Subir Al Cielo

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Subir Al Cielo
Subir Al Cielo cover.jpg
Studio album by
MDO
ReleasedOctober 31, 2000 (2000-10-31)
RecordedJune – July 2000
Studio
  • Cocoa-Butt Recording Studio
    (Culver City, CA)
  • Digtone Studios
  • EQ's Recording Studios
  • Extremem Music Studio
  • Moon Recording
  • Música Futura Studios
  • South Point Studios
    (Miami, FL)
  • The Loft Studios
    (Bronxville, NY)
Genre
Length50:59
Label Sony Discos
Producer Gustavo Arenas · Mike Couzzi · Alejandro Jaén · César Lemos · Rudy Pérez · Evan Rogers · Carl Struken · Tommy Torres · Rick Wike · Bruce Weeden Óscar Llord
(executive producer)
MDO chronology
Un Poco Más
(1999)
Subir Al Cielo
(2000)
A Little Piece of Heaven
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Subir Al Cielo (English: Climb To The Sky) is the third studio album recorded by Latin American boyband MDO. It was released by Sony Discos on October 31, 2000 (see 2000 in music).

Contents

Original member Anthony Galindo left the band shortly before, and members Pablo Portillo and Troy Tuminelli were hired to replace him.

The album spawned the hit single "Te Quise Olvidar". It also featured three songs in English.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cuatro Paredes"3:55
2."Te Quise Olvidar"4:24
3."Déjame Subirte Al Cielo"
  • Amado Jaén
  • Evan Rogers
  • Carl Sturken
4:07
4."A Mi Amor Tu Vas A Extrañar"
3:33
5."Baila"
  • Karla Aponte
  • César Lemos
3:11
6."Sin Tí" Omar Alfanno 3:25
7."Tonight, Te Amaré"
  • Karla Aponte
  • César Lemos
  • Abel Talamantez
3:33
8."Es La Cosa"
  • William Paz
  • Evan Rogers
  • Abel Talamantez
3:58
9."Yo No Tengo Corazón"William Paz4:02
10."Someone Help Me!"Abel Talamantez3:55
11."Locks All the Doors"
3:54
12."So Hard to Forget" 4:25
13."Te Quise Olvidar" (Versión Norteña)
  • Carlos Baute
  • Yasmil Marrufo
3:33
Total length:50:59

Singles

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [2] Platinum (Latin)100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Credits and personnel

Personnel

  • Pedro Alfonso – piano
  • Pete Amato – scat
  • Gustavo Arenas – arranger, producer
  • Richard Bravo – mixing, percussion
  • Ed Calle – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Gustavo Celis – digital editing, engineer, vocal engineer
  • Tony Concepción – horn arrangements, trumpet
  • Mike Couzzi – mixing engineer, producer
  • Andrea Derby – production coordination
  • Jorge Dobal – horn
  • Jose Luis Galvis – assistant engineer
  • Al Hemberger – engineer
  • Julio Hernández – bass
  • Alejandro Jaén – producer, Spanish version
  • César Lemos – arranger, acoustic guitar, guitar programming, keyboard programming, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Lee Levin – drums
  • Óscar Llord – executive producer
  • Miami Symphonic orchestra – string ensemble
  • Alfredo Oliva – concertina
  • Carlos Paucar – engineer
  • Richie Pérez – engineer
  • Rudy Pérez – producer
  • Clay Perry – keyboards, programming
  • Elias Jr. Ponce – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Cheito Quiñones – trumpet
  • Leo Quintero – acoustic guitar
  • Daniel Ramos – accordion, arranger, keyboards
  • Silvio Richetto – digital editing
  • Evan Rogers – producer
  • Carl Sturken – guitar, producer
  • Dana Teboe – trombone
  • Michael Hart thompson – guitar
  • Tommy Torres – drum programming, guitar, keyboards, mixing, producer
  • Adrian Trujillo – audio engineer
  • Camilo Valencia – arranger, horn arrangements, percussion
  • Rick Wake – producer
  • Dan Warner – electric guitar
  • Dave Way – mixing
  • Bruce Weeden – arranger, engineer, mixing, producer
  • Doc Wiley – engineer

Members

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References

  1. [Subir Al Cielo at AllMusic
  2. "American album certifications – MDO – Subir al Cielo". Recording Industry Association of America.