Contra la Corriente (Against the Current) is the third studio album released by American singer Marc Anthony on October 21, 1997, by RMM Records.

The album was produced by Puerto Rican musician Angel "Cucco" Peña, with most of the songs written by Panamanian composer Omar Alfanno.

[1] His latter album, Todo a Su Tiempo, was certified gold in the United States[2] and received a Grammy Award nomination.

[3] Sergio George, who produced Anthony's previous albums, was not involved in the production of Contra la Corriente as he had left RMM to establish his own record label.

[4] Angel "Cucco" Peña, who has worked with salsa veterans such as Gilberto Santa Rosa and Willie Colón, took up the position as producer for the album.

[8] He made routine flights between New York and Puerto Rico to record the album hours and to rehearse for the play.

[17] Three of the six singles, "Y Hubo Alguien", "Si Te Vas", and "Contra la Corriente", reached number-one on the Latin Tropical Airplay charts.

Terry Jenkins of Allmusic gave the album a 4.5 out of 5 and praised Anthony's vocals as being "sexy" and "near-flawless" though he felt that it "doesn't quite match the dizzying heights of his breakthrough Todo a Su Tiempo".

[22] The Philadelphia Inquirer critic Tom Moon rated Contra la Corriente 3.5 out of 4 stars noting the R&B-influence sound on the salsa tracks and felt some of the tunes were "gratuitously showy".

[24] The Knight Ridder Fernando Gonzalez gave the disc a B− rating felt it was "adequate rather than inspiring" as he found the arrangements had "few surprises".

[26] Contra la Corriente was named the eighth best album of 1997 by Time magazine stating that "...whether you habla espanol or not, Anthony's talent comes through, no translation needed".

[32] During the Madison Square Garden concert, RMM executive producer Ralph Mercado presented an award to Anthony for selling over 350,000 copies just before release.