Dulce Tentación
Encyclopedia
Dulce Tentación is the seventh studio album by Mexican pop/dance singer Fey
. It was officially released on May 5, 2009. This is her first album on an independent label (Mi Rey Music) and is also her first in three years.
and rhythmic influences of her previous albums. The singer also cited glam rock
as an inspiration for the songs and the promotional work used to promote the album. This "glam rock" look is also a part of the look she now uses.
Sam "Fish" Fisher (Marilyn Manson
, Duran Duran
and Daddy Yankee
), Cynthia M. Camacho (CYN - Fantasy Reality), Francisco Gil (Fey's Brother) and Fey herself worked as writers and composers on the album. It also includes a song which is an outtake from Tierna La Noche
, produced by José Ramón Flores, as well as an outtake from Vértigo called "In Your Dreams."
and El Color de los Sueños
albums. "Dulce Tentación" has two alternative covers.
began to distribute her new material via the internet after it was announced that she was in the process of recording a new album
through an independent record label. "Cicatrices" was the first track leaked, which was available for download on Fey's official website at the end of 2008. On January 23, 2009, an unedited version of "Lentamente" track was uploaded to YouTube
with previews of additional songs on the upcoming album. On April 21, the complete album leaked onto the internet.
Fey began promotion in Europe in the beginning of 2009 with plans to tour the USA.
The album debuted at number 24 in the official AMPROFON
Mexican Top 100 chart, climbing as high as number 2 that same week in the prime Mexican music store Mixup's Spanish albums top ten. In the United States, Dulce Tentación reached the top position in the Latin Pop
section of the USA's iTunes
, as well as the top five of the overall iTunes
Latin
department.
On the week ending May 17, 2009, Dulce Tentación reached #8 on the AMPROFON
top 10, and reached #5 the following week. That same week, "Lentamente" entered the top five of Exa FM and Los 40 Principales
, two of the most important pop stations of Mexico. "Lentamente" became her first #1 hit since "La Fuerza Del Destino", after it reached the top of the Airplay Charts. It also reached #10 in the overall Latin American singles chart.
In the first month of release, the album sold 50,000 copies in Mexico alone. The album is yet to be released world wide.
A review by U.S. Latino newspaper La Vibra praised the album, claiming the singer is one of the few Latin artists to keep up with her American and European contemporaries. The review also praises Fey's ability to reinvent herself as a progressive pop artist.
"Provócame", the second official single from the album, has already began to play in heavy rotation on Mexican radio stations, reaching high positions in online popularity rankings, including #2 on OYE's Hot Parade.
A remixed version of Dulce Tentación was under production and will be titled "Dulce Tentacion: The Remixes". The project was slated as Fey began work on her next studio album.
Note: In the standard version of the album, the length of the song "Borrando la historia" is 3:15 but there is another extended version of the song who is available in the Itunes Edition, its length is 3:29.
The track listing consists entirely of English versions of the songs included in the Spanish version of the album:
and Alejandra Guzmán
. Critics said it was a great concert that was at the level of any International Pop Star and a beautiful glimpse at Fey's future.
Fey continued her Sweet Temptation Tour by performing in clubs all over the United States. She had a preview concert during the Mexican G-Fest singing songs from her albums Fey
, Tierna La Noche
, El Color de los Sueños
, Vertigo, La Fuerza Del Destino
,and Dulce Tentacion
.
Set List:
The tour was restarted as a stadium tour with show dates set in Latin America and the United States. Fey had confirmed that the world tour would begin in 2009 in Argentina, the home country of Fey's late mother. In December 2009, Fey's record label released a statement saying that all tour dates had been canceled due to contract obligations not having been met. No statement of whether or not the tour has been postponed to later dates or other venues has been made by Elephant Records.
Fey (singer)
Fey is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop artist that became a pop teen idol for her country in the mid 1990s. Her height is 5 ft 2in .-Biography:...
. It was officially released on May 5, 2009. This is her first album on an independent label (Mi Rey Music) and is also her first in three years.
Album production
Fey calls the album "sensual, powerful and different; that's exactly the way I see women at this moment." The sound of the album itself follows the electronicElectronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
and rhythmic influences of her previous albums. The singer also cited glam rock
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...
as an inspiration for the songs and the promotional work used to promote the album. This "glam rock" look is also a part of the look she now uses.
Sam "Fish" Fisher (Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson may refer to:* Marilyn Manson , an American rock musician* Marilyn Manson , the American rock band led by the singer of the same name...
, Duran Duran
Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
and Daddy Yankee
Daddy Yankee
Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
), Cynthia M. Camacho (CYN - Fantasy Reality), Francisco Gil (Fey's Brother) and Fey herself worked as writers and composers on the album. It also includes a song which is an outtake from Tierna La Noche
Tierna La Noche
-About the album:The album was released in late 1996 and quickly climbed the charts to later peak at the top spot. The album stayed there for more than 3 months and stayed in the Top 20 for more than 40 weeks...
, produced by José Ramón Flores, as well as an outtake from Vértigo called "In Your Dreams."
Album art
The cover for "Dulce Tentación" was again designed by Fey's longtime friend Sergio Toporek, who previously designed her Tierna La NocheTierna La Noche
-About the album:The album was released in late 1996 and quickly climbed the charts to later peak at the top spot. The album stayed there for more than 3 months and stayed in the Top 20 for more than 40 weeks...
and El Color de los Sueños
El Color de los Sueños
El Color De Los Sueños is an album released in 1998 by Mexican singer Fey.- Controversy :The album was much less successful than the artist's previous album, Tierna La Noche, arguably because of the controversies that came about during this time...
albums. "Dulce Tentación" has two alternative covers.
Promotion and reception
FeyFey (singer)
Fey is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop artist that became a pop teen idol for her country in the mid 1990s. Her height is 5 ft 2in .-Biography:...
began to distribute her new material via the internet after it was announced that she was in the process of recording a new album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
through an independent record label. "Cicatrices" was the first track leaked, which was available for download on Fey's official website at the end of 2008. On January 23, 2009, an unedited version of "Lentamente" track was uploaded to YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
with previews of additional songs on the upcoming album. On April 21, the complete album leaked onto the internet.
Fey began promotion in Europe in the beginning of 2009 with plans to tour the USA.
The album debuted at number 24 in the official AMPROFON
AMPROFON
Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963, it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico...
Mexican Top 100 chart, climbing as high as number 2 that same week in the prime Mexican music store Mixup's Spanish albums top ten. In the United States, Dulce Tentación reached the top position in the Latin Pop
Latin pop
Latin pop generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a Latin American influence...
section of the USA's iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, as well as the top five of the overall iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
department.
On the week ending May 17, 2009, Dulce Tentación reached #8 on the AMPROFON
AMPROFON
Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963, it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico...
top 10, and reached #5 the following week. That same week, "Lentamente" entered the top five of Exa FM and Los 40 Principales
Los 40 Principales
Los 40 Principales is the main musical radio station in Spain with more than 4,000,000 listeners. The station was founded in 1966 and in 2006 the station celebrated its 40th anniversary...
, two of the most important pop stations of Mexico. "Lentamente" became her first #1 hit since "La Fuerza Del Destino", after it reached the top of the Airplay Charts. It also reached #10 in the overall Latin American singles chart.
In the first month of release, the album sold 50,000 copies in Mexico alone. The album is yet to be released world wide.
A review by U.S. Latino newspaper La Vibra praised the album, claiming the singer is one of the few Latin artists to keep up with her American and European contemporaries. The review also praises Fey's ability to reinvent herself as a progressive pop artist.
"Provócame", the second official single from the album, has already began to play in heavy rotation on Mexican radio stations, reaching high positions in online popularity rankings, including #2 on OYE's Hot Parade.
A remixed version of Dulce Tentación was under production and will be titled "Dulce Tentacion: The Remixes". The project was slated as Fey began work on her next studio album.
Singles
- "Cicatrices" ("Monsters") was released as a promo-only single on September 8, 2008.
- On February 10, "Lentamente" ("Let Me Show You") was officially released as the first single on the Mexican radio station "Oye FM". This single became her first #1 on the Mexican radio since "La Fuerza del Destino" came out in 2004. There exist a music video for the song first aired in March 2009 and was directed by 3D3-D filmA 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
director Luis Cage. The video was well received in MTV Latin AmericaMTV Latin AmericaMTV Latin America is a cable television specialty service aimed at residents in Hispanic American countries. It was launched on October 1, 1993 as MTV en Español. The channel is a Hispanic American version from MTV...
. - The second single is "Provócame" ("Games That You Play"), and it was released on June 12, 2009. So far it has peaked at #16 in Mexican radio, and at #26 on iTunesITunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
. The music video for the single was filmed in finally August 2009 by Mexican director Chivo (Manuel Escalante) and was premiered on September 22, 2009 on the Internet in her Youtube official page. - The third single is "Adicto a mi Cuerpo" ("Guilty Pleasure"), which was announced on Fey's official Twitter on January 25, 2010. Fey stated in a fan club chat that she was looking into finding someone to capture her vision for the music video in order to start filming it. Filming for the music video was slated as Fey has begun work on her next studio album.
Track listing
The album contains 11 songs in Spanish plus one bonus remix of "Cicatrices".| Track | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Provócame" | María Fernanda Blázquez Gil "Fey", José Francisco Blázquez Gil & Tiziano Borghi | Sam "Fish" Fisher | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Dulce Manzana" | María Fernanda Blázquez Gil "Fey", José Francisco Blázquez Gil & Sam "Fish" Fisher | Sam "Fish" Fisher | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Lentamente" | Sam "Fish" Fisher & Cynthia Camacho | Sam "Fish" Fisher | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Adicto A Mi Cuerpo" | María Fernanda Blázquez Gil "Fey", José Francisco Blázquez Gil & Sam "Fish" Fisher | Sam "Fish" Fisher | 3:00 |
| 5. | "Cicatrices" | María Fernanda Blázquez Gil "Fey", José Francisco Blázquez Gil, Sam "Fish" Fisher & Cynthia Camacho | Sam "Fish" Fisher | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Sirena De Cristal" | María Fernanda Blázquez Gil "Fey", José Francisco Blázquez Gil & Sam "Fish" Fisher | Sam "Fish" Fisher | 3:30 |
| 7. | "La Viuda Negra" | María Fernanda Blázquez Gil "Fey", José Francisco Blázquez Gil & Tiziano Borghi | Sam "Fish" Fisher | 3:15 |
| 8. | "La Fragilidad" | María Fernanda Blázquez Gil "Fey", José Francisco Blázquez Gil & Tiziano Borghi | Sam "Fish" Fisher | 3:39 |
| 9. | "Dolerá" | María Fernanda Blázquez Gil "Fey", José Francisco Blázquez Gil & Sam "Fish" Fisher | Sam "Fish" Fisher | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Borrando La Historia" | María Fernanda Blázquez Gil "Fey", José Francisco Blázquez Gil & Tiziano Borghi | Sam "Fish" Fisher | 3:15 (Standard Edition) /3:29 (Itunes Edition) |
| 11. | "Volviendo a Empezar" | María Fernanda Blázquez Gil "Fey", José Francisco Blázquez Gil & Tiziano Borghi | Sam "Fish" Fisher, Fey & José Portilla | 3:18 |
| 12. | "Cicatrices (Bearlin Club Mix - José "Spinnin" Cortés Remix)" Bonus track: Remix winner from FeyRemix.com |
María Fernanda Blázquez Gil "Fey", José Francisco Blázquez Gil, Sam "Fish" Fisher & Cynthia Camacho | Samuel "Fish" Fisher & José "Spinnin" Cortés | 5:31 |
Note: In the standard version of the album, the length of the song "Borrando la historia" is 3:15 but there is another extended version of the song who is available in the Itunes Edition, its length is 3:29.
"Sweet Temptation"
On August 3, 2009, "Sweet Temptation" (the English-language version of "Dulce Tentación") was leaked via Mi Rey Music's webpage, following Fey's departure from the label. Plans for an official release are unknown.The track listing consists entirely of English versions of the songs included in the Spanish version of the album:
- Games That You Play (Provócame)
- Sweet As Sin (Dulce Manzana)
- Let Me Show You (Lentamente)
- Guilty Pleasure (Adicto A Mi Cuerpo)
- Monsters (Cicatrices)
- In Your Dreams (Sirena De Cristal)
- Devil's Angel (La Viuda Negra)
- Loneliness (La Fragilidad)
- No More Lies (Dolerá)
- Your Game Is Over (Borrando La Historia)
- Sweet Agony (Volviendo A Empezar)
Certifications, peaks and sales
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
Certification | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican Amprofon Top 100 | 5 | Gold | 50,000 |
| Mexican Amprofon Mexican Albums | 3 |
Sweet Temptation Tour
Fey began her Official Sweet Temptation Tour in Mexico City by opening the GMF Ciudad de Mexico where she gave a live set of all her classics from Media Naranja to Lentamente. Fey was responsible to inaugurate this festival in Mexico, followed by FangoriaFangoria (band)
Fangoria is an electro-pop band, the brainchild of Alaska and Nacho Canut. They have sold over 1,200,000 CDs.In 1977 Alaska, along with Nacho Canut and Carlos Berlanga, formed the band Alaska y los Pegamoides. Later, in 1982, they changed the name to Alaska y Dinarama...
and Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...
. Critics said it was a great concert that was at the level of any International Pop Star and a beautiful glimpse at Fey's future.
| Date | City, State | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| August 5, 2009 | Mexico City | Expo Reforma |
Fey continued her Sweet Temptation Tour by performing in clubs all over the United States. She had a preview concert during the Mexican G-Fest singing songs from her albums Fey
Fey (album)
Fey is the eponymous debut album of Mexican pop singer Fey. It was released in 1995 with the Sony Music Mexico label. The album has sold over 2 million worldwide....
, Tierna La Noche
Tierna La Noche
-About the album:The album was released in late 1996 and quickly climbed the charts to later peak at the top spot. The album stayed there for more than 3 months and stayed in the Top 20 for more than 40 weeks...
, El Color de los Sueños
El Color de los Sueños
El Color De Los Sueños is an album released in 1998 by Mexican singer Fey.- Controversy :The album was much less successful than the artist's previous album, Tierna La Noche, arguably because of the controversies that came about during this time...
, Vertigo, La Fuerza Del Destino
La Fuerza Del Destino
La Fuerza del Destino is Fey's fifth studio album, released in December 2004. The album contains twelve tracks the popular Spanish band Mecano made famous in the 80s and early 90s....
,and Dulce Tentacion
Dulce Tentación
Dulce Tentación is the seventh studio album by Mexican pop/dance singer Fey. It was officially released on May 5, 2009...
.
Set List:
- Let Me Show You
- Medley: Media Naranja, Azúcar Amargo, La Noche Se Mueve
- Provocame
- Barco A Venus
- Muevelo
- Lentamente
| Date | City, State | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| August 27, 2009 | Dallas, Texas | Kaliente Nightclub |
| August 28, 2009 | Houston, Texas | Club Krystal |
| September 3, 2009 | Chicago, Illinois | Circuit Nightclub |
| September 4, 2009 | Scottsdale, Arizona | Forbidden Nightclub |
| September 6, 2009 | West Hollywood, California | Factory Event Space |
| September 11, 2009 | Sacramento, California | Faces |
| September 12, 2009 | San Diego, California | Rich's |
| November 6, 2009 | Atlanta, Georgia | Chaparral |
| November 8, 2009 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Piranha Nightclub |
The tour was restarted as a stadium tour with show dates set in Latin America and the United States. Fey had confirmed that the world tour would begin in 2009 in Argentina, the home country of Fey's late mother. In December 2009, Fey's record label released a statement saying that all tour dates had been canceled due to contract obligations not having been met. No statement of whether or not the tour has been postponed to later dates or other venues has been made by Elephant Records.
| Date | City, State | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| November 23, 2009 (canceled) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Luna Park |
| November 25, 2009 (canceled) | Montevideo, Uruguay | Cine Plaza |
| December 9, 2009 (canceled) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Teatro Astral |
| December 10, 2009 (canceled) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Teatro Astral |
| December 17, 2009 (canceled) | Santiago, Chile | Movistar Arena Stadium |