Maria Arredondo (album)

Maria Arredondo
Studio album by Maria Arredondo
Released	March 17, 2003 First Version June 30, 2003 Second Version
Recorded	2000-2002
Genre	Norwegian pop
Length	41:47 First version 45:17 Second version
Label	Universal Music
Maria Arredondo chronology
Maria Arredondo (2003) Not Going Under (2004)
Singles from Maria Arredondo
"Can Let Go" Released: May, 2002 "Just A Little Heartache" Released: December, 2002 "In Love with an Angel" Released: February, 2003 "Hardly Hurts At All" Released: July, 2003 "A Thousand Nights" Released: November, 2003

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
VG.no	[1]

Maria Arredondo is the first album by Norwegian singer Maria Arredondo, released in Norway on March 17, 2003, with a second edition released on June 30, 2003. The album was the most successful album by Arredondo either in critics or sales^[2]. It has 12 songs with the second edition and 5 singles were released. One of the singles, "In Love With An Angel", a duet with Christian Ingebrigtsen, was nominated for the 2003 Norwegian Grammy Awards as 'Song Of The Year'.

History

After two years recording the songs, Arredondo signed with Universal Music Norway. The album entered the Norwegian Top 40 and Norwegian Topp 30 Norsk at #2 and spent 23 weeks on the charts. It was recorded in Sweden and Norway, and was produced by several well known Scandinavian producers such as Jonas von Der Burg, Espen Lind, Bluefish, Jonny Sjo, Harry Sommerdahl and Bjørn Erik Pedersen. Several successful songwriters also contributed, including Christian Ingebrigtsen, Jonas von Der Burg, Silje Nergaard, Espen Lind and Harry Sommerdahl. The first single released was "Can Let Go". The second single, "Just A Little Heartache" was very successful in the radio charts. "In Love With An Angel" was the third single and became the first and only #1 single for Arredondo.

The album was re-released with a new song, "Hardly Hurts At All", which was released as a single. The last single from the album was "A Thousand Nights". The album went platinum and sold more than 70,000 copies^[2].

Track listing

#	Title	Writer(s)	Duration
1.	"Can Let Go"	Sommerdahl / Von der Burg / Bhagavan	04:02
2.	"Just A Little Heartache"	Espen Lind / Amund Bjørklund	03:18
3.	"In Love With An Angel feat. Christian Ingebrigtsen"	Christian Ingebrigtsen	04:31
4.	"True Friendship"	Christian Ingebrigtsen	03:34
5.	"Make Me Feel"	Sommerdahl / Von der Burg / Bhagavan	03:25
6.	"A Thousand Nights"	Bernt Rune Stray / Percy Duke / Lucie Silvas	04:07
7.	"For A Friend"	Bernt Rune Stray / Espen Grjotheim / Odd Inge Bondevik	04:05
8.	"Try Again"	Thomas Who	03:31
9.	"I Need You"	Merethe La Verdi / Anne Brændeland / Bjørn Erik Pedersen	03:25
10.	"Better Than That"	Bottolf Lødemel / Lars Aass	03:10
11.	"On and On"	Silje Nergaard	04:33
Second Edition
1.	"Hardly Hurts At All	Espen Lind / Amund Bjørklund	03:30
2.	"Can Let Go"	Sommerdahl / Von der Burg / Bhagavan	04:02
3.	"Just A Little Heartache"	Espen Lind / Amund Bjørklund	03:18
4.	"In Love With An Angel feat. Christian Ingebrigtsen"	Christian Ingebrigtsen	04:31
5.	"True Friendship"	Christian Ingebrigtsen	03:34
6.	"Make Me Feel"	Sommerdahl / Von der Burg / Bhagavan	03:25
7.	"A Thousand Nights"	Bernt Rune Stray / Percy Duke / Lucie Silvas	04:07
8.	"For A Friend"	Bernt Rune Stray / Espen Grjotheim / Odd Inge Bondevik	04:05
9.	"Try Again"	Thomas Who	03:31
10.	"I Need You"	Merethe La Verdi / Anne Brændeland / Bjørn Erik Pedersen	03:25
11.	"Better Than That"	Bottolf Lødemel / Lars Aass	03:10
12.	"On and On"	Silje Nergaard	04:33

Charts

Album

Chart (2003)	Peak Position [3]	Sales/Certification
Norwegian Topp 40	2	70.000 / Platinum

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak Position
2002	"Can Let Go"	VG Topp20	-
2002	"Can Let Go"	Hit40	#6
2002	"Just A Little Heartache"	VG Topp20	#10 (Gold)
2002	"Just A Little Heartache"	Hit40	#2
2003	"In Love With An Angel"	VG Topp20	#1 (2 weeks/Platinum)
2003	"In Love With An Angel"	Hit40	#1
2003	"Hardly Hurts At All"	VG Topp20	#5 (Gold)
2003	"Hardly Hurts At All"	Hit40	-
2003	"A Thousand Nights"	VG Topp20	-
2003	"A Thousand Nights"	Hit40	-

References

1. ^ VG.no review
2. ^ ^{a b} MySpace.com - Maria Arredondo - Oslo - Pop - www.myspace.com/marredondo
3. ^ Vg Nett - Vg-Lista - Maria Arredondo