Obras Son Amores received favorable reviews from music critics, one of whom praised Carmona over his inspiration for the recording, while another named the album a "gift for the senses".

Following his departure from Spanish band Ketama, Carmona released two studio albums, Vengo Venenoso (2006) and De Noche (2011).

[2] The album is produced by Carmona alongside Daniel García Diego, and recorded in Madrid and Cádiz, both of Spain, and Miami, of the United States.

For the song "Camamasi", Carmona invents a new word for the title, wanting to create a "transoceanic anthem" with Pablo Rosenberg and Claudia Brant, whom the singer worked with via Skype.

Of the collaboration, Carmona stated: "He [Juanes] sent me a song that drew more of his personality and style, which are very defined and I turned it to 'rumba' with a choir at the end of it in a way that fits more with me."

[2] Obras Son Amores was released on March 31, 2017 by Carmona's record label Universal Music Latin Entertainment.

[6] Mariano Jesús Camacho of Vavel recognized the "presence" of Habichuela on the album "as a fundamental pillar of a work that instead of going through the black sorrow, it does so from the six strings of memory and a positivity absolutely full of light".

[8] Obras Son Amores received a nomination for Album of the Year at the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, ultimately losing to Salsa Big Band (2017) by Panamanian artists Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta.