Más (album) explained
Más |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Alejandro Sanz |
Cover: | Alejandro Sanz Más cover.jpg |
Recorded: | 1996–1997 |
Studio: | Excalibur Studios Morning Studios (Milan, Italy) Plastic Studios (Rome, Italy) |
Genre: | Latin pop |
Length: | 51:01 |
Label: | WEA Latina |
Producer: | Miguel Ángel Arenas · Emanuele Ruffinengo |
Prev Title: | 3 |
Prev Year: | 1995 |
Next Year: | 1998 |
Más (More) is the fifth studio album by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz, it was released by WEA Latina on 9 September 1997. With sales of over 6 million copies worldwide and 2 million in Spain alone, it is one of the best-selling Latin albums and the best-selling album in Spain of all time.[1] [2] [3]
Re-release
Más (Edición 2006) is the re-release of the album Más containing a CD and DVD. The CD contains 13 tracks and the DVD contains 15 videos.
Track listing
CD
- Spanish; Castilian: Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella? – 5:22
- Spanish; Castilian: Ese Último Momento – 5:04
- Spanish; Castilian: Corazón Partío – 5:46
- Spanish; Castilian: Siempre Es De Noche – 4:48
- Spanish; Castilian: La Margarita Dijo No – 4:52
- Spanish; Castilian: Hoy Que No Estás – 5:09
- Spanish; Castilian: Un Charquito de Estrellas – 4:50
- Spanish; Castilian: Amiga Mía – 4:47
- Spanish; Castilian: Si Hay Dios... – 5:36
- Spanish; Castilian: Aquello Que Me Diste – 4:44
- Spanish; Castilian: Corazón Partío (Demo) – 4:11
- Spanish; Castilian: Amiga Mía (Demo) – 4:41
- Spanish; Castilian: Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella? (Demo) – 5:22
DVD
- Spanish; Castilian: Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella? (Video)
- Spanish; Castilian: Corazón Partío (Video)
- Spanish; Castilian: Amiga Mía (Video)
- Spanish; Castilian: Aquello Que Me Diste (Video)
- Spanish; Castilian: La Distancia (Piano Y Voz) (Concierto Brasil)
- Spanish; Castilian: Si Hay Dios... (Versión Gospel) (Premios Amigo)
- Spanish; Castilian: Hoy Que No Estás (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Spanish; Castilian: La Margarita Dijo No (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Spanish; Castilian: Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella? (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Spanish; Castilian: Un Charquito De Estrellas (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Spanish; Castilian: Siempre Es De Noche (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Spanish; Castilian: Si Hay Dios... (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Spanish; Castilian: Aquello Que Me Diste (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Spanish; Castilian: Amiga Mía (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Spanish; Castilian: Corazón Partío (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
Personnel
Adapted from the Más liner notes:[4]
Performance credits
Musicians
- Lele Melotti – drums Elio Rivagli – drums
- Paolo Costa – bass Alberto Paixao – bass
- Saverlo Porciello – acoustic guitar Joan Bibiloni – acoustic guitar
- Emanuele Ruffinengo – piano, keyboards, programming
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- Lulo Pérez – percussion, trumpet, flugelhorn Sergio Lavandera – saxophone
- Lázaro Ordóñez – trombone Luca Jurman – chorus Elena Roggero – chorus
- Paola Repele – chorus
- Mayte Pizarro – chorus
- Eva Durán – chorus
- Pedro Sánchez – chorus
Grupo Folclórico del Coro del Valle – chorus
- Enrique "Quique" Ansino
- J. María de Apiazu
- Israel Ceca
- Pablo Francés
- Miguel García
- Rubén García
- J. Miguel "Chemi" Ginés
- Manuel González
- J. Domingo López
- Antíoco Llanos
- Oliver Luna
- Juan Mínguez
Technical credits
- Emanuele Ruffinengo – producer, arrangements, choir arrangements, brass arrangements
- Miguel Ángel Arenas – producer
- Pedro Miguel Ledo – production assistant
- Alejandro Sanz – musical concept
- Lulo Pérez – brass arrangements
- Luca Jurman – choir arrangements
- Jesús Ugalde – photography
- Jesús López – photography assistant
- Juanjo Mánez – styling
- Lola López – styling assistant
- Yolanda López – make-up
- Javier Cofiño – hairdressing
- Rafael Sañudo – art direction, art design
- David Quiles – image treatment
- Luca Vittori – recording engineer
- Fabrizio Facioni – recording engineer
- Nino Giuffrida – recording engineer
- Giamba Lizzori – recording engineer
- Juan Vinader – recording engineer
- Oscar Claver – recording engineer
- Renato Cantele – mixing engineer
- Maurizio Biancani – mixing engineer
- Antonio Baglio – mastering engineer
Recording, mixing and mastering locations
- Excalibur (Milan) – recording
- Plastic (Rome) – recording
- Morning (Milan) – recording, mixing
- Logic (Milan) – mixing
- Red Led (Madrid) – additional recordings
- Sintonía (Madrid) – additional recordings
- Nautilus (Milan) – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
Notes and References
- News: Harrington . Richard . 23 April 2004 . Alejandro Sanz finds his voice . The Washington Post.
- Web site: Top 100 Albumes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002124300/http://promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2006_46.pdf . 2 October 2013 . 26 January 2012 . Productores de Música de España . Spanish.
- 20 June 1998 . International – Sanz Of Time . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . 64 . 110 . 25 . 27 February 2012.
- Más . 1997 . Luis . Miguel . Alejandro Sanz . Album liner notes . WEA Latina, a division of Warner Music Group . 3984-20281-2. Europe.
- European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 14. 50. 13 December 1997. 18. 29800226. World Radio History.
- Top National Sellers. Music & Media. 16. 12. 20 March 1999. 10. 29800226. World Radio History.
- John. Lannert. Latin Notas. Billboard. 25 October 1997. 50. 0006-2510. World Radio History.
- Los 50 títulos con mayores ventas en las listas de ventas de AFYVE en 1997. 2000. SGAE. 216. 10 July 2022.
- European Top 100 Albums 1998. Music & Media. 15. 51. 19 December 1998. 8. 29800226. World Radio History.
- Los 50 títulos con mayores ventas en las listas de ventas de AFYVE en 1998. 2000. SGAE. 217. 10 July 2022.
- 1998: The Year in Music. 26 December 1998. Billboard. 30 April 2013. 110. 52. YE-66. 21 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210921170117/https://books.google.com/books?id=Mw0EAAAAMBAJ&q=romances. live.
- Los 50 álbumes con mayores ventas en las listas de ventas de AFYVE en 1999. 2000. SGAE. 204. 10 July 2022.
- 1999: The Year in Music. 71, 72. . 25 December 1999. 10 December 2011.