Amar la trama

Amar la Trama is the ninth studio album by Uruguayan recording artist Jorge Drexler. It was released by Warner Music on March 16, 2010, after a four-year gap since the release of his last album of original music. Drexler worked as co-producer, along with Matías Cella and Carles Campi Campón. The themes of the songs are his personal feelings inspired by journeys to Uruguay and Spain, his global wanderings, and the universal wonder of everyday moments. The album received mostly positive reviews; critics commended Drexler's lyrics and his ability to perform live in front of a small audience during the recording sessions. The album entered the top five in Spain. The first single, "Una Canción Me Trajo Hasta Aquí", also received praise. La Trama Circular, a DVD documentary about the recording sessions, is included in the standard edition of the album. On September 8, 2010, Amar la Trama received four nominations for the 11th Latin Grammy Awards. Background In 2005, Jorge Drexler became the first Uruguayan to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his composition "Al Otro lado del Río" from the film The Motorcycle Diaries. The following year, Drexler recorded and released 12 Segundos de Oscuridad (Twelve Seconds of Darkness), an album that received a Grammy Award nomination. In 2008, Cara B, a live album that includes his greatest hits along with cover versions of songs written by Leonard Cohen, Caetano Veloso, and Kiko Veneno, was released. Cara B also received a Grammy nomination. The same year, Drexler wrote the score for the film The City of Your Final Destination. During 2009, Drexler worked with Colombian performer Shakira on the Spanish-language versions of her singles "She Wolf" and "Did it Again", and recorded Amar la Trama in Madrid, Spain. Drexler described the album as playful, without "the melancholy and anguish" of 12 Segundos. Recording Amar la Trama was recorded from November 1–4, 2009, at Cata Studios in Madrid, in a television studio in front of a small audience who were selected in an online contest. He chose this format to avoid the "coldness" of the recording studio. Drexler was the lead vocalist and played guitar, and was joined by a band composed of additional guitarists, a rhythm section, a horn section, backup vocalists, and auxiliary musicians. All the tracks recorded were written by the singer, with the exception of "I Don't Worry About a Thing", a song by Mose Allison, which featured American pianist Ben Sidran.