En éxtasis

En éxtasis
Studio album by Thalía
Released	September 12, 1995
Recorded	1994-1995
Genre	Latin pop
Length	57:73
Label	EMI Latin
Producer	Oscar Lopez Emilio Estefan, Jr. Kike Santander Mario Ruiz
Thalía chronology
Love (1992) En éxtasis (1995) Nandito Ako (1997)
Alternative covers
Bailando en éxtasis
Singles from En éxtasis
"Piel morena" "Gracias a Dios" "Amándote" "Quiero hacerte el amor" "Me Faltas Tú" "Lágrimas" "Maria la del Barrio"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
'StarPulse	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
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En éxtasis (English: "In extasy") is the fourth studio album by Mexican singer Thalía. The album was released in 1995 and soon became a huge success in Latin America and other countries. This is the first album Thalía recorded on the company "EMI Music". Also, this is the second Thalia´s album which was not produced by Alfredo Díaz Ordaz, who was Thalía's first boyfriend and died from Hepatitis in 1992.

"En Éxtasis" was produced by the Mexican producer Oscar López, except for the songs "Piel Morena" and "Me Faltas Tú", which were produced by Emilio Estefan and Kike Santander. The executive producer of the album was Mario Ruiz. This is the first of Thalía´s albums that was released to all South America and Spain. Thalía's two previous albums, "Mundo de Cristal" and "Love", had only been released in México and other Central-American countries, some parts of the United States and some places in Europe. However, it was not until "En Éxtasis" that Thalía came to be worldwide known.

The first single released from this album was "Piel Morena", a song that soon became a huge success. Other songs that also became successful were "Gracias a Dios" ("Thanks to God"), "Amándote" ("Loving you"), "Juana" and "Quiero Hacerte el Amor" ("I want to make love to you"). The album includes several "cover" songs. One of them is "Gracias a Dios", originally interpreted by the Mexican singer Juan Gabriel. In Argentina, "Gracias a Dios" was the soundtrack of the soap-opera "María la del Barrio" ("Mary from the block"), starring Thalía, instead of the song with which it was originally released in México (and which also became a hit). Another cover included in the album is "Me Erotizas"("You turn me on"), originally performed by the French singer Herbert Léonard, under the name "Sur des musiques érotiques" ("About erotic musics"). This song is included in Léonard´s 1987 album "Laissez-nous rêver" ("Let us dream") and was very popular in France at the end of the 80's. The lyric of the French version was written by two very well known French song-writers, Vline Buggy and Julien Lepers. However, the Spanish version of the lyric was written by Thalía, who had some expertise in this field since she had already been the author of other lyrics included in previous albums, such as the song "Sangre" ("Blood"), which was one of the first singles of the album "Love" and which Thalía dedicated to the memory of her boyfriend, Alfredo Díaz Ordaz, who had just died. Thalía also wrote the lyric of the song "Lágrimas" ("Tears"), included in "En Éxtasis", presumably inspired by the death of her beloved companion. The third and fourth covers of the album are two songs which were originally composed and performed by two Argentinean singers: one of them is "Fantasía" ("Fantasy"), by Gabriela Anders; the other is "Te Quiero Tanto" ("I love you so much"), by Eddie Sierra. The latter song is part of Sierra's 1990 album "Está todo bien" ("Everything is alright"). The lyric of the song had to undergo some changes, not only because it was a woman who was performing it this time, but also because its author had used some expressions which are typical of the Argentinean Spanish (such as "vos", a way of addressing someone, though this word is also used in some Central-American countries, such as Honduras), and referred expressly to Buenos Aires (one of the original verses goes: "estoy atrapado entre la luna y Buenos Aires" -"I am trapped between the moon and Buenos Aires"-; which Thalía changed to "estoy atrapada entre la luna y los mares" -"I am trapped between the moon and the sea"-).

The number of songs included in "En Éxtasis" was not the same in all the countries where it was released. This is due to the fact that, at the same time the album was being released, Thalía's most successful soap-opera, "María, la del Barrio" ("Mary from the Block"), was being broadcast in all Latin America . Even though this contributed to expand Thalía's popularity throughout the Continent, it also made different people enjoy different songs. For example, the Brazilian version of the album features, as bonus tracks, a remixed version of the songs "Amándote" ("Loving you") and "Gracias a Dios" ("Thanks to God"), and the soundtrack from "María la del Barrio" ("Mary from the block"). However, this version does not include the song "Juana". On the other hand, the Argentinean version of the album features, as a bonus track, only a remixed version of "Piel Morena".

"En éxastis" became such a success worldwide that EMI decided to release a special edition of it, named "Bailando en Éxtasis" ("Dancing in Extasy"), which contained only remixed versions of the most popular songs featured in the original album, plus a karaoke version of "Piel morena". This was a limited edition and was not available in many Latin-American countries (for instance, in Argentina).

"En Éxtasis" gave Thalía multiple gold and platinum records and made her win several prizes worldwide. Besides, this album paved the way to the extremely successful international career on which she was going to embark in the years to come.

Track listings

Standard edition

#	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	"Piel morena"	Kike Santander	4:42
2	"Juana"	Myra Stella Turner	2:49
3	"Quiero hacerte el amor"	Daniel García, Mario Schajris	3:59
4	"Amándote"	A. B. Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela	3:48
5	"Llévame Contigo"	Adrian Posse, Rolando Hernández	3:41
6	"Me Erotizas"	Vline Buggy, Julien Lepers, Thalía	4:59
7	"Gracias a Dios"	Juan Gabriel	4:01
8	"Lágrimas"	Aureo Baqueiro, Thalía	4:29
9	"Te Quiero Tanto"	Eddie Sierra	3:11
10	"Te Dejé la Puerta Abierta"	Adrian Posee, B.B. Muñoz	3:08
11	"Fantasía"	Gabriela Anders	4:17
12	"Me Faltas Tú"	Kike Santander	5:10
13	"Piel morena" (Pablo Flores Remix)	Kike Santander	6:43
14	"María la del Barrio"	Viviana Pímstein, Paco Navarrete	3:53

Bailando En Éxtasis

This is a remix album released in 1997.

1. "Piel Morena" [Club Mix]
2. "Amándote" [House Latino Mix]
3. "Gracias a Dios" [Midi's Club Mix]
4. "María la del Barrio"
5. "Juana"
6. "Amándote" [Radio Mix]
7. "Gracias a Dios" [Midi's Radio Mix]
8. "Amándote" [TapatiMix]
9. "Gracias a Dios" [70's Midi Club Mix]

Bonustracks Edition

1. "Piel Morena" [Hitmakers Remix]– 5:14
2. "Piel Morena" [Emilio Mix] – 4:43
3. "Piel Morena" [Instrumental] – 4:43

Credits

• Thalía – vocals
• Gabriela Anders – background vocals
• Edwin Bonilla – bongos, conga, maracas, timbales, tambora timbal
• Francisco Centeno – bass
• Doris Eugenio – vocals, background vocals
• Steve Ferrone – drums
• Sammy Figueroa – percussion
• Eddy Ganz – background vocals
• Didi Gutman – piano, keyboards
• Jeff Kievit – trumpet
• Amaury Lopez – background vocals
• Juanito Marquez – guitar
• Bobby Martinez – saxophone
• Archie Pena – drums
• Nicki Richards – background vocals
• Kike Santander – bass, guitar, percussion, background vocals
• Ira Siegel – guitar
• Dana Teboe – trombone
• Lori-Ann Velez – background vocals

Production

• Marcelo Añez – assistant engineer
• Scott Canto – assistant engineer
• Sean Chambers – assistant engineer
• David Dachinger – engineer, mixing
• Pablo Flores – remixing
• Don Grossinger – mastering
• Scott Perry – engineer
• Mario Ruíz – executive producer
• Eric Schilling – engineer
• Ted Stein – engineer

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (1995) Peak position Mexican Albums Chart 1 U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums[3] 13 U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums[3] 7

Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Brazil (ABPD)[4] Gold 150,000[5] Mexico (AMPROFON)[6] 2× Gold 220,000[5] Philippines[5] Platinum 40,000[5] United States (RIAA)[7] 2× Platinum (Latin) 200,000^ ^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. ^ "En Extasis Album Review, Songs, Ratings". starpulse.com. http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Thalia/Discography/album/P29449/R224616/. Retrieved 9 August 2011. 
2. ^ "allmusic ((( En Extasis > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r224616. Retrieved 2010-01-23. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "En Extasis - Thalia | Billboard.com". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/artist/dido/56026#/album/thalia/en-extasis/175393. Retrieved 9 August 2011. 
4. ^ "Brazilian album certifications – Thalia – En extasis" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. http://abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Thalia&tmidia=1. 
5. ^ ^{a b c d} "Thalia Latin America's Reigning Music Queen". Billboard Magazine 109 (48): 33. November 29, 1997. http://books.google.com/books?id=5AkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33-IA3. 
6. ^ "Mexican album certifications – Thalia – En extasis" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?artista=Thalia&titulo=En+extasis&categoria=ALBUM&contenido=buscar. 
7. ^ "American album certifications – Thalia – En extasis". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22En+extasis%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH