Live & off the Record

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Live & off the Record
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Live album by
Released30 March 2004
Recorded2002–2003
Venue Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Genre
Length90:33
Label Epic
Producer
Shakira chronology
Grandes Éxitos
(2002)
Live & off the Record
(2004)
Fijación Oral, Vol. 1
(2005)
Shakira video chronology
Grandes Éxitos
(2002)
Live & off the Record
(2004)
Oral Fixation, Vol. 1 & 2
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Live & off the Record (titled En Vivo y en Privado in Spain and Latin America) is the second live album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. The album was released in 2004, consisting of a two-disc CD and DVD compilation. The CD includes recordings of live performances recorded during 2003 and 2004, and the DVD includes footage from Shakira's Tour of the Mongoose live performance in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 22 April 2003. The album was certified gold by the RIAA in May 2004. It was number one on the US Top Music Videos chart on 17 April 2004. [2]

Contents

Background and release

In 2002, Shakira embarked on Tour of the Mongoose to promote her fifth studio album Laundry Service (2001). [3] [4] The tour date in Rotterdam on 22 April 2003 was recorded, and it was released on 30 March 2004 under the title Live & off the Record. [5] Featured on the DVD are 15 out of the 19 tracks recorded with only 10 on the CD; out of the other four tracks recorded "Fool" and "Dónde Están los Ladrones?" are featured on the Target edition of Shakira's sixth studio album Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (2005), while the recordings of "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" and "Un Poco de Amor" remain unreleased. [5] [6] [7]

"Poem to a Horse (Live)" and "Whenever, Wherever (Live)" were released as promotional singles off the live album. [8]

Reception

Elena Basanta from Cadena 100 hailed the live album as "one of Shakira's most versatile albums", pointing out her versatility performing a wide variety of musical genres, as well as praising her vocals and energy. [5]

Track listing

CD

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ojos Así"8:14
2."Si Te Vas"Luis Fernando Ochoa, Shakira4:36
3."Underneath Your Clothes"
4:13
4."Ciega, Sordomuda"4:58
5."The One"
3:46
6."Back in Black" (AC/DC cover)5:23
7.""
  • Dillon O'Biren
  • Shakira
4:50
8."Poem to a Horse" (Contains the Band Introductions)
  • Ochoa
  • Shakira
7:13
9."Objection (Tango)"Shakira4:22
10."Whenever, Wherever"7:52

DVD

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ojos Así"
  • Javier Garza
  • Pablo Flores
  • Shakira
9:04
2."Si Te Vas"
  • Luis Fernando Ochoa
  • Shakira
3:54
3."Ciega, Sordomuda"
  • Estefano Salgado
  • Shakira
4:38
4."The One"
  • Glen Ballard
  • Shakira
3:54
5."Back in Black" (AC/DC cover)
  • Angus Young
  • Malcolm Young
  • Brian Johnson
5:53
6."Rules"
  • Lester Mendez
  • Shakira
4:47
7."Inevitable"
  • Ochoa
  • Shakira
3:36
8."Estoy Aquí"
  • Ochoa
  • Shakira
5:58
9."Underneath Your Clothes"
  • Mendez
  • Shakira
4:22
10."Octavo Día"
  • Mendez
  • Shakira
8:12
11."Ready for the Good Times"Mendez6:22
12."Tú"
  • Dillon O'Biren
  • Shakira
4:50
13."Poem To A Horse" (Containts the Band Introductions)
  • Ochoa
  • Shakira
7:16
14."Objection (Tango)"Shakira4:44
15."Whenever, Wherever"
  • Gloria Estefan
  • Mendez
  • Shakira
10:03

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Artwork

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [9]
DVD
Gold7,500^
France (SNEP) [10]
DVD
Gold10,000*
Germany (BVMI) [11]
DVD
3× Gold75,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON) [12] Gold50,000^
Portugal (AFP) [13] Gold20,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [14] Gold50,000^
South Korea (RIAK)2,834 [15]
United States (RIAA) [16]
DVD
Gold50,000^
Summaries
America600,000 [17]

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

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog
Worldwide30 March 2004 Sony International CD, digital download 91109

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