Más (album)
1997 studio album by Alejandro Sanz
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Más (More/Most/Plus) 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][4]
Morning Studios
(Milan, Italy)
Plastic Studios
(Rome, Italy)
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| Released | 9 September 1997 | |||
| 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 | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Alejandro Sanz.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella?" | 5:22 |
| 2. | "Ese Último Momento" | 5:04 |
| 3. | "Corazón Partío" | 5:46 |
| 4. | "Siempre Es De Noche" | 4:47 |
| 5. | "La Margarita Dijo No" | 4:52 |
| 6. | "Hoy Que No Estás" | 5:10 |
| 7. | "Un Charquito De Estrellas" | 4:50 |
| 8. | "Amiga Mía" | 4:48 |
| 9. | "Si Hay Dios..." | 5:36 |
| 10. | "Aquello Que Me Diste" | 4:46 |
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
- Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella? – 5:22
- Ese Último Momento – 5:04
- Corazón Partío – 5:46
- Siempre Es De Noche – 4:48
- La Margarita Dijo No – 4:52
- Hoy Que No Estás – 5:09
- Un Charquito de Estrellas – 4:50
- Amiga Mía – 4:47
- Si Hay Dios... – 5:36
- Aquello Que Me Diste – 4:44
- Corazón Partío (Demo) – 4:11
- Amiga Mía (Demo) – 4:41
- Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella? (Demo) – 5:22
- DVD
- Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella? (Video)
- Corazón Partío (Video)
- Amiga Mía (Video)
- Aquello Que Me Diste (Video)
- La Distancia (Piano Y Voz) (Concierto Brasil)
- Si Hay Dios... (Versión Gospel) (Premios Amigo)
- Hoy Que No Estás (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- La Margarita Dijo No (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella? (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Un Charquito De Estrellas (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Siempre Es De Noche (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Si Hay Dios... (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Aquello Que Me Diste (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Amiga Mía (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
- Corazón Partío (El Concierto: Tour Más 98)
Personnel
Adapted from the Más liner notes:[5]
Performance credits
Musicians
- Lele Melotti – drums (tracks 1–2, 4–10)
- Elio Rivagli – drums (track 3)
- Paolo Costa – bass (tracks 1–2, 4–10)
- Alfredo Paixao – bass (track 3)
- Saverio Porciello – acoustic guitar (tracks 1–2, 4–5, 8–9)
- Joan Bibiloni – acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 8)
- Ludovico Vagnone – electric guitar (all tracks)
- Alejandro Sanz – Spanish guitar (track 3)
- Vicente Amigo – Spanish guitar (track 3)
- Emanuele Ruffinengo – piano, keyboards, programming (all tracks)
- Roberto Manzin – saxophone (tracks 2, 6)
- Rubem Dantas – percussion (track 3)
- Seydu – percussion (track 3)
- Lulo Pérez – percussion, trumpet, flugelhorn (track 3)
- Sergio Lavandera – saxophone (track 3)
- Lázaro Ordóñez – trombone (track 3)
- Luca Jurman – chorus (tracks 1–2, 4–10)
- Elena Roggero – chorus (tracks 1–2, 4, 6–10)
- Paola Repele – chorus (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 8–10)
- Mayte Pizarro – chorus (tracks 3, 9)
- Eva Durán – chorus (tracks 3)
- Pedro Sánchez – chorus (track 9)
Grupo Folclórico del Coro del Valle – chorus (track 5)
- 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 (track 3)
- Miguel Ángel Arenas – producer
- Pedro Miguel Ledo – production assistant
- Alejandro Sanz – musical concept
- Lulo Pérez – brass arrangements (track 3)
- 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
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
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Year-end charts
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Sales and certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina (CAPIF)[20] | 5× Platinum | 300,000^ |
| Bolivia[21] | 2× Platinum | |
| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[22] | Gold | 200,000[23] |
| Chile (IFPI Chile)[24] | 4× Platinum | 100,000[25] |
| Colombia (ASINCOL)[21] | 2× Platinum | |
| Ecuador[21] | 2× Platinum | |
| Mexico (AMPROFON)[26] | 3× Platinum | 750,000^ |
| Paraguay (SPG)[21] | 2× Platinum | |
| Peru (UNIMPRO)[24] | 3× Platinum | |
| Portugal (AFP)[24] | 2× Platinum | 80,000^ |
| Spain (Promusicae)[8] | 22× Platinum | 2,200,000^ |
| Thailand[27] | Platinum | 100,000[28] |
| United States (RIAA)[29] | 6× Platinum (Latin) | 300,000[30] |
| Uruguay (CUD)[21] | 2× Platinum | 12,000^ |
| Venezuela (AVINPRO)[21] | 3× Platinum | |
| Summaries | ||
| Central America (CFC)[31] | 4× Platinum | |
| Europe (IFPI)[32] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000* |
| Worldwide | — | 6,000,000[33] |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||