Desconocida

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Desconocida
Marta sanchez - desconocida.jpg
Studio album by
Released17 November 1998
StudioFlamingo Café/Viva West Recording Studios, Studio city, CA and Titania Studios, Rome, Italy. [1]
Genre Latin Pop
Label Mercury, Polygram
Producer Christian De Walden [1]
Marta Sanchez chronology
Azabache
(1997)
Desconocida
(1998)
Grandes Éxitos: Los Mejores Años de Nuestra Vida
(1999)
Alternative cover

Desconocida (Eng.: Unknown or Stranger) is the title of the fourth studio album by Spanish singer Marta Sanchez (in 1998). With this album, Marta returned to the pop music on her first albums, but now with a more Italian feel. The album was produced once again by Christian De Walden and a few Italian co-producers. [1] The singles were "Quiero Mas de Ti", "Desconocida", "Los Mejores Años de Nuestra Vida", "Estrellas de Fuego" and "Loca de Amor". The album is dedicated to the late father of the artist, and it sold 600,000 copies worldwide. The English version is called Perfect Stranger. [1]

Contents

Track listing

The following are titles/durations of tracks on the album: [1]

  1. Desconocida (Christian De Walden, Steve Deutsch, Steve Singer, Mike Shepstone, Carlos Toro) – 4:37
  2. Será (Claudia Brant, Sebastian Schon) – 3:34
  3. Quiero Mas de Ti (Alfons Weindorf, Carlos Toro, Bernd Meinunger) – 3:25
  4. Los Mejores Años de Nuestra Vida (I Migliori Anni Della Nostra Vita) (Maurizio Fabrizio, Guido Morra, Adapt. Carlos Toro) – 4:23
  5. Despues de Ti (Christian De Walden, Steve Singer, Ludis Sorto, Carlos Toro) – 4:34
  6. Estrellas de Fuego (Cristian De Walden/Michael Mishaw, Steve Singer, Carlos Toro) – 4:30
  7. Corazón Que Mira Al Sur (Marta Sanchez) – 4:31
  8. Loca de Amor (Claudia Brant, Dany Tomas, Marcelo Wengrovski) – 4:22
  9. Habla el Corazón (Cheope, Alberto Mastrfrancesco, Vito Mastrofrancesco, Carlos Toro) – 4:03
  10. Innocente (Jose C. Machado, Pedro Guerra) – 4:00
  11. Más de Lo Que Pedí (Ralf Stemmann, Michael Holm, Jenny Macaluso. Adapt. Carlos Toro) – 4:38
  12. Como Tu y Yo (Christian de Walden, Michael Mishaw, Steve Singer, Carlos Toro) – 4:30
  13. Desconocida [Bombay Mix] (Christian de Walden, Steve Deutsch, Steve Singer, Mike Shepstone, Carlos Toro) – 4:51. [1]

Personnel

Technical

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