{{Infobox album |
| Name = Ascención
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Malo]]
| Cover = malo_ascencion.jpg
| Border = yes
| Released = 1974
| Recorded = 1974
| Genre = [[Latin Rock]]
| Length = 41:13
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| Producer = Fred Catero, [[Jorge Santana]], Pablo Tellez
| Reviews = * '''[[Allmusic]]''' {{Rating|2,5|5}}[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r67329|pure_url=yes}} Link]
| Last album = ''[[Evolution (Malo album)|Evolution]]''
(1973)
| This album = '''''Ascención (Malo album)|Ascención'''''
(1974)
| Next album = ''[[Malo V]]''
(1981)
}}
'''''Ascención''''' is the fourth album by [[Latin Rock]] band [[Malo]], released in 1974.
== Track listing ==
# "Offerings" (Jorge Santana) - 5:40
# "A La Escuela" (Francisco Aquabella) - 3:15
# "Everlasting Night" (Jorge Santana/Bob Lazaneo) - 4:10
# "Latin Woman" (Ron Smith) - 4:05
# "Chevere" (Ron DeMasi/Pablo Tellez) - 3:58
# "Love Will Survive" (Ron DeMasi/Pablo Tellez) - 3:47
#"Think About Love" (Ron DeMasi) - 3:26
#"Tiempo de Recordar" (Pablo Tellez) - 3:17
#"Close to Me" (Ron DeMasi) - 2:40
#"No Matter" (Jorge Santana) - 6:55
#"Love Will Survive" (Single Version) (Ron DeMasi/Pablo Tellez) - 3:08
#"Think About Love" (Single Version) (Ron DeMasi) - 3:02
== Personnel ==
*Willy G (William Garcia): lead vocals
*Jorge Santana: guitar, percussion
*Francisco Aquabella: congas, bongos, timbales, lead vocal (on tracks 1 and 2)
*Tony Smith: drums, vocals
*Pablo Tellez: bass, timbales, percussion, vocals
*Ron DeMasi: organ, clavinet, electric piano, Mellotron, synthezier, vibes, vocals
*Steve Sherard: trombone
*Mike Fugate: trumpet
*Ron Smith: trumpet, Flugel horn
==Credits==
*Produced by Fred Catero, [[Jorge Santana]] and Pablo Tellez
*Recorded at Wally Heider Studio, San Francisco
*Chaos control: Douglas Tracy
*Recording and remix engineer: Fred Catero
*Synthesizer recorded at Different Fur Studio, San Francisco
*Engineer: John Vieira
*Art direction, design and photography: Rudy Rodriguez
*Cover art: Carlos Venegas and Eduardo Jaramillo
*Photography effects: George Rodriguez
==References==
*All information gathered from back cover of ''Ascención'' vinyl release ℗ 1974 [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], BS-2769
[[Discogs]] [[http://www.discogs.com/Malo-Ascenci%C3%B3n/release/2808073]]
==Charts==
'''Album''' - [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] (US)
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1974
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
|align="left"|188
|-
|}
[[Category:1974 albums]]
[[Category:Malo albums]]
[[Category:Warner Bros. Records albums]]