Laura Pausini (1994 album)

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Laura Pausini
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Studio album by
Laura Pausini
Released22 April 1994
RecordedSantanna Recording Studios
Castelfranco Emilia, Modena, Italy
Morning Studio
Milan, Italy
Logic Audiofile Studio
Milan, Italy
Genre
Length42:18
LanguageSpanish
Label CGD
Producer
  • Angelo Valsiglio
  • Marco Marati
Laura Pausini chronology
Laura
(1994)		Laura Pausini
(1994)		 Laura Pausini
(1995)
Singles from Laura
  1. "La soledad"
    Released: April 1994
  2. "Se Fué"
    Released: July 1994
  3. "Amores extraños"
    Released: October 1994
  4. "Gente"
    Released: February 1995
  5. "Él no está por ti"
    Released: July 1995

Laura Pausini is Italian singer Laura Pausini's Spanish-language debut album and her third studio album issued by CGD (Warner) Records in April 1994. This self-titled work offers Spanish-language renditions of selected tracks and greatest hits from her native Italian-language albums Laura Pausini (1993) and Laura (1994).

Contents

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album, a special box was released exclusively in Spain on 8 November 2019, which consists of the standard album with two bonus tracks: "Besos que se Roban", Spanish version of "Baci che si rubano" and a 2013 medley: "La Solitudine / La Soledad / Loneliness", a second disc with the 10 Italian original versions, a third disc with alternative and live versions, a DVD of a 1995 TV special called Un Año de Éxito, the album in 180-g translucent vinyl format, a 36-page booklet with texts by the singer and Risto Mejide, and never-seen photographic material. [1]

Track listing

All Spanish adaptations by J. Badía, with additional English adaptation by Tim Rice in "Loneliness".

No.TitleLength
1."Gente"4:30
2."Él no está por ti"3:45
3."Amores extraños"4:10
4."Las chicas"4:30
5."El valor que no se ve"4:35
6."La soledad"4:04
7."¿Por qué no volverán?"4:10
8."Se Fué"4:40
9."¿Por qué no?"4:02
10."Carta"3:45
Total length:42:18
25th Anniversary edition bonus tracks [2]
No.TitleLength
11."Besos que se Roban"4:00
12."La Solitudine / La Soledad / Loneliness" (2013 Medley)4:00
Total length:50:18
CD #2: Laura Pausini (25th Anniversary – Italian) [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gente"
  • Angelo Valsiglio
  • Cheope
  • Marco Marati
4:30
2."Lui Non Sta Con Te"
  • A. Valsiglio
  • Roberto Buti
  • Cheope
  • M. Marati
3:45
3."Strani Amori"
  • A. Valsiglio
  • R. Buti
  • Cheope
  • M. Marati
4:10
4."Ragazze Che"
  • A. Valsiglio
  • R. Buti
  • Cheope
  • M. Marati
4:30
5."Il Coraggio Che Non C'è"
  • A. Valsiglio
  • Cheope
  • M. Marati
4:35
6."La Solitudine"
  • Pietro Cremonesi
  • A. Valsiglio
  • Federico Cavalli
4:04
7."Perchè Non Torna Più"
  • P. Cremonesi
  • A. Valsiglio
  • F. Cavalli
4:10
8."Non C'è"
  • P. Cremonesi
  • A. Valsiglio
  • F. Cavalli
4:40
9."Tutt'al Più"
  • P. Cremonesi
  • A. Valsiglio
  • F. Cavalli
  • Roberto Casini
4:02
10."Lettera"
  • A. Valsiglio
  • Giovanni Salvatori
  • Cheope
  • M. Marati
3:45
Total length:42:18
CD #3: Laura Pausini (25th Anniversary – Alternative and Live Versions)
No.TitleLength
1."La Soledad" (Version 2001)4:23
2."Se Fue" (New Version 2001)4:16
3."Gente (Ordinary People)" (New Version 2001)4:38
4."Amores Extraños" (New Version 2001)4:17
5."La Soledad" (New Version 2013) (featuring Ennio Morricone)5:03
6."Se Fué" (New Version 2013) (featuring Marc Anthony)3:48
7."Gente" (New Version 2013)4:31
8."Amores Extraños" (New Version 2013)4:58
9."La solitudine (Loneliness)"4:00
10."Gente" (Live San Siro 2007)3:50
11."Amores Extraños" (Live New York, 16 October 2009)4:21
12."La Soledad" (Live Barcelona, 30 April 2009)5:07
13."Se Fué" (Live Paris, 2005)6:27
Total length:59:39
DVD: Un Año de Éxito
No.TitleLength
1."Un Año de Éxito" 

Charts

Chart (1994–1995)Peak
position
Colombian Albums Chart [4] 1
Spanish Albums Chart [5] 1
US Top Latin Albums [6] 31
US Latin Pop Albums [6] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Spanish Albums Chart [7] 1
Chart (1995)Position
Spanish Albums Chart [8] 3

Certifications

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RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [9] Platinum60,000^
Chile (IFPI Chile) [10] Platinum35,000^
Colombia (ASINCOL) [11] Platinum60,000x
Mexico—400,000 [12]
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [13] 11× Platinum1,300,000 [14]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [15] Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

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Technical

Design

See also

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