Vinagre y rosas

Vinagre y rosas is the fourteenth studio album by Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina, released by Sony BMG on November 17, 2009.

I like bitter songs; in fact, they are the ones I like the most, but I thought it was necessary to open a couple of windows and let some fresh, youthful, rock and roll air in, and the only Spanish group I liked to make that kind of collaboration were Pereza.

[...] I decided to contact a young rock group to give me that air that I had at the age of thirty.The single "Tiramisú de limón", is a mid-tempo song that starts with a porteño feel, and then changes to rock, with a compact and powerful sound, accompanied by César Pop playing the accordion and with Joan Manuel Serrat, Guti, Pancho Varona and Antonio García de Diego on backing vocals.

The musicians on the tour were Pancho Varona, Antonio García de Diego, Pedro Barceló, Jaime Asúa, José Miguel Pérez Sastre and Mara Barros.

The tour then went to Vigo, Zaragoza, Valencia, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Roquetas de Mar, Cordoba, Madrid, Barcelona, Granada and Malaga, among other Spanish cities.

For example, G. Cappa considers the album to be "a fertilized territory for the flowers of evil, for the songs that pinch the soul"[18] and Luis García Montero, a friend of the singer-songwriter, affirms that Sabina is "more Joaquín than ever".

Juan Puchades affirms that "it is not a bad album, it is simply weak" and regarding the production work "when the producers [...] have decided to put some voltage they have done it with quite conventional, ugly and even tacky guitars, those that fall into the worst rockism" although he highlights as the best songs "Menos dos alas" (dedicated to the poet Ángel González), "Cristales de Bohemia", "Agua pasada" or "Parte meteorológico" and affirms that "Sabina in Vinagre y rosas sings as he wants".

The mirage works if you refuse to recognize that you have enjoyed it all before, and in superior versions, in other albums of his" and believes that the lyrics of the songs have lost their quality when they have been fitted with the music.

Joaquín Sabina during the promotional concert of the tour in Madrid .
At the end of the concert in Madrid . From left to right: Joaquín Sabina, Jaime Asúa, Mara Barros, Pancho Varona, Antonio García de Diego and José Miguel Pérez Sastre.
Joaquín Sabina with Pereza , who performed as guest artists, during the Madrid concert of the Vinagre y rosas tour.
Joaquín Sabina during a concert tour in Granada (Spain) . At the back and from left to right: Pedro Barceló, Mara Barros, Jaime Asúa and Pancho Varona.