way of life.

Tracklist

A

  • 1.De Cara A La Pared04:16
  • 2.La Celestina04:47
  • 3.El Desierto03:54
  • 4.Por Eso Me Quedo03:51
  • 5.El Payande03:31

B

  • 1.Los Peces03:53
  • 2.Floricanto04:10
  • 3.Desdeñosa04:35
  • 4.El Pájaro03:58
  • 5.Mi Vanidad04:13
  • 6.El Arbol Del Olvido03:13

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