El Calor del Pleno Invierno

El Calor del Pleno Invierno is the seventh studio album by Uruguayan rock band No Te Va Gustar, released on 18 October 2012 through Bizarro Records. Produced by Federico Lima and Sebastián Peralta, it contains guest vocals from singers and musicians Fernando Ruiz Díaz, Gabriel Peluffo, Jorge Serrano and Germán Daffunchio.

Preceded by the release of the single "A las Nueve", the album became the band's first number-one in both Uruguay and Argentina, and received a nomination at the 14th annual edition of the Latin Grammy Awards, and three nominations at the 2013 Graffiti Awards.

Background, release and promotion
El Calor del Pleno Invierno was the band's first album without keyboardist Marcel Curuchet, who died after a motorcycle accident on the New Jersey Turnpike Extension in Jersey City, New Jersey.

On 27 August 2012, the band shared the lyrics of the song "Sin Pena Ni Gloria", included on the album. On 18 September, the band shared a picture with the words "El Calor del Pleno Invierno", hinting that this would be the title of the album. The following day, No Te Va Gustar announced and released the song "A las Nueve", which served as the lead single. The song was written on 8 May 2011, in Barcelona, Spain, and its lyrics were published on social media a day before its release.

Its concert tour of the same name, began on 16 March 2013 at the Velódromo Municipal in Montevideo, and went throughout different cities from Latin America, including Santiago de Chile, Panama City, Bogotá, Medellín, Arequipa, Cusco, Lima and Quito.

Commercial performance
El Calor del Pleno Invierno topped the charts in Uruguay and Argentina, becoming their first to do so. Three days after its release, the record was certified Gold and Platinum by the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers and the Cámara Uruguaya de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, respectively. In 2013, it was certified double and triple Platinum in those countries.