Gloria (Gloria Trevi album)
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Gloria is the eighth studio album by Mexican
singer-songwriter Gloria Trevi
. It was released on March 22, 2011 by Universal Music Latin
, after a four-year gap since the release of her last studio album, Una Rosa Blu
. Trevi worked as co-writer for the album tracks, while Armando Avila and Sebastián Jácome
worked as the record producers. The themes of the songs are her personal feelings, female empowerment, survival and romantic love.
The album received mostly positive reviews and entered atop the charts in Mexico and the United States. The first single, "Me Río de Ti", also received praise and peaked at number-one in Mexico, while the song "No al Alguacil" features Mexican superstar Paulina Rubio
. A deluxe edition was also released, including as a bonus track the song "Esa Hembra es Mala", the main theme for the Mexican telenovela Teresa.
, which became very successful, spending 121 weeks inside the Mexican Album Chart. Una Rosa Blu yielded five number-one singles in Mexico and earned recognition, such as a Lo Nuestro and Billboard
awards. Since the album sold half a million units throughout Latin America, Trevi realized that her next release had to be better than the previous one, so she took the time to choose and write about many issues. Gloria was recorded in London, Los Angeles, New York City, Miami and Mexico under the guidance of Armando Avila and Sebastián Jácome. The singer declared that the album is dedicated to women, since "the girls are the ones who buy albums. If there comes a handsome guy and sings to us something that touches our heart is cool, but it is harder for a woman to understand another woman". The album title was chosen after Trevi's mother, who also is named Gloria: "It is a tribute to my mother and to my grandmother, my mother named me Gloria after them, but especially I did it for my mom, who was going through a very intense situation at the time I was working on the album."
, disco and rock
. Trevi said: "We chose 10 songs, but the rest will be released on a deluxe edition." The lyrics, as usual for previous albums by the singer, are based on passages of her life. "I have always been an open book. I started singing about 'old shoes
' and 'psychiatrists
', but invariably honest, even when the hypocritical society hits me." "Fuego con Fuego" (Fire with Fire) and "Me Río de Ti" (I Laugh at You) are musicalized with synthesizers, drums
and guitar riffs. About the "Fuego" lyrics, Trevi imagined herself glowing and her hair on fire, after being applied "a lot of peroxide" to clarify her usual brown hair. Trevi said about "Me Río de Ti": "I loved the melody, I loved the concept of the song, but it was a little short so I wrote a little part of it." Trevi met songwriter Mariana De La Garza, and she had "a face of someone who has a broken heart", so the success of the song was a very good revenge for both, "Now she is going to laugh at him and he will mourn without her." The lyrics of the track "No al Alguacil" deal with control and monitored loving relationships and features guest vocals by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio
.
Two tracks are written by singer-songwriter
Leonel García, of the Sin Bandera
fame, "Vestida de Azúcar" (Dress with Sugar) and "Y Ahora Te Sorprendes" (And Now You Are Surprised) which are named Trevi's favorite songs from the album. "Vestida de Azúcar" is a song about regret, when a person prefers to have a good memory, even when it hurts; the latter represents the union of women with nature. "Recostada en la Cama" (Lying in Bed) is a cover version of a song previously recorded by Banda performer El Chapo de Sinaloa
.
On the deluxe edition, the album includes "Esa Hembra es Mala" (This Bitch Is Bad), the main theme for the Mexican telenovela Teresa, written and performed by Trevi and produced by Sebastian Jacome and Rayito. The song received a TVyNovelas
award nomination for Best Telenovela Song, which it lost to "Cuando Me Enamoro", by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias
featuring Juan Luis Guerra
. Another song from the deluxe edition is "Fan", a song dedicated to Trevi's longtime musical idols The Rolling Stones
. Previous to this song, Trevi recorded a Spanish language version of the track "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
", written by Mick Jagger
and Keith Richards
, on her debut album ¿Qué Hago Aquí?
(1989).
With Gloria, Trevi wanted to have another kind of relation with her audience and follow the story that began with her "painful" songs, such as "El Recuento de los Daños
" (The Recount of the Damages), evolving in "En Medio de la Tempestad" (The Midst of The Storm), watching her in "Todos Me Miran" (Everybody Looks at Me), having "Cinco Minutos
" (Five Minutes), and reaching the "glory".
for the song was directed by Argentine film-maker Gustavo Garzón
, who worked with Trevi for the first time. The track peaked at 19 in the Billboard Latin Songs chart and at number-one, for 9 consecutive weeks in the Mexican Airplay chart.
said that Gloria has a "higher volume" from Trevi's previous albums, in order to keep pace with Lady Gaga
, Katy Perry
and Shakira
; with the duet with fellow Mexican singer Paulina Rubio
, "No al Alguacil", being the highest point of the album.
, the main album chart in the United States, 98 places higher than Una Rosa Blu, which reached 169. In Mexico, the album also debuted at number-one and received a gold certification by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas three days after its release.
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Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
singer-songwriter Gloria Trevi
Gloria Trevi
Gloria Trevi is a Mexican pop-rock singer-songwriter. She was described as the "Supreme Diva of the Mexican Pop" by the music channel VH1 and sold over 20 million records.-Biography:...
. It was released on March 22, 2011 by Universal Music Latin
Universal Music Latin Entertainment
Universal Music Latin Entertainment is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. The music label was created with the acquisition of Univision Music Group and combining it with Universal's top Latin artists, along with much of the Latin back catalog of UMG.UMLE includes famous Latin music...
, after a four-year gap since the release of her last studio album, Una Rosa Blu
Una Rosa Blu
Una Rosa Blu is the seventh studio album by Mexican pop singer-songwriter Gloria Trevi, released by Univision Records on October 2, 2007 in Latin America and the United States. It was produced by Sergio George, Bob Benozzo and Armando Avila. This album sold over 600,000 copies...
. Trevi worked as co-writer for the album tracks, while Armando Avila and Sebastián Jácome
Sebastian J.
Sebastian Jacome, better known as Sebastian J., is a record producer, composer and songwriter who resides in Los Angeles, California.Jacome's production, programming, arranging, and remixing credits include artists such as: Ines Gaviria, Ozomatli, Huecco, The Cheetah Girls, Jorge Villamizar , Laura...
worked as the record producers. The themes of the songs are her personal feelings, female empowerment, survival and romantic love.
The album received mostly positive reviews and entered atop the charts in Mexico and the United States. The first single, "Me Río de Ti", also received praise and peaked at number-one in Mexico, while the song "No al Alguacil" features Mexican superstar Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
. A deluxe edition was also released, including as a bonus track the song "Esa Hembra es Mala", the main theme for the Mexican telenovela Teresa.
Background
In 2007, Trevi released her seventh studio album Una Rosa BluUna Rosa Blu
Una Rosa Blu is the seventh studio album by Mexican pop singer-songwriter Gloria Trevi, released by Univision Records on October 2, 2007 in Latin America and the United States. It was produced by Sergio George, Bob Benozzo and Armando Avila. This album sold over 600,000 copies...
, which became very successful, spending 121 weeks inside the Mexican Album Chart. Una Rosa Blu yielded five number-one singles in Mexico and earned recognition, such as a Lo Nuestro and Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
awards. Since the album sold half a million units throughout Latin America, Trevi realized that her next release had to be better than the previous one, so she took the time to choose and write about many issues. Gloria was recorded in London, Los Angeles, New York City, Miami and Mexico under the guidance of Armando Avila and Sebastián Jácome. The singer declared that the album is dedicated to women, since "the girls are the ones who buy albums. If there comes a handsome guy and sings to us something that touches our heart is cool, but it is harder for a woman to understand another woman". The album title was chosen after Trevi's mother, who also is named Gloria: "It is a tribute to my mother and to my grandmother, my mother named me Gloria after them, but especially I did it for my mom, who was going through a very intense situation at the time I was working on the album."
Music and lyrics
Gloria includes 10 songs covering various musical genres such as popPop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, disco and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
. Trevi said: "We chose 10 songs, but the rest will be released on a deluxe edition." The lyrics, as usual for previous albums by the singer, are based on passages of her life. "I have always been an open book. I started singing about 'old shoes
Me Siento Tan Sola
Me siento tan sola is the third album from Mexican singer Gloria Trevi. It was originally released in 1992 by Sony International. This was one of the most important albums in her career since it launched her to international stardom, considering it went gold in Japan and Spain...
' and 'psychiatrists
¿Qué Hago Aquí?
...Qué Hago Aquí? was the debut studio album by Mexican Pop rock singer Gloria Trevi. It was produced by Sergio Andrade and originally released in 1989 by Sony International. The album became massively popular with the mainstream Mexican audience because of songs like "Dr. Psiquiatra",...
', but invariably honest, even when the hypocritical society hits me." "Fuego con Fuego" (Fire with Fire) and "Me Río de Ti" (I Laugh at You) are musicalized with synthesizers, drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
and guitar riffs. About the "Fuego" lyrics, Trevi imagined herself glowing and her hair on fire, after being applied "a lot of peroxide" to clarify her usual brown hair. Trevi said about "Me Río de Ti": "I loved the melody, I loved the concept of the song, but it was a little short so I wrote a little part of it." Trevi met songwriter Mariana De La Garza, and she had "a face of someone who has a broken heart", so the success of the song was a very good revenge for both, "Now she is going to laugh at him and he will mourn without her." The lyrics of the track "No al Alguacil" deal with control and monitored loving relationships and features guest vocals by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
.
Two tracks are written by singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Leonel García, of the Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera was a Latin pop duo based in Mexico that consisted of Leonel García, and Noel Schajris. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album "Sin Bandera" was released in 2001.-Biography:...
fame, "Vestida de Azúcar" (Dress with Sugar) and "Y Ahora Te Sorprendes" (And Now You Are Surprised) which are named Trevi's favorite songs from the album. "Vestida de Azúcar" is a song about regret, when a person prefers to have a good memory, even when it hurts; the latter represents the union of women with nature. "Recostada en la Cama" (Lying in Bed) is a cover version of a song previously recorded by Banda performer El Chapo de Sinaloa
El Chapo de Sinaloa
Ernesto Pérez better know by his stage name El Chapo de Sinaloa , is a Mexican norteño/banda singer....
.
On the deluxe edition, the album includes "Esa Hembra es Mala" (This Bitch Is Bad), the main theme for the Mexican telenovela Teresa, written and performed by Trevi and produced by Sebastian Jacome and Rayito. The song received a TVyNovelas
TVyNovelas
TVyNovelas is a Mexican magazine published by .Four international editions are also published: USA, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Chile and Colombia. It is considered the leader among showbusiness publications in Mexico, especially on the subject of telenovelas...
award nomination for Best Telenovela Song, which it lost to "Cuando Me Enamoro", by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
featuring Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra is a singer, songwriter and producer from the Dominican Republic who has sold over 30 million records, and won numerous awards including 12 Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards...
. Another song from the deluxe edition is "Fan", a song dedicated to Trevi's longtime musical idols The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
. Previous to this song, Trevi recorded a Spanish language version of the track "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
" Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards's throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song...
", written by Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
and Keith Richards
Keith Richards
Keith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
, on her debut album ¿Qué Hago Aquí?
¿Qué Hago Aquí?
...Qué Hago Aquí? was the debut studio album by Mexican Pop rock singer Gloria Trevi. It was produced by Sergio Andrade and originally released in 1989 by Sony International. The album became massively popular with the mainstream Mexican audience because of songs like "Dr. Psiquiatra",...
(1989).
With Gloria, Trevi wanted to have another kind of relation with her audience and follow the story that began with her "painful" songs, such as "El Recuento de los Daños
Más Turbada Que Nunca
Más Turbada Que Nunca is the fourth studio album released by pop/rock singer Gloria Trevi. Although sales dropped, it is one of the most memorable albums of her career. The name of the album is a pun: it means "Crazier than ever" but sounds rather like "Masturbated than ever". Some radio stations...
" (The Recount of the Damages), evolving in "En Medio de la Tempestad" (The Midst of The Storm), watching her in "Todos Me Miran" (Everybody Looks at Me), having "Cinco Minutos
Cinco minutos
Five Minutes is the debut novel by Brazilian writer José de Alencar. It was initially published under feuilleton form at the journal Diário do Rio de Janeiro, in 1856.-Plot and setting:...
" (Five Minutes), and reaching the "glory".
Singles
The album lead single, "Me Río de Ti" was released on January 11, 2011. The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for the song was directed by Argentine film-maker Gustavo Garzón
Gustavo Garzón
Gustavo Garzón is an Argentine film and television actor.He works in the cinema of Argentina.-Filmography:* Cosa de locos * Tacos altos * Los Días de junio aka Days in June...
, who worked with Trevi for the first time. The track peaked at 19 in the Billboard Latin Songs chart and at number-one, for 9 consecutive weeks in the Mexican Airplay chart.
Reception
The album received positive reviews. Juan Mesa of About.comAbout.com
About.com is an online source for original information and advice. It is written in English, and is aimed primarily at North Americans. It is owned by The New York Times Company....
said that Gloria has a "higher volume" from Trevi's previous albums, in order to keep pace with Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
, Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
and Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
; with the duet with fellow Mexican singer Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
, "No al Alguacil", being the highest point of the album.
Tracklisting
This tracklisting adapted from Allmusic.Chart performance
The album debuted at the top of the charts in Mexico and the United States. Gloria entered the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart at number-one, surpassing her highest placement in the chart, Cómo Nace el Universo (2005), which peaked at number four. The following week the album dropped to number four. Gloria peaked at number 71 in the Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, the main album chart in the United States, 98 places higher than Una Rosa Blu, which reached 169. In Mexico, the album also debuted at number-one and received a gold certification by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas three days after its release.
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Mexico (Top 100 Mexico Top 100 Mexico Top 100 México is a record chart which accounts for sixty percent of the albums sold in Mexico. The chart has the support of major record distributors in Mexico and is issued by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A.C. since 2005 on a weekly basis... ) |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
71 |
| U.S. Latin Albums (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
1 |
| U.S. Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information of the Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full length albums and like all album charts on Billboard, is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen... (Billboard) |
1 |
Album certification
Personnel
- Gloria Trevi – main performer, co-producer, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, lyricistLyricistA lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:... - Armando Avila – producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, lyricist - Sebastián Jácome – producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, songwriter - Paulina Rubio – featured vocals
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Release info
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | March 22, 2011 | CD, digital download (standard and deluxe edition) | Universal Music Latin Universal Music Latin Entertainment Universal Music Latin Entertainment is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. The music label was created with the acquisition of Univision Music Group and combining it with Universal's top Latin artists, along with much of the Latin back catalog of UMG.UMLE includes famous Latin music... |
| Chile | |||
| Colombia | |||
| Costa Rica | |||
| El Salvador | |||
| Guatemala | |||
| Honduras | |||
| Mexico | |||
| Spain | |||
| United States |