Genre
Singer-songwriter and canción melódica. The album moves between intimate ballads and poetic ruminations on rootlessness, exile, nature, and the simple textures of everyday life, set to lush orchestral arrangements typical of the Latin American romantic song tradition of the early 1970s, with Cortez's deep and melodious voice as its central instrument.
Release
Released in 1971 by Hispavox, Spain.
Production
Produced by Rafael Trabucchelli.
Reception
No soy de aquí consolidated Cortez's standing as one of the foremost singer-songwriters in the Spanish-speaking world. The album's title track became an anthem for Latin American emigrants and exiles and has been covered by dozens of artists across several generations. In 1972, building on the momentum of this period, Cortez received his first gold record for "Mi árbol y yo" and was awarded the Heraldo de Oro by the Mexican newspaper El Heraldo de México — an honour repeated in 1973 — as well as the Golden Microphone from the Association of Communicators of Mexico. The title song has been recognised, alongside "Cuando un amigo se va," as one of his most internationally resonant works.
Alberto Cortez
Alberto Cortez (born José Alberto García Gallo, March 11, 1940, Rancul, La Pampa, Argentina – April 4, 2019, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain) was an Argentine singer-songwriter and poet who began composing songs at the age of twelve. He left Argentina at twenty to tour Europe with the Argentine International Ballet and Show, recording his debut album in Antwerp, Belgium, where he met and married his wife, the Belgian pianist Renée Govaerts. In 1964 the couple settled in Madrid, which remained his base for the rest of his life. Over a career of more than fifty years he released nearly fifty albums, accumulated four gold records in Spain and Mexico, and established himself as one of the defining voices of the Ibero-American canción de autor tradition. The song "Cuando un amigo se va" has been ranked among the three greatest Spanish-language songs of the twentieth century. He received the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
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