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Lunada is the tenth studio album by Mexican recording artist Thalía. It was released through EMI Music on June 24, 2008 worldwide. Lunada is Thalía's first album since the release of the successful El Sexto Sentido in 2005 and since the birth of her daughter Sabrina. It was produced by the hit-maker Emilio Estefan and was supposed to be the soundtrack of the summer. The album received generally favorable reviews but did not have the expected sales as it did not receive any promotion by Thalía's record company, EMI. For this reason she ended her contract with EMI after 14 years of international success. The album is considered to be the least successful in Thalía's career.[3]
Two singles were released by this album. The first one is Ten paciencia, not her best as her previous number one-singles. The second one is Será porque te amo. Thalía would also release Sangre Caliente and Aventurero as a single, but it was canceled due to the Lyme disease (that kept her away from her work).
[edit] Commercial Failure and departure from EMI
Thalía had some problems with her health (Lyme disease) so she did not achieve to promote her project as much as she wanted. Also, her record company, EMI, did not have enough budget to promote the artists and so Lunada was a commercial disappointment. For these reasons she ended her contract with EMI after 14 years of international success. Despite the fact the album was not the success everyone expected, Thalía declared that she is proud of this production and the material included on this album . The album also remained favorite among her fans.
[edit] History
The singer described her new production as the most sincere of her music career. Lunada was made to become the soundtrack of the summer. According to Thalía, "Sangre Caliente" is the song that best describes the whole spirit of the album. Thalía told about her new album: "This album came along when I was very pregnant with my daughter, I was almost eight months along. I had had it, and the only thing I could think about were bikinis, suntan lotion, beer and the beach. So I began to think to myself, 'Hey! What was that song I liked last summer in Argentina? 'Sangre Caliente'("Hot blood")! And when I went with my friends to (the Mexican beach resort of) Ixtapa, which one was it? That's right! The one by Juan Gabriel!' ... That's how 'Lunada' was born."
- "Bendita" is song written by Thalía dedicated to her little daughter Sabrina Sakae who changed completely her life.
[edit] Controversy
The cover art to Lunada was compared to that of Australian band Cut Copy's album Bright Like Neon Love. Both show strong similarities, including the same color to the face, similar glasses and lipstick color and overall appearance. To this, Thalía responded that this was "what had been presented to [her] by her creative group and that she hoped her work would inspire others in the future as well."
[edit] Track listing
| # |
Title |
Writer(s) |
Producer |
Length |
| 1 |
"Ten paciencia" |
Descemer Bueno, Magilee Álvarez, Cynthia Salazar |
Emilio Estefan |
3:30 |
| 2 |
"Sangre Caliente" |
Marcelo Delgado, Darío Húngaro |
Emilio Estefan |
4:15 |
| 3 |
"Será porque te amo" |
Dario Farina, Daniele Pace, Luis Gómez Escolar, Enzo Ghinazzi |
Emilio Estefan |
2:41 |
| 4 |
"Con Este Amor" |
Ximena Muñoz, Max Di Carlo |
Emilio Estefan |
2:59 |
| 5 |
"Bendita" |
Thalía |
Emilio Estefan |
3:25 |
| 6 |
"Desolvidándote" |
Thalía, Jodi Mar, Dave Thompson |
Emilio Estefan |
4:11 |
| 7 |
"Isla Para Dos" |
Nano Cabrera (Rap: Joselito) |
Emilio Estefan |
4:25 |
| 8 |
"Insensible" |
Juan Gabriel |
Emilio Estefan |
2:57 |
| 9 |
"Aventurero" |
Claudia Brant, Jean-Yves Ducarnet (Rap: NUBAWN) |
Emilio Estefan |
3:18 |
| 10 |
"Yo No Sé Vivir" |
Descemer Bueno, Magilee Álvarez, Cynthia Salazar |
Emilio Estefan |
4:08 |
| 11 |
"Sólo Se Vive Una Vez" |
Thalía, Drop Dead Beats |
Emilio Estefan |
3:10 |
- Japan Bonus Edition
| # |
Title |
Composer |
Producer |
Time |
| 12 |
"La Super Chica" (Japan Bonus Track) |
Lilly Ponce/Chris Rodríguez/Michael Cosculluela |
Chris Rodríguez |
4:00 |
[edit] Charts
Lunada is Thalía's lowest sold album in United States so far. It debuted at number 10 at Billboard's Top Latin Album and number 4 at Billboard's Latin Pop Albums with sales of 3,100 copies (her former album ¨El Sexto Sentido¨ sold 25,500 copies on its first week in the United States aprox.). The album also did not chart in Japan, making this her first album after Ex Sexto Sentido (charted at #63) not to chart on the Oricon charts.
[edit] Release history
| Countries |
Date |
Catalog # |
| United States, Latin America |
June 24, 2008[4] |
5022502 |
| Poland |
July 10, 2008[5] |
| Austria, Germany, Switzerland |
July 11, 2008[6] |
| Spain, Greece, Italy |
July 15, 2008[7] |
| Japan |
July 23, 2008[8] |
| Brazil |
July 24, 2008[9] |
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