Album Notes

Personnel includes: Chichi Peralta (vocals, piano, keyboards, djembe, talking drum, bongos, congas, maracas, percusion, bells); Henri Dikongue, Cesar Olarte, Rene Geraldino (vocals); Juan Francisco Ordones, Martin Buitenweg (guitar); Paulet Vujcic, Zvezdana De Tavar, Mercedes A. De Diaz, Alfonzo Caba (violin); Lana Arsova, Antonio Guibert (viola); (Guarionex Merette (piccolo, tenor saxophone); Sandy Gabriel (alto saxophone); Luis Quino, Batista (trumpet); Juan Jose Flete (trombone); Hildward Croes (keyboards); Ruben "Pabin" Toribio, Hector "Papito" Santana, Jeremias King, Cuso Cuevas (bass); Luis "Guy" Frometa (drums); Juan "Chocolate" De La Cruz (timbales, tambora); Jose "Checho" Lora, Juan Carlos Jansen, Fredy Simo (background vocals).

Recorded at Circle House, Miami, Florida; Abbey Road, London, England; Studio C, Paris, France; Sterling Audio and Vera Studio, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

DE VUELTA AL BARRIO won the 2001 Latin Grammy Award for Best Merengue Album.