''Cerca de Ti'' (Close to you) is the fourteenth album from

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pop music singer and actress

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. It was released on 24 February 1998 and has sold more than 600,000 copies in Mexico. This is the fourth album recorded by the singer with

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and is produced once again by Rubén Fuentes. The sales were strong in Mexico reaching double-platinum status. The title track was first released as a bonus track on her album ''

'', and was one of the songs written by Rafael Pérez-Botija for the soap opera ''Los Parientes Pobres''. The first single "Corazón Lastimado" (Broken Heart) was sent to radio to

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and pop stations as well, reaching the Top Ten in México. The tracks "A Partir de Hoy" (Starting Today) (written by Húmberto Estrada, the author of another crossover hit: "Como Quien Pierde una Estrella" by

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), "Cerca de Ti" (Close to You) and "Desviste mi Boca" (Undress my mouth) were also promoted as singles. ''Cerca de Ti'' was the last album recorded by Lucero on Melody (later Fonovisa) her record label since 1988.

Reviews

When the album was released, it received generally positive reviews for example Stephen Thomas Erlewine from

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.com stated that the combination of Rubén Fuentes and Lucero is excellent, where he pointed out that "the production is appealingly polished, and Lucero's performances are nuanced and affecting, making the record rank among her very best albums".

Track listing

The album is composed by 13 songs, all of them were arranged by different composers.

Singles

Chart performance

This was the 8th album of Lucero that entered to the list of

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and the last of her albums in general to hits the lists in United States, until after 12 years later she entered with Indispensable. The album stayed in the chart of the Latin Pop Albums for 4 weeks, peaking #29; and it entered in the Top Regional Mexican Albums, peaking at No. 12.

Personnel

* Producer, arranger and director: Ruben Fuentes with Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan (Courtesy of Polygram México) * Repertoire: Lucero LEon and Isabel Leonor Cova * Executive producer: Tina Galindo * Recorded at: Joel Solis Studios, México * Recording engineer: Carlos Ceballos and Alex Sanchez * Guitar on “Antojo”: Elias Torres * Guitars on “Besos de Amor” and “A Partir de hoy”: Miguel Peña * Arrangements on tracks 4 and 10: Eduardo Magallanes * Arrangements on tracks 7 and 12: Pepe Martinez * All vocals: Lucero * Photography: Adolfo Pérez Butrón * Design: Varela Design and Rafael Barbabosa

References

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