''MTV Unplugged'' is the second live album from Spanish singer-songwriter

Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. Sanz has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Latin Grammy Awar ...

, which turns him into the first Spanish artist in recording an

unplugged Unplugged may refer to: *Acoustic music, music not produced through electronic means * "Unplugged" (B.A.P song), 2014 * "Unplugged" (''Modern Family''), a 2010 episode of ''Modern Family'' Albums and EPs * ''Unplugged'' (5'nizza album), 2002 * '' ...

for

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

, and in this opportunity he resorts to

Humberto Gatica Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer, best known for his work with Celine Dion, Chicago, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Michael Bublé. Gatica's inter ...

's talent as producer and arranger. This album contains an inedit song, "Y Sólo Se Me Ocurre Amarte" dedicated to his daughter Manuela, the song "Aprendiz" that Alejandro composed for the Spanish singer

Malú María Lucía Sánchez Benítez, known as Malú, is a Spanish singer. She is the niece of the composer and guitarist Paco de Lucía, and is known for songs such as "Aprendiz", "Como Una Flor", "Toda", "Diles", "Si Estoy Loca" and "No Voy a Cambia ...

, a different version of "Cómo Te Echo de Menos" and a

flamenco Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and ...

song, "Todo Es de Color" by Manuel Molina.

Track listing

#"Cuando Nadie Me Ve" – 5:06 #"Y Sólo Se Me Ocurre Amarte" – 4:35 #"Amiga Mía" – 5:03 #"Se Le Apagó La Luz" – 5:13 #"Quisiera Ser" – 4:41 #"Aprendiz" – 5:02 #"Quiero Morir En Tu Veneno" – 4:30 #"Cómo Te Echo De Menos" – 4:29 #"Corazón Partío" – 5:00 #"Siempre Es De Noche" – 4:50 #"Toca Para Mí" – 4:13 #"Lo Que Fui Es Lo Que Soy" – 5:24 #"Todo Es De Color" – 4:26

Chart performance

Album

Singles

Personnel

Cheche Alara Ezequiel "Cheche" Alara is a Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning music composer, producer, music director, conductor and keyboardist. He is the composer for "The Titan Games" on NBC (hosted by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), "Death by Magic" (Netflix), "To ...

– Director * Tim Barnes –

Viola The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

Luis Bonilla Luis Diego Bonilla (October 12, 1965) is an American jazz trombonist of Costa Rican descent. He is also a producer, composer, and educator. Biography Early life, musical education and influences Luis Bonilla was born and raised in Eagle Rock, C ...

–

Trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

* Chris Brooke – Assistant

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

* Huifang Chen – Violin *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Colai ...

– Drums * Helen De Quiroga –

Background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used ...

* Txell Sust –

* Justin Douglas – Assistant * Brandon Fields – Flute, saxophone * Scott Flavin – Violin * Orlando J. Forte – Violin *

– Arranger,

, mixing, producer * Chris Glansdorp – Cello * Kevin Guarnieri – Assistant

* Chad Hailey – Assistant

* Ross Harbaugh – Cello * David Heuer – Assistant

* Harry Kim – Arranger, trumpet * Audrey Morrissey – Producer *

Kenny O'Brien Kenny is a surname, a given name, and a diminutive of several different given names. In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Irish ''Ó Cionnaith'', also spelt ''Ó Cionnaoith'' and ''Ó Cionaodha'', meaning "descendant of Cionnaith". ...

– Arranger,

background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used ...

, digital editing, co-producer
Scott O'Donnell
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* Alfredo Oliva – Strings contractor, violin * Rafael Padilla – Percussion * Bill Ross – Arranger *

Kamil Rustam Kamil Rustam is an American guitarist, composer, arranger, songwriter and producer whose musical career has made known as a prolific musician in many different styles. Rustam was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and moved at an early age to Pa ...

– Guitar *

Armand Sabal-Lecco Armand Sabal-Lecco is a Cameroonian bass guitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist best known for playing bass-guitar on Paul Simon's The Rhythm of the Saints, The Rhythm of the Saint's tour in 1989. Sabal-Lecco has worked with Paul Simon, Br ...

– Bass * Javier Salas – Photography * Alejandro Sanz – Vocals,

cajón A cajón (; "box", "crate" or "drawer") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, ...

, Spanish guitar * Rafael Sañudo – Design * Eric Schilling –

Engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

* Charlie Singer – Executive producer * Ramon Stagnaro – Guitar * Heitor Teixeira Pereira – Guitar * Ludovico Vagnone – Supervisor * Rick Valero –

Guitar technician A guitar technician (or 'guitar tech') is a member of a music ensemble's road crew who maintains and sets up the musical equipment for one or more guitarists. Depending on the type and size of band, the guitar tech may be responsible for stringin ...

* Javier Valverde – Assistant

* Randy Waldman – Piano * Pete Wallace –

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

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References

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