''Unwrapped'' is the tenth studio solo album and twenty-fourth album overall by Cuban-American singer

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, released in 2003. It was also her first English language studio album since 1998's ''

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''.

Content

The album is a departure in sound from Estefan's previous works. The album was recorded live, unlike any of her other studio albums. There is less reverb on Estefan's vocals, to create an intimate feeling. The album is acoustic and is designed to feel like an unplugged album. This is the first Estefan album to not feature a brass section. Estefan worked with notable artists on the album;

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played

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and sang on "Into You," while

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appeared on "One Name". "Hoy," which became one of Estefan's most successful singles, was written by

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and contains several Peruvian folk music elements. The album uses the theme of unwrapping herself to the world in the lyrics, recording, and artwork. The picture on the back cover is actually Estefan's back. Next to the title, "Into You," there is a pink line that runs down to the bottom, which is the scar from her back surgery when she broke her back in 1990. The picture above the "I Will Always Need Your Love" lyrics is Gloria holding hands with her husband Emilio, for whom the song was written, likewise, the picture of the hand pointing to the lyrics to "You" is Gloria's daughter, Emily.

Promotion

To promote the album, Estefan launched the American tour '' Live & Re-Wrapped Tour'' which was made after her '' Live & Unwrapped'' performances at

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. In addition, Estefan released a remix EP under the name of '' Unwrapped: Remixes'', the EP was a Bonus Promo CD that was available with purchase of the '' Live & Unwrapped''

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during

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broadcasts and purchases of the DVD at shows during the Live & Re-Wrapped Tour.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. * Pedro Alfonso - violin * Meredith Mora Arriaga - accordion * Christopher Austopchuk - design direction * Eric Barnard - hair stylist * Tim Barnes - viola * Kurt Berge - technical support * Carlos "El Bola" Betancourt - cover art * Edwin Bonilla - drums, percussion * Susanne Cerha - art direction, design * Vadim Chislov - assistant engineer * Michael C. Collins - assistant engineer * Mike Couzzi - engineer * Kevin Dillon - project coordinator * Luis Enrique - drums, guest artist, percussion *

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- producer * Gloria Estefan - primary artist, producer * John Falcone - arranger, bass, string arrangements * Jorge Felix - assistant engineer * Trevor Fletcher - studio manager * Richard Flieschman - viola * Orlando J. Forte - violin * Julie Gardner - engineer * Chris Glansdorp - cello * Arthur Hanlon - piano * Ross Harbaugh - cello * Kent Hertz - assistant engineer *

- guest artist, vocals * Claudio Jaffe - cello * Sidney Jamila - make-Up * Femi Jiya - engineer * Steve Jones - digital editing *

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- drums * Sebastián Krys - arranger, cavaquinho, charango, cuatro, engineer, lakota flute, mixing, producer, programming, quena, string arrangements, zampona * Leyla Leeming - project coordinator *

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- mastering * Mei Mei Luo - violin * Patrick Magee - assistant engineer * José Juan Maldonado - project coordinator * Tony Mardini - arranger * Tom McWilliams - arranger, drums * Steve Menezes - studio manager * Susan Moyer - cello * Scott ODonnell - viola * Alfredo Oliva - concert master, violin * Laszio Pap - violin * Ruben Parra - studio manager * Luis Pastor - bass * Andy Pechenik - technical support * Billie Pechenik - project coordinator * Archie Pena - arranger, drums, percussion * Marco Peña - hair stylist * Daniel Ponce - assistant engineer * Juan Rosario - assistant engineer * Juan Antonio Salazar - conductor, orchestration, string arrangements * Eric Schilling - engineer * Jon Secada - guest artist, background vocals * Rafael Solano - drums, percussion * Simon Soong - technical support * Debra Spring - viola * Ron Taylor - engineer, fender rhodes, mellotron, organ (hammond), piano, wurlitzer * Ken Theis - assistant engineer, mixing assistant * Alberto Tolot - cover portrait * Peter Vargo - assistant * Jose "Pepe" Velazquez - drums, drum technician * Mario Vergel - stylist, typography * Dan Warner - guitar, mandolin, tres * Ryan Wolff - assistant engineer *

- guest artist, harmonica, vocal ad-Libs

Singles

Chart positions

Weekly Charts

Year-end Charts

Certifications and sales

Awards

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2003 albums Gloria Estefan albums Albums produced by Emilio Estefan