Bueninvento

Bueninvento
Studio album by Julieta Venegas
Released	August 21, 2000
Recorded	1999-2000
Genre	Rock in Spanish, alternative rock, trip hop
Length	55:09
Label	RCA International
Producer	Gustavo Santaolalla, Emmanuel del Real Díaz
Julieta Venegas chronology
Aquí (1997) Bueninvento (2000) Sí (2003)
Singles from Bueninvento
"Sería feliz" Released: 2000 "Hoy No Quiero" Released: 2000 "Siempre en Mi Mente" Released: 2001

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Bueninvento ("Goodinvention") is an album released by Mexican singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Julieta Venegas in 2000. It received good reviews. "Sería Feliz" (translated as "I'd be happy") was the single released for this album, accompanied by a video that got rotation on music TV channels. The album was nominated for Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album. In addition, the album was named the 4th best album of the 2000s decade by Latin music website Club Fonograma.

Track listing

This album comprises 14 songs, all written by Venegas with the exception of the song "Siempre en Mi Mente" written by Juan Gabriel.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Fe (Faith)"	Venegas	Joe Chiccarelli	3:39
2.	"Hoy No Quiero (Today I Don't Want)"	Venegas	Del Real, Quique Rangel, Chiccarelli	3:13
3.	"Casa Abandonada (Abandoned House)"	Venegas	Chiccarelli	4:07
4.	"Enero y Abril (January and April)"	Venegas	Del Real, Rangel, Chiccarelli	3:34
5.	"Voluntad (Volition)"	Venegas	Chiccarelli	4:28
6.	"Salvavidas (Lifesaver)"	Venegas	Del Real, Rangel, Chiccarelli	3:43
7.	"Siempre en Mi Mente (Always On My Mind)"	Juan Gabriel	Santaolalla, Anibal Kerpel^	4:04
8.	"Flor (Flower)"	Venegas	Del Real, Rangel, Chiccarelli	3:57
9.	"Todos Inventamos (We All Invent)"	Venegas	Chiccarelli	3:08
10.	"Bueninvento (Goodinvention)"	Venegas	Chiccarelli, Santaolalla	3:10
11.	"Sería Feliz (I Would Be Happy)"	Venegas	Chiccarelli	3:25
12.	"Otro Sol (Another Sun)"	Venegas	Antonio Hernandéz, Ricardo Haas, Chiccarelli	5:10
13.	"Instantánea (Snapshot)"	Venegas	Chiccarelli	4:24
14.	"Sueño de Sombras (Shadows Dream)"	Venegas	Chiccarelli	4:35

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Singles

• Sería Feliz
• Hoy No Quiero
• Siempre en Mi Mente

Personnel

• Julieta Venegas - Vocals, keyboards, accordion, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, programming, wurlitzer, composer
• Quique Rangel - Producer, guitar, double bass
• Emmanuel Del Real - Producer, twelve-string guitar
• Gustavo Santaolalla - Producer, guitar, ronroco, tuba
• Rick Boston, Fernando Saunders, Ernesto Martinez - Bass guitar
• Joe Gore - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
• Álvaro Henríquez, Juan Manuel Ledezna - Guitar
• Luis Alberto Ledezna, Curt Bisquera - Drums
• Michito Sánchez, Luis Conte - Percussion
• Javier Casalla - Violin
• Frankie Blue, Toy Hernandéz, Patrick Shavellin - Programming
• Joey Waronker - Drums, percussion
• Mitch Mannon - Trumpet
• Kim Bullard - Hammond organ B3
• Claudio Tarris, Novi Novog - Viola
• Steven Berlin - Midin mix, tenor saxophone, Flute

Production

• Producers: Gustavo Santaolalla, Emmanuel Del Real
• Co-producer: Anibal Kerpel
• Engineers: Joe Chiccarelli, Daniel Méndez, Partick Shavelin, Anibal Kerpel, Emmanuel Del Real, Quique Rangel, Luis Roman, Antonio Hernandéz, Carlos Arredondo, Ricardo Haas
• Mixing: Joe Chiccarelli
• Assistant mixing: Patrick Shevelin, Travils Smith, Jordan Scher, eric Geverlik, Edgar Hernandéz "Chicaras", Carlos Arredondo
• Pro tools production: Daniel Méndez
• Mastering: Tom Baker
• Art direction: Adrián Posse
• Photography: Mariana Yazbek, Tomas Casademust, Fernando Velazco
• Photography: Marcela Guadiana

Awards and nominations

• Latin Grammy

Year	Title	Result
2000
	Best Rock Solo Album	Nominated

Video

• Sería Feliz official video (2000)
• Hoy No Quiero official video (2001)