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El Alma al Aire
Close up of a man in a white shirt with the sky in the background.
Studio album by
Alejandro Sanz
Released25 September 2000 (2000-09-25)
StudioThe Hit Factory
(Miami, Florida)
GenrePop
Length54:47
LanguageSpanish
LabelWarner Music Spain
ProducerEmanuele Ruffinengo
Alejandro Sanz chronology
Discografía Completa: Edición Especial Gira 98
(1998) 		El Alma al Aire
(2000) 		Lo Esencial de... Alejandro Sanz
(2001)
Singles from El Alma al Aire
  1. "Cuando Nadie Me Ve"
    Released: 18 August 2000 (2000-08-18)
  2. "Quisiera Ser"
    Released: 5 December 2000 (2000-12-05)
  3. "El Alma al Aire"
    Released: 2001 (2001)

El Alma al Aire (transl. The Bared Soul)[1] is the sixth studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. It was released on 25 September 2000 by Warner Music Spain, following the success of Más (1997), and the artist's hiatus from music in 1999. It is a pop album that featuring ballads and uptempo numbers. Unlike Más, El Alma al Aire focuses more on the ballads. The album was produced by Emanuele Ruffinengo who worked with Sanz on his previous albums while several musicians such as Vicente Amigo who worked with the artists on Más collaborated with him once more.

Following its release, El Alma al Aire was met with generally positive reviews from music critics for its compositions and musical styles, although a few reviewers felt it did not exceed its predecessor's quality. Sanz received several accolades including the Latin Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Album and a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Pop Album in 2001. Commercially, it topped the Spanish albums charts where it was the best-selling album of the year and was certified 13× platinum for shipping over 1.3 million copies. In Latin America, the album reached numbers one and three in Argentina and Mexico, respectively. In the United States, it peaked at number three on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and was certified double platinum in the Latin field. By June 2001, it had sold over 2.4 million copies.

Three singles were released from El Alma al Aire: "Cuando Nadie Me Ve", "Quisiera Ser", and the title track, with music videos being filmed for all three singles. To further promote the album, Sanz embarked on the El Alma Al Aire Tour in 2001 where performed in Latin America, Spain, and the United States. The set list consisted of songs from the album and his previous recordings.

Background and recording

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Spanish musician Vicente Amigo, who worked with Sanz on Más (1997), collaborated with the artist once more on the Spanish guitar.

In 1997, Alejandro Sanz released his fifth studio album Más. It sold over six million copies and would eventually become the bestselling record of all-time in Spain.[2][3] To promote Más, he embarked on a tour of the United States, Latin America, and Spain in 1998.[4] In 1999, Sanz announced he was taking a hiatus from the music scene for a year to focus on his private life.[5] On 7 January 2000, Spanish newspaper ABC reported that Sanz was set to record a new album that would be released sometime in the year.[6] On May 2000, Sanz moved to Miami and began working on his next disc.[7] Recording took place at the Hit Factory in Miami, Florida with Emanuele Ruffinengo handling the album's production. Ruffinengo had previously produced Sanz's last two studio albums, 3 (1995) and Más.[8]

The album's title, El Alma al Aire, was announced on 7 July 2000 and that it would feature ten original songs.[8] "Whenever I make an album I am very afraid, but in this case I felt very comfortable. I reconciled myself a little with my defects and found a path that makes me feel very safe", Sanz explained on the making of the album.[9] In addition, he also stated that not only has his way of composing changed, but also the musicians who accompany him have really enjoyed playing.[9] Ruffinengo commented that Sanz explores and polishes his style by going "all the way" without sparing creativity or efforts, but also remarked the challenges of an artist that continues with their style without being repetitive.[10]

Ruffinengo described having several studios set up for the musicians, explaining that "[t]here is a studio for brass, another for strings, one for voice and another for percussion in which the variety of musical options we have is diversified and thus ensure that the needs of the song are met to the letter. One of the peculiarities of recording the songs is that the musicians learned the scores to feel the song more".[10] Several musicians involved in the recording had worked Sanz on Más including Vicente Amigo (Spanish guitar), Alfredo Paixao (bass), Lulo Perez (brass), Ludovico Vagnone (guitar), and Luca Jurman (background vocals),[10] while José Miguel Carmona of Ketama fame collaborated on the record as well.[9] Recording and post-production for the album took a total of eight months.[11]

Composition

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"Quisiera Ser"
A 30 second sample of "Quisiera Ser", one of the album's uptempo tracks. Achy Obejas of the Chicago Tribune commented that the song "encapsulates all his charms and limitations" and noted that "his desire is on ample display, but there's something modest about, something much adult and weary than his teen fans might first realize".[12]
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El Alma al Aire is a contemporary pop album and consists of ten tracks,[13] all composed by Sanz,[14] featuring ballads and "flamenco-tinged" uptempo numbers.[15] In comparison to his previous album, which mixed pop and flamenco, El Alma al Aire leans more towards ballads.[16] Billboard magazine editor Leila Cobo described the songs as "harmonically and melodically complex, with multiple sonic and stylistic layerings and meandering melodic lines".[17] The opening track, "Cuando Nadie Me Ve", is a ballad that tells of a "man's loneliness, of pain as a subtle punishment".[18][19] Other ballads in the album include "Para Que Me Quieras", "Llega, Llegó Soledad", "Silencio", and "Me Iré" (the latter being described as "nostalgic").[19][20] On "Para Que Me Quieras", Sanz chants about "those little moments that you give me".[19] "Llega, Llegó Soledad" is dedicated to Buenos Aires, Argentina and has a little bit of swing influence.[21] According to Sanz, it "emerges as an invitation to slide through the music and its soft cadence".[22]

The closing track "Silencio" tells of "two children telling each other a poem" and "[s]ilence is requested to listen to them".[19] It is a "reflection on the value of learning in which he criticizes those who talk a lot and say nothing".[11] "Silencio" also includes a hidden track, "Desde Mis Centros", which was written by Ruffinengo.[23] On "Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas", Sanz invites the audience to "reflect on the small details that make up the world in which we live".[20] "Quisiera Ser" is a song with an "intimate air that calls for shared celebration" and has a "Latin touch".[22][24] The title track is a flamenco love song that narrates of a man who is "afraid of a cold soul".[19][24] "Tiene Que Ser Pecado" is a flamenco rap tune,[25] while "Hicimos un Trato" is a bolero.[26]

Promotion

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Release

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El Alma al Aire was released in Latin America and Spain on 25 September 2000 by Warner Music Spain.[27][28] A special edition of album was launched on 11 June 2001 in Spain and Portugal,[29] and features an additional disc with five tracks: A English and bilingual version of "Me Iré" with the Corrs, a Spanish-language version of "One Night" ("Una Noche") also with the Corrs, "Adoro" with Armando Manzanero, and a remix of "Tiene Que Ser Pecado".[30] "The Hardest Day" marks the first song that Sanz recorded in English and the three collaborations with the Corrs were produced by David Foster.[29] "Una Noche" was previously included in the Latin American edition of In Blue (2000) while the duet version of "Adoro" was first recorded for Manzanero's studio album Duetos (2001).[29][31]

El Alma al Aire was re-released in 2007 and includes demos of "Cuando Nadie Me Ve" and "El Alma al Aire" as well as a DVD with the music videos for "Cuando Nadie Me Ve", "Quisiera Ser", "El Alma al Aire", "Llega, Llegó Soledad", "Una Noche", and "The Hardest Day", and live performances of several of his songs from the album at the concert at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in 2001 during his El Alma al Aire Tour (2001–02).[32] A commemorative 20th anniversary edition of El Alma al Aire was released in 2020.[33]

Singles

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"Cuando Nadie Me Ve" was released as the lead single from El Alma al Aire on 18 August 2000.[20] It peaked at number three in Ecuador,[34] four in El Salvador,[35] Nicaragua,[36] Panama,[35] and Uruguay,[37] eight in Guatemala,[38] and number 12 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States.[39] The music video for "Cuando Nadie Me Ve" was released on 14 September 2000 and directed by Sebastien Grousset. In the video, which was filmed in various locations in Madrid, Spain, Sanz is seen kissing and fighting with various women in a boxing ring.[25][40] The visual received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Short Form Music Video in 2001.[41] "Quisiera Ser" was released as the album's second single on 5 December 2000;[42][43] it peaked at number nine in Chile,[37] four in Spain,[44] 17 on the Hot Latin Songs chart in the US.[39][45] Alejandro Toledo directed the music video for "Quisiera Ser" which was also filmed in Madrid.[46] The music video features Spanish models Esther Cañadas and Elia Galera and Colombian model Martha Lucía Pereiro in a love triangle with Sanz, the latter who ends up being poisoned while in a costume party.[47][48] According to Toledo, he was inspired by "Sleeping Beauty" while adapting to the song's message.[48]

The title track was released as the third single in 2001 and reached number 40 on the Hot Latin Songs chart in the US.[39][49] Its music video, also directed by Toledo and filmed in Madrid, narrates an immortal man played by Sanz who throughout history falls in love with a woman belonging to another. Several Spanish celebrities appear in the video including Miguel Bosé, Santiago Segura, José Coronado, and Gabino Diego.[50] In addition to the three singles, "Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas" was released as a promotional single for the album in 2001,[51] as was "Me Iré (The Hardest Day)" for the special edition of the record.[52] A music video was released for the latter promotional single and filmed in the Iberian Peninsula.[53] A music video was also made for "Llega, Llegó Soledad".[32]

Tour

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Main article: El Alma Al Aire Tour

To promote El Alma al Aire, Sanz began his El Alma Al Aire Tour on 17 February 2001 in Caracas, Venezuela.[54] Sanz toured throughout Latin America, Spain, and the United States.[55][56] The tour concluded on 22 September 2001 in Tenerife, Spain.[56] His nine concerts at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, Mexico alone grossed over $2.8 million, the highest-grossing concerts for the month of March according to Billboard.[57] The set list consisted of songs from El Alma al Aire and his previous albums.[58] In March 2002 Warner Music released the El Alma al Aire en Directo live album on VHS and DVD, which was filmed during a 28 June 2001 show at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid, Spain.[58]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[59]
Chicago Sun-Times[15]
El Norte6/10[60]
La Prensa[61]
Los Angeles Times[62]

Rating it three out of fours stars, Daniel Shumski of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote the tracks "fall into two categories: those that sound as if they were borrowed from Más and those that take cautious baby steps to advance his songwriting abilities". Shumski praised the "clever turns of phrase and cut-above-standard lyrics" as well as Sanz's "velvety vocals and tuneful melodies".[15] The Chicago Tribune critic Achy Obejas stated all the songs in the album are a "Sanz composition: romantic, but realistic, lyrically lush but in fresh and unexpected ways, serious but surprisingly sincere". She commended "Quisiera Ser" as an "addictive hit single".[12] Ricardo Cores lauded El Alma al Aire for offering "some of the most beautiful songs of his career" citing songs such as "Cuando Nadie Me Ve" as a "sincere track" and the title track for its poetry and music.[63]

El Nuevo Herald reviewer Eliseo Cardona opined: "From the beginning, from the first note that catches your ear, 'El Alma al Aire' reveals its immense magnetism" with its "[l]ustful sound massages, metaphors that turn the imagination right and wrong". Cardona concluded, "at a time when pop is producing characters that seem more like caricatures [...] Sanz restores our faith in music".[64] AllMusic editor Stacia Proefrock gave the record three out of five stars, stating that while it was "not as strong as his best albums like Más, El Alma al Aire does present a solid collection of ballads" and praised its string sections.[59] Ernest Lechner reviewed for the Los Angeles Times and rated the disc two-and-a-half stars and out four, citing the artist's talent to make the "kind of crisp, manipulatively romantic music" but criticized the album's "fussy production values".[62]

El Norte critic Deborah Davis was left underwhelmed with the album due to "the weak songs included". She felt while it has "romantic compositions that can please, but none to inspire an October night". However, Davis praised the choruses on both "Quisiera Ser" and the title track.[60] La Prensa editor Eva Aguilar wrote that the album has "merits" such as "Quisiera Ser", "Para Que Me Quieras", and "Me Íre", but concluded that it does not surpass his previous work.[61]

Accolades

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At the 47th Premios Ondas in 2000, Sanz was awarded Best Artist and Best Album for El Alma al Aire.[65] Seven days later at the Premios Amigo also in Spain, El Alma al Aire won Best Album while Sanz won Best Male Artist.[1] At the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2001, the record was nominated in the category of Best Latin Pop Album, which went to MTV Unplugged (2000) by Shakira.[66]

At the 2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards in the same year, Sanz was the biggest winner of the night, winning four awards including Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Album as well as Record of the Year and Song of the Year for the title track.[67] Sanz also won Latin Album of the Year and Male Latin Artist of the Year for the record at the 2001 Premios Gardel.[68]

Commercial performance

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Within a week of its release, El Alma al Aire sold over a million copies.[69] In his native Spain, it debuted on top of the country's album charts on the week of 23 September 2000,[70] and was certified 13× platinum by Productores de Música de España for shipping over 1.3 million copies.[71] It was the best-selling of the album of the year in Spain.[72] El Alma al Aire was certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for sales of over a million copies in Europe.[73] Elsewhere in the region, it peaked at numbers five and 71 in Portugal and Switzerland, respectively.[74][75] In Mexico, the record peaked at number three,[76] was certified 5× gold,[77] and has sold over 450,000 units in the country.[78]

In South America, the disc was certified platinum in Colombia and Venezuela,[79][80] double platinum in Chile,[81] and triple platinum in Argentina.[82] It also topped the latter country's national charts.[83] El Alma al Aire sold over 900,000 units throughout Latin America.[84] In the US, it debuted and peaked at numbers 148 and three on the Billboard 200 and Top Latin Albums charts.[85][86] According to Nielsen SoundScan, the record sold over 125,000 units in the country and was also certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the Latin field for shipping over 200,000 copies.[87][88] By June 2001, El Alma al Aire had sold over 2.4 million copies worldwide.[29]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Alejandro Sanz, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cuando Nadie Me Ve" 5:07
2."Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas" 5:22
3."Quisiera Ser" 5:30
4."Para Que Me Quieras" 4:29
5."Llega, Llegó Soledad" 4:37
6."El Alma al Aire" 5:58
7."Me Iré" 5:40
8."Hicimos un Trato" 4:37
9."Tiene Que Ser Pecado" 5:05
10."Silencio" (hidden track "Desde Mis Centros")Emanuele Ruffinengo ("Desde Mis Centros")[23]8:22
Total length:54:47

All tracks are written by Alejandro Sanz, except where noted

Edición Especial Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Me Iré (The Hardest Day)" (with the Corrs) 5:07
2."Una Noche" (with the Corrs)
  • The Corrs
  • Sanz
5:22
3."Adoro" (with Armando Manzanero)Manzanero5:30
4."Tiene Que Ser Pecado" (Alternative mix) 4:29
5."The Hardest Day" (with the Corrs) 5:07
Total length:24:36

All tracks are written by Alejandro Sanz, except where noted

2007 re-release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cuando Nadie Me Ve" 5:07
2."Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas" 5:22
3."Quisiera Ser" 5:30
4."Para Que Me Quieras" 4:29
5."Llega, Llegó Soledad" 4:37
6."El Alma al Aire" 5:58
7."Me Iré" 5:40
8."Hicimos un Trato" 4:37
9."Tiene Que Ser Pecado" 5:05
10."Silencio" (hidden track "Desde Mis Centros")Emanuele Ruffinengo ("Desde Mis Centros")8:22
11."Cuando Nadie Me Ve" (demo) 4:57
12."El Alma al Aire" (demo) 5:39
13."Una Noche" (with the Corrs)
  • The Corrs
  • Sanz
 
Total length:01:09:38
2007 DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Cuando Nadie Me Ve" 
2."Quisiera Ser" 
3."El Alma al Aire" 
4."Llega, Llegó Soledad" 
5."Una Noche" (with the Corrs) 
6."The Hardest Day" (with the Corrs) 
7."Tiene Que Ser Pecado" (live) 
8."Llega, Llegó Soledad" (live) 
9."Cuando Nadie Me Ve" (live) 
10."Me Iré" (live) 
11."Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas" (live) 
12."El Alma Al Aire" (live) 
13."Quisiera Ser" (live) 

All tracks are written by Alejandro Sanz, except where noted

El Alma Al Aire: 20 Aniversario
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cuando Nadie Me Ve" 5:07
2."Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas" 5:22
3."Quisiera Ser" 5:30
4."Para Que Me Quieras" 4:29
5."Llega, Llegó Soledad" 4:37
6."El Alma al Aire" 5:58
7."Me Iré" 5:40
8."Hicimos un Trato" 4:37
9."Tiene Que Ser Pecado" 5:05
10."Silencio" (hidden track "Desde Mis Centros")Emanuele Ruffinengo ("Desde Mis Centros")8:22
11."El Alma al Aire" (maqueta) 5:39
12."Cuando Nadie Me Ve" (maqueta) 5:00
13."Hicimos un Trato" (maqueta) 5:16
14."Me Iré" (maqueta) 5:22
15."Quisiera Ser" (maqueta) 6:18
16."Para Que Me Quieras" (maqueta) 5:24
17."Silencio" (maqueta) 6:22
18."Adoro" (with Armando Manzanero)Manzanero4:22
19."Dale al Aire" (with Juan Habichuela and Ketama) 3:46
20."Quiero Estar Solo" (with Jeros and Los Chichos) 5:05
21."Me Vestí de Silencio" (with Moncho) 3:58
22."Cai" (with Niña Pastori) 5:12
23."Me Iré (The Hardest Day)" (with the Corrs) 4:26
24."Una Noche" (with the Corrs) 8:12
25."El Alma al Aire - Extended Remix" 7:14
Total length:02:16:00

Charts

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Sales and certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[82] 3× Platinum 180,000^
Chile[81] 2× Platinum 50,000[81]
Colombia[79] Platinum  
Mexico (AMPROFON)[77] 5× Gold 450,000[78]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[71] 13× Platinum 1,300,000^
United States (RIAA)[88] 2× Platinum (Latin) 125,000[87]
Venezuela[80] Platinum  
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[73] Platinum 1,000,000*
Latin America — 900,000[84]
Worldwide — 2,400,000[29]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

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The following credits are from AllMusic and from the El Alma al Aire liner notes:[23][94]

Release history

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Release dates and formats for El Alma al Aire
Region Date Format Edition Label
Spain[27] 25 September 2000 CD Standard Warner Music Spain
Latin America[27]
United States[59] 26 September 2000 WEA Latina
Spain[29] 11 June 2001 2 CDs Special edition Warner Music Spain
Portugal[29]
United States[32] 27 March 2007 CD + DVD Re-release Warner Music Latina
United States[95] 4 December 2020 CD 20th anniversary Warner Music Latina

See also

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