Mena (album)

Mena
Studio album by Javiera Mena
Released	September 1, 2010 (2010-09-01) (Digital release) September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15) (Psychical release)
Recorded	2008-2010
Genre	Pop, dance, electronic
Length	35:04
Label	Unión del Sur
Producer	Cristián Heyne, Javiera Mena
Javiera Mena chronology
Esquemas Juveniles (2006) Mena (2010)

Mena is the second studio album by Chilean recording artist Javiera Mena. It was officialy released worldwide on September 1, 2010 via iTunes, and on September 15, 2010 psychically through indie label Unión del Sur^[1], as a follow up to her successful debut, Esquemas Juveniles (2006). Javiera wrote and all the songs, as well as being the co-producer of every track in the album along with Cristián Heyne.^[2] Production first took place in early 2008 and recording sessions at Heyne's personal studio. A couple of months before the album's release, its first single "Hasta la Verdad" was sent to radio stations.

The music of Mena is rooted in the synthpop, electropop and dance-pop-oriented styles, a lot more than in her previous album. Mena also draws inspiration from the pop and electronic music of the 1990s.

At the end of 2010 iTunes Mexico named Mena "the breakthrough album that year"^[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Javiera Mena. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ahondar en Tí"	3:21
2.	"Hasta la Verdad"	4:53
3.	"Primera Estrella"	4:09
4.	"El Amanecer"	3:42
5.	"No Te Cuesta Nada"	4:03
6.	"Luz de Piedra de Luna"	4:32
7.	"Sufrir"	3:46
8.	"Acá Entera"	3:30
9.	"Un Audífono Tú, Un Audífono Yo"	3:13
Total length:		35:04

Personnel

• Javiera Mena – Production, composition and arrangements, programming, synthesizers, guitar
• Cristián Heyne – Recording, mixing, programming, guitar, synthesizers
• Jim Brick – Mastering
• Pablo Bello – Strings recording
• Kelley Polar – Strings arrangement, strings recording
• Lara Pedrosa – Bass, backing vocals
• José Miguel Tobar – Strings arrangement
• Diego Morales – Programming
• Andrés Silva – Hihat, percussion
• Lido Pimienta – additional vocals
• Daniel Hunt – Synthesizers, sound treatment
• Jens Lekman – vocals
• Rod – Cover/artwork photography
• Alejandro Ros – Design

^[2]

References

1. ^ Hoy Javiera Mena en iTunes con Nuevo Disco!
2. ^ ^{a b} The credits of Mena included in its album booklet. Unión del Sur, 2010.
3. ^ Cantante chilena Javiera Mena es "revelación del año" según iTunes en México - Emol.cl