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Galería Caribe

2000 studio album by Ricardo Arjona

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ5518466 ↗
Source-derived summary

Galería Caribe (English: Caribbean Gallery) is the eighth studio album recorded by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, It was released by Sony Music México on August 29, 2000 (see 2000 in music). and became his first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, peaking at the top of the chart in 2000 and 2001.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Birchmeier awarded the album 3 stars stating "All in all, Galería Caribe is a curious entry in Arjona's catalog that most fans can overlook without missing much."

Track listing

All songs were written by Ricardo Arjona, except where noted.

"Carabelas" (Caravels) – 2:32

"Mujer de Guanahani" (Woman From Guanahani) (Arjona, Angel "Cuco" Peña) – 3:42

"Lo Poco Que Queda de Mi" (What Little is Left Of Me) – 4:56

"Un Caribe en Nueva York" (A Caribbean in New York) – 5:24

"Cuando" (When) – 4:34

"Receta" (Prescription) – 4:52

"Sólo Quería un Café" (I Just Wanted A Coffee) – 3:50

"Mesias" (Messiah) – 4:41

"Te Enamoraste de Ti" (You Fell in Love With You) – 4:27

"Lo Poco Que Queda de Mi (Acoustic)" – 4:34

"Si Usted la Viera (El Confesor)" (If You See Her (The Confessor)) (Eusebio Blasco, Jorge Luis Chacín) – 4:18

"Receta (Acoustic)" – 4:23

"Pensar en Ti" (Think of You) – 4:22

"Pensar en Ti (Acoustic)" – 4:03

"Cuando (Pop version)" – 4:19

"Te Enamoraste de Ti (Acoustic)" – 4:09

"Sólo Quería un Café (Acoustic)" – 3:26

"Porque Hablamos (featuring Ednita Nazario)" (Because We Talk) – 4:41

"A Cara O Cruz" (Face Or Cross) – 3:42 (Spain Bonus Track)

Personnel

Ricardo Arjona – vocals

Cucco Peña – Arreglos Direccion

Fernando Muscolo – Arreglos Piano Teclados

Joe Caldas - Ing.

Editorial summary

“Galería Caribe” enters the record as 2000 studio album by Ricardo Arjona. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Galería, Caribe and studio can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 2001—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2000. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Galería, Caribe and studio.
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Why this record matters

“Galería Caribe” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Galería, Caribe and studio provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5518466. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000 and 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from “Galería Caribe” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.