Algo Natural

Algo Natural
Algo Natural
Studio album by Alejandra Guzmán
Released	September 14, 1999 (United States)
Genre	Pop; Adult Contemporary
Label	Sony Music, Ariola
Producer	Juan Carlos Calderón, Oscar Lopez
Alejandra Guzmán chronology

Algo Natural is the eighth studio album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán, and it was released on September 14, 1999.

Album information

The album was her second produced by Oscar Lopez (tracks 1 to 7) and the first by Juan Carlos Calderón (tracks 9 to 14), and both co-produced the track "Paloma Herida". It is the first album by the singer to include more than eleven tracks (and to date the only) with fourteen. This was the only time that Guzmán worked with both producers.

Three singles were released to promote the album, "Algo Natural", "Enemigos" and "Si no te has ido, vete". "Enemigos" being the most successful. She received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. It lost to Shakira's "Octavo Día" at the first Latin Grammy Awards.

At the time of release, this album was considered a flop, but eventually led to a Gold Certification in Mexico.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Enemigos"	Sandra Baylac	04:11
2.	"Grita"	Pachi López, Reyli Barba	03:21
3.	"Si No Te Has Ido, Vete"	Reyli Barba	03:05
4.	"Algo Natural"	Jorge Villamizar	03:57
5.	"Volaré"	Alejandra Guzmán, Didi Gutman	03:31
6.	"Vuelvo a Besar (feat. Johnny "Papi-Chulo" Wiggins)"	V. Gandini	03:43
7.	"Bye, Bye Love"	Freddy Committee, Jorge Montesano	03:25
8.	"Paloma Herida"	Juan Carlos Calderón	04:15
9.	"Me Perdí en Tu Cuerpo"	Juan Carlos Calderón	04:44
10.	"Mátame"	Juan Carlos Calderón	03:44
11.	"Qué Más Da"	Juan Carlos Calderón	02:59
12.	"Había Olvidado"	Juan Carlos Calderón	03:06
13.	"Haz la Guerra y el Amor"	Juan Carlos Calderón	02:54
14.	"Por Qué Tengo Que Amarte"	Juan Carlos Calderón	03:14

Singles

#	Title
1.	"Algo Natural"
2.	"Enemigos"
3.	"Si no te has ido vete"

Personnel

Tracks 1 to 7

Producer: Oscar López
Arranger: Didi Gutman, Oscar López, Amaury López, Sebastián Krys, Joel Someillian
Background vocals arranger: Skyler Jet
Metal arranger: Amaury López
Recorded at: The Warehouse Recording Studios (Miami, Florida) by John Thomas
Mixer: David Dachinger, Sebastián Krys, Oscar López

Track 8

Producers: Oscar López and Juan Carlos Calderón

Tracks 9 to 14

Producer, arranger and piano player: Juan Carlos Calderón
Arranger: Jacobo Calderón, Amaury López
Background vocals: Carlos Murguía, Francis Benitez
Recorded at: Sunset Studio, Sunset Sound Factory and Capitol
Mixer: John Thomas and Carlos Santos
Photographer: Ursula Puga and Gonzalo Morales
Design: Javier Romero for Design Group

Musicians

Tracks 1 to 8

Piano: Didi Gutman
Guitar: David Cabrera
Bass: John Falcone
drums: Eloy Polito Sanchez
Violin: Pedro Alfonso

Tracks 9 to 14

Drums: Eloy polito Sanchez
Bass: Lee Sklar
Electric guitar: Tim Pierce, George Doering.
keyboards: Pablo Aguirre
Accordion: Frank Marocco

Sales and certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)^[1]	Gold	75,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Alejandra Guzman in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Algo Natural in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.

[MexicoAlejandra_GuzmanAlgo_NaturalalbumCertRef-1] "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Alejandra Guzman in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Algo Natural in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.

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