Personnel: Marc Anthony (vocals); Ito Serrano, Maximo Torres (guitar); Marlando Morales (violin); Luis Aquino, Angie Machado (trumpet); Moises Nogueras, Miguel Rivera, Rafi Torres (trombone); Jose Jugo (piano); Fernando Muscolo (keyboards, programming); Jose Gamei (bass); Charlie Sierra (timbales, bongos, percussion); William Thompson (congas); Tito Allen, William Amparo, Wichy Camacho, Gilda Gonzalez, Yanira Torres (background vocals). Producers: Angel "Cucco" Pena, Marc Anthony. Recorded at Altamar Music Studio, San Juan, Puerto Rico. CONTRA LA CORRIENTE won the 1999 Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Performance. Personnel: Marc Anthony (vocals); Maximo Torres (guitar); Luis Aquino, Angie Machado (trumpet); Moises Nogueras, Miguel Rivera, Rafi Torres (trombone); Jose Jugo (piano); Fernando Muscolo (keyboards, programming); Jose Gamei (bass); Charlie Sierra (bongos, timbales, percussion); William Thompson (congas); Tito Allen, William Amparo, Wichie Camacho, Gilda Gonzalez, Yanira Torres (background vocals). Recorded at Altamar Music, San Juan, Puerto Rico and Unique Studios, New York, New York. CONTRA LA CORRIENTE won the 1999 Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Performance. Take a huge helping of danceable salsa, mix it with a splash of urban R&B and 70's pop, serve it up with a voice saturated with emotion, and you've got Marc Anthony. His status as a Latin music superstar can only be buoyed by CONTRA LA CORRIENTE, his third Spanish-language salsa album. Anthony covers the dance floor with energetic songs like "Me Voy A Regalar" and "Si Tu Vas," and plunges wholeheartedly into emotional ballads such as "Y Hubo Alguien" with characteristic soulfulness. This album is in some respects an answer to Anthony's old-school critics, who have objected in the past to his modern take on traditional salsa; CONTRA was recorded in Puerto Rico with the well-known arranger Angel "Cucco" Pena, a collaboration whose result is fresh and innovative, yet strongly resonant of the soneros who have been among Anthony's lifelong influences.
