''Bad Girls'' is an album and debut English-language album by Spanish recording artist

Mónica Naranjo Mónica Naranjo Carrasco (born 23 May 1974) is a Spanish singer widely popular in Spain and Latin America and recognised as one of the most powerful voices of the Spanish and Latin American music scenes. She has performed with singers such as Lu ...

, it was recorded in 2001 simultaneously along with it’s spanish version, '' Chicas Malas'', and was released by

Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), cong ...

on February 2003. It was her last album with Epic Records and is also her only English album to date.

Recording and background

The album is the English-language version of her previous album '' Chicas Malas'' (2001). The album was originally planned to be released in March 2003, months after the release of ''Chicas Malas'', later, the date was moved to September 2003, finally the album was released on November 11, 2003. This CD was sold only in Spain (as a gift to her fans) through her website, and Greece, the album was set to be released in the United States and Europe by

, but the release was cancelled. The radio remix by Steelworks of "I Ain't Gonna Cry" (English version of "No Voy a Llorar") was released as the first and only single from the album. Five years after it was recorded, the album was finally released in the United States on May 9, 2006. Although the English-language versions of the ballads "De Qué Me Sirve Ya" ("Let The Love Begin") and "Lágrimas de Escarcha" ("If You Say You Love Me") were recorded, in order to be more danceable and commercial album, neither of the songs were included on the album's final track listing but remained unreleased until 2005, when both songs were released through her website.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. *Tracie Ackerman – Background vocals *Gregg Alexander – Producer, Vocal Programming *Robert Band – Assistant, Assistant Engineer *Luis Barbería – Background vocals *Gary Barlow – Musician, Programming *Manny Benito – Adaptation *Louis Biancaniello – Composer, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Programming *Marc Blanes – Digital Editing, Engineer *Rich E. Blaze – Producer, Programming *Jamie Bridges – Assistant *Dario Caglioni – Digital Editing, Engineer *Natalia Calderón – Background vocals *Cesare Chiodo – Bass *Ben Coombs – Assistant Engineer *Ian Cooper – Mastering *Emanuela Cortese – Background vocals *Sheilah Cuffy – Background vocals *Stefano de Maco – Background vocals *Fausto Demetrio – Assistant Engineer *Giulia Fasolino – Producer, Background vocals *Gina Foster – Background vocals *Maurizio Frabrizio – Classical guitar, Orchestra Director *Steven Garcia – Assistant Engineer *Alfredo Golino – Drums, Producer *Juan Gonzalez – Digital Editing, Engineer *Ramon Gonzalez – Congas *Mary Griffin – Background vocals *Isobel Griffiths – Orchestra Contractor *Khris Kellow – Producer, Programming *Eliot Kennedy – Musician, Programming *Tim Lever – Musician *Wally Lopez – Remixing *James Loughrey – Engineer, Mixing *Mario Lucy – Engineer, Mixing *Roberto Maccagno – Digital Editing, Engineer *Manuel Machado – Trumpet, Vocals (Background) *Avril Mackintosh – Digital Editing, Engineer, Vocal Engineer *David Massey – A&R *Paul Meehan – Producer *Segundo Mijares – Saxophone *Gary Miller – Guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Programming, Remixing *Jordi Mora – Assistant Engineer *Pablo del Moral – Remixing *Mónica Naranjo – Director, Primary Artist, Vocals (Background) *Ali Olmo – Background vocals *Mike Percy – Musician *Brian Rawling – Producer *John Reid – Background vocals *Chris Rodriguez – Spanish Guitar *Annie Roseberry – A&R *Cristóbal Sansano – Director, Executive Producer *Graham Stack – Producer *Joan Trayter – Mixing *Diane Warren – Executive Producer *Sam Watters – Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Background vocals *Tim Woodcock – Musician, Programming *Gavyn Wright – Orchestra Leader *Bruno Zuchetti – Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Programming

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bad Girls (Monica Naranjo album) 2003 albums Mónica Naranjo albums Epic Records albums Sony BMG albums Albums produced by Louis Biancaniello Albums produced by Sam Watters