''Mended'' is the sixth overall solo studio album and second

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studio album by

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singer-songwriter

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, released on May 21, 2002 by

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and

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. It was re-released with two bonus tracks in 2003 as ''Mended: Bonus Tracks''. After going through several release date changes, Marc Anthony released his second

studio album, ''Mended'' in mid-2002, shortly after issuing ''

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''. ''Mended'' delivers more of Anthony's passionate, urgent songs of love and betrayal, destined for mass consumption. The album features the hit singles "I've Got You", the

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version "Te Tengo Aqui", "Love Won't Get Any Better," as well as the well-known single "Tragedy."

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composed a song, "I'll Stand By You Always", for Marc Anthony but the song was omitted from the album for unknown reasons. The album was certified Platinum by the

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in October 2002 for sales of 100,000 units. The album debut at number 3 on Billboard 200 and sold over 111,000 copies in the first week in the United States. It sold over 1.3 millions of copies worldwide.

Track listing

# "Love Won't Get Any Better" (

, Dan Shea,

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) – 3:38 # "She Mends Me" (Marc Anthony, Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney) – 3:15 # "

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" (Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney) – 3:56 # " I Need You" (Cory Rooney) – 4:11 # "Tragedy" ( Rob Thomas, Cory Rooney) – 4:04 # "I Reach for You" (Marc Anthony, Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney) – 3:28 # "I Swear" (Marc Anthony, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney, Steve Morales, David Siegel) – 3:46 # "Don't Tell Me It's Love" (Marc Anthony, Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:34 # "Do You Believe in Loneliness" (Marc Anthony, Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney) – 4:04 # "Give Me a Reason" (Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney) – 3:15 # "I Wanna Be Free" (Marc Anthony, Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:58 # "Everything You Do" (Marc Anthony, Andrew Fromm, Keith Follese) – 3:23 # "Te Tengo Aquí" ("I've Got You") (Alejandro Lerner, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney, Gizelle D'Cole) – 3:59

Bonus tracks

"Me Haces Falta" ("I Need You") – 3:52 # "Tragedia" ("Tragedy") – 3:45

Personnel

– vocals * Michael Thompson – acoustic & electric guitars * Renne Toledo – acoustic & nylon string guitars *

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– guitar, keyboards, programming * Chieli Minucci – guitar * Andy Abad – guitar * David Dominguez – guitar * Juan A Gonzalez – piano, keyboards *

– keyboards, programming, background vocals * Dan Shea – keyboards, programming * Marc Russell – bass * Erben Perez – bass * Bobby Allende – percussion * Richie Jones – programming * Wendy Pederson – background vocals * Raul Midon – background vocals * Shelen Thomas – background vocals

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References

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