¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?

Infobox Album |
Name = Dónde Están los Ladrones?
Type = Album
Artist = Shakira


Background = orange
Released = September 29, 1998
Recorded = 1998 at Crescent Moon Studios and Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre = Latin pop, Rock en español
Length = 41:06
Label = Epic Records
Producer = Javier Garza, Emilio Estefan Jr.
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpx1z8ha1yv1~T1 link]
* Rolling Stone rating|4.5|5
Last album = "Pies Descalzos"
(1996)
This album = "¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?"
(1998)
Next album = "Laundry Service"
(2001)Singles
Name = ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?
Type = studio
single 1 = Ciega, Sordomuda
single 1 date = Late 1998
single 2 = Si Te Vas
single 2 date = Early 1999 (Radio Only)
single 3 = Inevitable
single 3 date = Early 1999
single 4 = Octavo Dia
single 4 date = Mid 1999 (Radio Only)
single 5 = No Creo
single 5 date = Mid 1999
single 6 = Tu
single 6 date = Mid 1999
single 7 = Ojos Asi
single 7 date = Late 1999

"Dónde Están los Ladrones?" (Spanish for "Where Are the Thieves?") is the second official studio album by Shakira, released in 1998. "Dónde Están los Ladrones?" sold over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. alone, and more than 8 million copies worldwide. Though the album did not surface well on the Billboard 200, peaking at #131, the album is one of the highest selling Spanish-language albums in the United States. Two of the album's songs garnered Shakira Latin Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. In addition, it was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best Latin Album. The album was re-issued in 2005, to promote the sales of "Oral Fixation Vol. 2". The album also contains 2 bonus tracks in certain countries.

Album information

The album took nine months to produce since more people worked on the album, more opinions were given, and more demos were released, which made the production process longer and more complicated than Pies Descalzos. What prolonged the process even more was that Shakira wanted perfection in the album, since she knew that many critics would judge her on her second breakthrough album to see if she will still continue to be a musical prodigy in Latin America, so Shakira made three or four demos of each song. Shakira had a bigger budget for the album and hundreds of thousands of dollars on promotion. Because of that, the album sold 300,000 copies on the day it was released and one million by the end of the month.

The album title, was inspired by one of Shakira's trips to the capital of her native country Colombia, Bogotá. In the airport, a thief stole much of her luggage, including a briefcase that contained all the lyrics Shakira had been working on for the album. All was lost. Demoralized, Shakira had to start anew. According to interviews, Shakira claimed she almost gave up, but it was only her dedication to completing the album that inspired her to start working again. Thus, the title track was born. (Source: from the book "Shakira: Woman Full of Grace" by Ximena Diego).

In an interview she gave to Turkish magazine "Blue Jean" in 1999, she stated that the title was dedicated to men, who are, according to her, the greatest thieves in the world that steal the women's heart and vanish away.

Track listing

#"Ciega, Sordomuda" ("Blind, Deaf-Mute") (Shakira, Salgado) – 4:26
#"Si Te Vas" ("If You Leave") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:31
#"Moscas En La Casa" ("Flies In the House") (Shakira) – 3:31
#"No Creo" ("I Don't Believe") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:50
#"Inevitable" (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:13
#"Octavo Día" ("Eighth Day") (Shakira, Mendez) – 4:32
#"Que Vuelvas" ("That You Return") (Shakira) – 3:49
#"Tú" ("You") (Shakira, O'Brien) – 3:37
#"¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?" ("Where Are the Thieves?") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:12
#"Sombra De Ti" ("Shadow of You") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:33
#"Ojos Así" ("Eyes Like Those") (Shakira, Florez, Garza) – 3:59

Bonus tracks (only in certain countries)

12. "Estoy Aquí" ("I'm Here") [UK/Japan/Netherlands Bonus Track]
13. "Ojos Así (Single Version)" [UK/Japan/Netherlands Bonus Track]

Personnel

* Shakira - Producer, Songwriter, vocals, harmonica
* Emilio Estefan Jr. - Executive producer
* Javier Garza - Producer, engineer, mixer, programmer
* Luis Fernando Ochoa - Producer, songwriter, guitar, bass guitar
* Lester Mendez - Producer, string arrangements, programmer
* Pablo Florez - Producer, programmer
* Sebastian Krys - Engineer, mixer
* Alfred Figueroa - Assistant engineer
* Kieran Wagner - Assistant engineer
* Chris Wiggins - Assistant engineer
* Kevin Dillon - Coordinator
* Wendy Pedersen - Backing vocals
* Adam Zimmon - Guitar
* Marcelo Acevedo - Guitar
* Randy Barlow - Accordion
* Teddy Mulet - Trumpet
* Brendan Buckley - Drums
* Lee Levin - Drums
* Edwin Bonilla - Percussion
* John Falcone-elec.bass

ingles

* "Ciega, Sordomuda" (1998)
* "Tú" (1999)
* "Inevitable" (1999)
* "No Creo" (1999) [re-released in 2000 as a live single from the "Unplugged" special]
* "Si Te Vas" (1999)
* "Ojos Así" (1999)
* "Moscas En La Casa" (1999)

Awards

References

External links

* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DCVO Amazon.com review]