''Muchas Flores'' (''Many Flowers'') is the sixth

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released by Spanish performer

Rosario Flores Rosario del Carmen González Flores better known as Rosario Flores (; born 4 November 1963) is a two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish singer. She was born in Madrid, Spain, as the daughter of Antonio González ('El Pescaílla') and famou ...

. It was released by

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in 2001. The album was produced by Fernando Illán and

Cachorro López Gerardo Horacio López von Linden (born 3 March 1956), known professionally as Cachorro López, is an Argentine record producer, musician and songwriter. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he enrolled in various musical ensembles, including Zas and ...

. ''Muchas Flores'' earned Flores a

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for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. Flores recorded songs written by

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, Alberto Moraga and herself. The album lead single, "Cómo Quieres Que Te Quiera", features the participation of Raimundo Amador playing

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and Luis Dulzaines on

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. The release of the album was named "the return of Rosario," since critics and public rejected her previous album, ''Jugar a la Locura'' (1999), a

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-infused album. ''Muchas Flores'' proved to be a success, selling 250,000 units in Spain, aided by the singer exposure on ''

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'', a 2002 film by

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. Flores also did a small promotional tour in the United States to benefit the album, and a full length worldwide tour, which lasted two years and concluded with the recording of her following album '' De Mil Colores''. ''Muchas Flores'' received mixed critical reviews. Chris Nickson of

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gave the album 2 stars out of 5. Nickson named Flores an "excellent singer", with the album starting with a raw flamenco yell and flourish, but quickly becomes straight forward Latin pop without "too many sparks flying."

Track listing

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