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El Alma al Aire
Studio album by
Alejandro Sanz
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000 (2000-09-26)
StudioCriteria Studios
(Miami, Florida)
GenreLatin pop, Flamenco pop
Length54:47
LanguageSpanish
LabelWEA Latina
ProducerEmanuele Ruffinengo
Alejandro Sanz chronology
Discografía Completa: Edición Especial Gira 98
(1998) 		El Alma al Aire
(2000) 		Lo Esencial de... Alejandro Sanz
(2001)
Singles from El Alma al Aire
  1. "Cuando Nadie Me Ve"
    Released: August 18, 2000 (2000-08-18)
  2. "Quisiera Ser"
    Released: December 24, 2000 (2000-12-24)
  3. "El Alma al Aire"
    Released: 2001 (2001)

El Alma al Aire (transl. The Bared Soul) is the sixth studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz, It was released by WEA Latina on 26 September 2000. It is one of his more suggestive and emotive works. It beat all the records of sale of the Spanish market on having reached the 1,000,000 copies in the first week.[1]

Background[edit]

Composition[edit]

Promotion[edit]

Release[edit]

El Alma al Aire was released in Latin America and Spain on 25 September 2000 by WEA Latina.[2][3] A special edition of album was launched on 11 June 2001 in Spain and Portugal,[4] and features an additional disc with five tracks: A English and bilingual version of "Me Iré" with the Corrs, a Spanish-language version of "One Night" ("Una Noche") also with the Corrs, "Adoro" with Armando Manzanero, and a remix of "Tiene Que Ser Pecado".[5] "The Hardest Day" marks the first song that Sanz recorded in English and the three collaborations with the Corrs were produced by David Foster.[4] "Una Noche" was previously included in the Latin American edition of In Blue (2000) while the duet version of "Adoro" was first recorded for Manzanero's studio album Duetos (2001).[4][6]

El Alma al Aire was re-released in 2007 and includes demos of "Cuando Nadie Me Ve" and "El Alma al Aire" as well as a DVD with the music videos for "Cuando Nadie Me Ve", "Quisiera Ser", "El Alma al Aire", "Llega, Llegó Soledad", "Una Noche", and "The Hardest Day", and live performances of several of his songs from the album at the concert at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in 2001 during his El Alma al Aire Tour (2001-02).[7] A commemorative 20th anniversary edition of El Alma al Aire was released in 2020.[8]

Singles[edit]

Tour[edit]

Main article: El Alma Al Aire Tour

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Chicago Sun-Times[10]
El Norte6/10[11]
La Prensa[12]
Los Angeles Times[3]

AllMusic editor Stacia Proefrock gave the record three out of five stars, stating that while it was "not as strong as his best albums like Más, El Alma al Aire does present a solid collection of ballads" and praised its string sections.[9] Rating it three out of fours stars, Daniel Shumski of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote the tracks "fall into two categories: those that sound as if they were borrowed from Mas and those that take cautious baby steps to advance his songwriting abilities". Shumski praised the "clever turns of phrase and cut-above-standard lyrics" as well as Sanz's "velvety vocals and tuneful melodies".[10] The Chicago Tribune critic Achy Obejas stated all the songs in the album are a "Sanz composition: romantic, but realistic, lyrically lush but in fresh and unexpected ways, serious but surprisingly sincere". She commended "Quisiera Ser" as an "addictive hit single".[13]


Ernest Lechner reviewed for the Los Angeles Times and rated the disc two-and-a-half stars and out four, citing the artist's talent to make the "kind of crisp, manipulatively romantic music" but criticized the album's "fussy production values".[3]


Accolades[edit]

At the 2001 Premios Amigo in Spain, El Alma al Aire won Best Album while Sanz won Best Male Artist.[14] At the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2001, the record was nominated in the category of Best Latin Pop Album, which was awarded to MTV Unplugged (2000) by Shakira.[15] At the 2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards in the same year, Sanz was the biggest of the night, winning four awards including Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Album as well as Record of the Year and Song of the Year for the title track.[16] Sanz also won Latin Album of the Year and Male Latin Artist of the Year for the record at the 2001 Premios Gardel.[17]

Commercial performance[edit]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Alejandro Sanz, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Cuando Nadie Me Ve"5:07
2."Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas"5:22
3."Quisiera Ser"5:30
4."Para Que Me Quieras"4:29
5."Llega, Llegó Soledad"4:37
6."El Alma al Aire"5:58
7."Me Iré"5:40
8."Hicimos un Trato"4:37
9."Tiene Que Ser Pecado"5:05
10."Silencio" (hidden track "Desde Mis Centros")8:22
Total length:54:47

All tracks are written by Alejandro Sanz, except where noted

Edición Especial Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Me Iré (The Hardest Day)" (with the Corrs)5:07
2."Una Noche" (with the Corrs)5:22
3."Adoro" (with Armando Manzanero)5:30
4."Tiene Que Ser Pecado" (Alternative mix)4:29
5."The Hardest Day" (with the Corrs)5:07
Total length:54:47

Chart performance[edit]

Charts[edit]

Sales and certifications[edit]

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[30] 3× Platinum 180,000^
Chile[31] 2× Platinum 50,000[31]
Colombia (ASINCOL)[32] Platinum  
Mexico (AMPROFON)[34] 5× Gold 450,000[33]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[35] 13× Platinum 1,300,000^
United States (RIAA)[37] 2× Platinum (Latin) 125,000[36]
Venezuela[38] Platinum 20,000 
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[39] Platinum 1,000,000*
Latin America — 900,000[40]
Worldwide — 2,400,000[41]

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

Personnel[edit]

Release history[edit]

Release dates and formats for El Alma al Aire
Region Date Format Edition Label
Spain[42] 2 May 2008 CD Standard Warner Music España
United States[43] 6 May 2008 Warner Music Latina
Argentina[44] Warner Music Argentina
Mexico[45] Warner Music México
Ecuador[46]
Venezuela[47]
Russia[48]
Spain[49] 2 December 2008 2 CDs Limited Warner Music España
Mexico[50] 28 April 2009 CD + DVD Special Warner Music México

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  3. ^ a b c Lechner, Ernesto (October 20, 2000). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. p. F22. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Llewellyn, Howell (June 16, 2001). "Spanish Superstar Sanz Makes English Debut". Billboard. 113 (24): 43, 51. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
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  11. ^ Davis, Deborah (September 29, 2000). "Sus 'rolas' estan flojas". El Norte (in Spanish). p. 16. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  12. ^ Aguilar, Eva (October 12, 2000). "Sonidos en la Via". La Prensa (in Spanish). p. 9B. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  13. ^ Obejas, Achy (July 8, 2001). "Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 12. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
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