User:Juan 4Pachanga/Nothing but the Truth (Rubén Blades album)

Nothing but the Truth (in Spanish: Nada más que la Verdad) is the title of the first studio album in English and the eighth album overall in the career of Panamanian salsa singer Rubén Blades, this production is particular for several reasons: initially for the novelty of listening to Blades sing in English. Additionally, during the making Blades had the opportunity to work with three of the most eminent musicians in the English language: Lou Reed (on the songs "Hopes on Hold," "Letters to the Vatican," and "The Calm Before the Storm"), Elvis Costello (on "The Miranda Syndrome" and "Shamed into Love") and Sting (on "I Can't Say").

The songs are in tune with the events that marked the historical moment of their realization, and refer to realities present in the 1980s. As for the music, which varies from one song to another, it blends genres such as Soul, R&B and Rock, but with a Latin accent, although in the absence of the genre that made Blades famous throughout Latin America, Salsa.