Desconocida
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- Also see: Desconocido (disambiguation).
Desconocida (Eng.: Unknown or Stranger) is the title of the fourth studio album
Studio album
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by Spanish
Spain
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singer Marta Sanchez
Marta Sánchez
Marta Sánchez López is a Spanish female vocalist. She was born on 8 May 1966 in Madrid. Her father, Antonio Sánchez Camporro, was a Galician opera singer.- Biography :...
(in 1998). With this album, Marta returned to the pop music
Pop music
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on her first albums, but now with a more Italian feel. The album was produced once again by Christian De Walden
Christian De Walden
Christian de Walden is a record producer, composer, arranger and songwriter of Italian origin, who currently resides in Los Angeles, California...
and a few Italian co-producers. 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".
Tracklisting
The following are titles/durations of tracks on the album:- Desconocida (Christian De Walden, Steve Deutsch, Steve Singer, Mike Shepstone, Carlos Toro) – 4:37
- Será (Claudia Brant, Sebastian Schon) – 3:34
- Quiero Mas de Ti (Alfons Weindorf, Carlos Toro, Bernd Meinunger) – 3:25
- Los Mejores Años de Nuestra Vida (I Migliori Anni Della Nostra Vita) (Maurizio Fabrizio, Guido Morra, Adapt. Carlos Toro) – 4:23
- Despues de Ti (Christian De Walden, Steve Singer, Ludis Sorto, Carlos Toro) – 4:34
- Estrellas de Fuego (Cristian De Walden/Michael Mishaw, Steve Singer, Carlos Toro) – 4:30
- Corazón Que Mira Al Sur (Marta Sanchez) – 4:31
- Loca de Amor (Claudia Brant, Dany Tomas, Marcelo Wengrovski) – 4:22
- Habla el Corazón (Cheope, Alberto Mastrfrancesco, Vito Mastrofrancesco, Carlos Toro) – 4:03
- Inocente (Jose C. Machado, Pedro Guerra) – 4:00
- Más de Lo Que Pedí (Ralf StemmannRalf StemmannRalf Stemmann is a record producer, composer, arranger, keyboards player, synthesizer programmer of German origin, who currently resides in Malibu, California....
, Michael Holm, Jenny Macaluso. Adapt. Carlos Toro) – 4:38 - Como Tu y Yo (Christian de Walden, Michael Mishaw, Steve Singer, Carlos Toro) – 4:30
- Desconocida [Bombay Mix] (Christian de Walden, Steve Deutsch, Steve Singer, Mike Shepstone, Carlos Toro) – 4:51.
Personnel
- Marta Sanchez – vocals
- Ralf StemmannRalf StemmannRalf Stemmann is a record producer, composer, arranger, keyboards player, synthesizer programmer of German origin, who currently resides in Malibu, California....
– synclavier programming - Franco Bocuzzi, Ralf StemmannRalf StemmannRalf Stemmann is a record producer, composer, arranger, keyboards player, synthesizer programmer of German origin, who currently resides in Malibu, California....
, Paul Mirkovich – keyboards programming - Paul Mirkovich and Randy Waldman – acoustic piano
- Paul Jackson Jr., Tim Pierce, Dean Parks and James Harrah – guitars
- Abraham Laboriel and Leland Sklar – bass
- John Robinson – drums
- Efrain Toro – percussions
- Rafik Shourbagui – oud/sitar
- Suzanne Teng – pennywhistle
- Kenny O’Brien and Christian De WaldenChristian De WaldenChristian de Walden is a record producer, composer, arranger and songwriter of Italian origin, who currently resides in Los Angeles, California...
– background vocals arrangers - Kenny O’Brien, Brandy Jones, Bambi Jones. Gisa Vatchy, Isela Sotelo, Leyla Hoyle, Michael Mishaw, Carlos Munguia and Sergio Aranda – background vocals
- Amina Afifi – vocal screams on "Desconocida", bombay Mix
Technical Personnel
- Producer: Christian De WaldenChristian De WaldenChristian de Walden is a record producer, composer, arranger and songwriter of Italian origin, who currently resides in Los Angeles, California...
- Co-Producer, engineer and mixer: Walter Clissen
- Co-Producer (Desconocida, Despues de Ti, Estrellas de Fuego, Inocente, Como Tu y Yo): Paul Markovich
- Co-Producer (Será, Habla el Corazón and Más de lo que Pedi): Ralf StemmannRalf StemmannRalf Stemmann is a record producer, composer, arranger, keyboards player, synthesizer programmer of German origin, who currently resides in Malibu, California....
- Co-Producer (Quiero Mas de Ti, Corazon Que Mira al Sur, Desconocida-Bombay Mix): Franco Boccuzzi.
- Co-Producer (Corazon Que Mira al Sur): Marta Sanchez
- Mastering: Brian "Big Boss" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA.
Recorded at Flamingo Café/Viva West Recording Studios, Studio city, CA and Titania Studios, Rome, Italy.