El Amor (album)

Infobox Album
Name = El Amor
Type = studio
Artist = Azúcar Moreno


Released = 1994
Recorded = 1994
Genre = Pop
Length = 53:48
Label = Sony International
Producer = Emilio Estefan Jr.
Estéfano
Juan R. Márquez
Jaime Stinus
Raúl Orellana
Julio Palacios
Reviews = *Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3bfixqlhld6e]
Last album = "Ojos Negros"
(1992)
This album = "El Amor"
(1994)
Next album = "Esclava De Tu Piel"
(1996)

"El Amor" is the seventh studio album by Spanish duo Azúcar Moreno, released on Sony International in 1994.

The album saw Azúcar Moreno making their first collaborations with some of the top names in the world of Latin music in the United States, such as former Miami Sound Machine member Emilio Estefan Jr., composer and producer Estéfano, Kike Santander and Juan R. Marquez, the team behind numerous hits for world-renowned artists such as Julio Iglesias, Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada, Shakira and Chayanne. The title track and the biggest hit "El Amor" was featured in the Hollywood movie "The Specialist", starring Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone. The extended 12" mix of the song was included on the CD version of "El Amor" and a special edition of the soundtrack album called "The Specialist - The Remixes" featured Tony Moran's twelve minutes forty-two seconds "Multiple Orgasm Mix", and the song managed to cross over to the US dance charts, reaching #50 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play listing in early 1995. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3bfixqlhld6e~T3 All Music "El Amor"] ] The follow-up single "No Será Facil", produced by the same team, was written by Gloria Estefan and originally recorded by the Miami Sound Machine on their 1982 album "Rio". Further hits from the album include "No Tendré Piedad" and "Hay Que Saber Perder". As opposed to Azúcar Moreno's previous albums "Bandido" and "Mambo", "El Amor" did not include any cover versions of songs from the Anglosaxon world of rock and pop but it did see the Salazár sisters interpreting material by some of the Spanish and Latin American music scene's most acknowledged songwriters and artists, among them Cherito Jimenez' merengue "Nadie Como Tu", originally recorded by The New York Band in 1989, Spanish singer-songwriter Rosana Arbelo's "Ladrón de Amores", "Colgada de la Luna" and "Ando Buscando un Amor" written by one of the Dominican Republic's leading composers and singers, Victor Victor (full name Victor José Victor Rojas), "De Lo Que Te Has Perdido", one of legendary Mexican singer Marco Antonio Muñiz' signature tunes, a cover of Miguel Gallardo's 70's hit "Desnúdate, Desnúdame" as well as "A Galope", a newly composed collaboration between Gallardo and the writers of Azúcar Moreno's breakthrough hit "Bandido", Raúl Orellana and Jaime Stinus.

"El Amor" became Azúcar Moreno's breakthrough on the North American market and won them the prize for Best Group Of The Year at Billboard's Latin Music Awards in 1994. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=AZUCAR|MORENO&sql=11:apfyxqu5ldte~T1 All Music biography] ]

"El Amor" and "No Será Facil" were both included on Azúcar Moreno's first greatest hits compilation "Mucho Azúcar - Grandes Éxitos" in 1997.

Track listing

#"El Amor" (Estefano, Kike Santander) - 4:52
#"No Será Fácil" (Gloria Estefan) - 4:20
#"Hay Que Saber Perder" (Emilio Estefan Jr., Juan R. Márquez) - 3:59
#"No Tendré Piedad" (J. L. Abel, Jaime Stinus) - 3:13
#"Colgada de la Luna" (Victor Victor) - 3:37
#"Ladrón de Amores" (Rosana Arbelo) - 2:57
#"Desnúdate, Desnúdame" (Miguel Gallardo) - 3:40
#"Nadie Como Tu" (Cherito) - 4:09
#"No Me Vuelvo a Enamorar" (Aguilera Valadez, Alberto) - 3:32
#"De Lo Que Te Has Perdido" (Dino Ramos) - 3:41
#"A Galope" (Miguel Gallardo, Raúl Orellana, Jaime Stinus) - 3:53
#"Ando Buscando un Amor" (Victor Victor) - 4:23
#"El Amor" [12"] (Estefano, Kike Santander) - 7:32
#* CD bonus track

Personnel

* Azúcar Moreno - vocals
* Joel Numa - drums, programming
* Rene Toledo - guitar
* Julio Hernandez - bass guitar
* Randall Barlow - brass, trumpet
* Teddy Mulet - brass, trombone, trumpet, vocals
* Clay Oswald - piano
* Luis Santiago - percussion
* Estéfano - vocals
* Miriam Mandelkern - vocals
* Tony Concepcion - brass
* Dana Teboe - brass
* Franco Castellani - piano
* Juan R. Marquez - bass guitar, guitar, programming, vocals
* Manny López - percussion
* Tomás de San Julian - flamenco vocals
* Eduardo García - bass
* Jaime Stinus - guitar, keyboards, programming, AKAI sampler
* M. Gas - piano
* Tito Duarte - vocals, percussion, programming
* Vicente Borland - vocals
* Bilby - accordion
* Xabi Ibañez - keyboards
* Gerardo Nuñez - flamenco guitar
* Raúl Orellana - programming
* Jose Luis Medrano - trumpet

Production

* Emilio Estefan, Jr. - record producer, musical director ("El Amor", "No Sera Facil", "Hay Que Saber Perder")
* Estéfano - producer ("No Sera Facil"), vocal producer, musical arranger ("El Amor", "No Sera Facil", "Hay Que Saber Perder")
* Kike Santander - musical arranger ("El Amor", "No Sera Facil", "Hay Que Saber Perder")
* Juan R. Márquez - producer ("Hay Que Saber Perder"), musical arranger ("El Amor", "No Sera Facil", "Hay Que Saber Perder")
* Jaime Stinus - producer ("No Tendré Piedad", "A Galope")
* Raúl Orellana - producer, musical arranger, musical director ("A Galope")
* Julio Palacios - producer, musical arranger ("Colgada De La Luna", "Ladron De Amores", "Desnudate, Desnudame", "Nadie Como Tu", "De Lo Que Te Has Perdido", "Ando Buscando Un Amor")
* Franco Castellani - musical arranger
* Eric Schilling - mixing
* Mike Couzzi - mixing
* Ron Taylor - engineer, mixing
* Javier Vacas - engineer
* Patrice Wilkinson Levinsohn - engineer
* Chris Wiggins - assistant engineer
* Sebastián Krys - assistant engineer
* Sean Chambers - assistant engineer
* Scott Canto - assistant engineer
* Marcelo Anez - assistant engineer
* Carlos Martin - design

ources and external links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=AZUCAR|MORENO&sql=11:apfyxqu5ldte~T2 Allmusic discography]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Azucar+Moreno Discogs.com discography]
* [http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/azucar_moreno Rateyourmusic.com discography]
* [http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/233354 Estéfano biography, BMI]

References