Released May 2003 Genre Pop, dance Label MTM Records | Recorded 2003 Length 40:07 | |
Producer Javier Jara, Eduardo de Narváez, Freddy Camelo. | ||
Kiruba, debut album of the same name Ecuadorian pop group, released in May 2003. The first single, Quisiera (I Wish), released a month earlier, gained immediate acceptance from the public, not only nationally but also internationally. This album became one of the best selling in the history of Ecuador, with more than 15 thousand copies sold them earned double platinum disc for they label, granted, MTM Records.
Contents
The album was recorded in Audiovision Studios in Bogotá (Colombia) for almost the entire month of February 2003 under the leadership of Javier Jara, who had also worked with Shakira, Carlos Vives and Colombian Popstars: Escarcha. Production was in charge of the Ecuadorians: Eduardo de Narvaez and Fredy Camelo, while authors of some singles of the disc.
The singles from this album were Quisiera (I Wish), Camina (Walk), Como Extraño Tu Luz (How I'm Missing Your Light), and Me Pierdo (Losing Myself). All of these reached the top on lists of Ecuador and Quisiera (I Wish) came to fifteenth in the counting top of TV channel of Latin music HTV.
Production credits
General director: Javier Jara
Music production: Eduardo de Narváez
Musical arrangements: Eduardo de Narváez, Fredy Camelo, Aguera Carlos, Juan Antonio Macías
Production assistant: Patricia Riaño
Direction and vocal arrangements: Sarhelena del Pozo, Eduardo de Narvaez, Sandra Serrato
Recording engineer and mixing: Andrés Landinez
Mastering: Mauricio González
Musicians
Guitars: Fredy Camelo
Batteries: Pablo Bernal
Bass: Juan Pablo Gasca
Piano and keyboard: Juan Antonio Macías
Percussion: Luis Enrique Duque, Luis Pacheco
Charango and Sampoña: Omar Florez
Rhodes: Eduardo de Narváez
Male Voice: Eduardo de Narváez
Voices Guide: Carolina Pinzón, Conie Medina, Sandra Serrato, Karime Ramirez
Album track list
Composed of a total of 10 themes, the list of songs, composers and length is the following:
- Quisiera ("I Wish")
- Composers: Karime Ramirez, Fernando Arroyo
- Length: 4:13
- Single: First - April 2003
- Como Extraño Tu Luz ("How I'm Missing Your Light")
- Composers: Julio Navarrete
- Length: 3:18
- Single: Third - August 2003
- Me Pierdo ("Losing Myself")
- Composers: John William Upegui
- Length: 4:01
- Single: Fourth - November 2003
- Dame ("Give Me")
- Composers: Fredy Camelo
- Length: 2:55
- Single: No
- Mirando Como Un Bobo ("Watching Like A Fool")
- Composers: Claudio Durán
- Length: 3:40
- Single: No, although it used during the audittions in the selection process of the group
- Te Llevo En Mi Corazón ("I Keep You In My Heart")
- Composers: Fernando Gómez Alejandro Gomez
- Length: 3:31
- Single: No
- Camina ("Walk")
- Composers: María José Blum, Cecilia Calle, Mariela Nazareno, Diana Rueda, Gabriela Villalba
- Length: 3:18
- Single: Second, June 2003
- Eres ("You Are")
- Composers: Carlos Aguer, María Tatiana Duarte
- Length: 3:25
- Single: No
- Con Todo Lo Que Tengo ("With Everything That I Have")
- Composers: Julio Navarrete
- Length: 4:13
- Single: No
- Mosaico Kiruba ("Kiruba Mosaic")
- Composers: César Guerrero (El Aguacate), Enrique Yepes Espín (Pasional), Gonzalo Benítez and Luis Valencia (Vasija de Barro)
- Length: 4:08
- Single: No, but it is a collection of important popular Ecuadorian songs, re edited and sung by the girls.