Piel de Ángel

Piel de Ángel
Piel de Ángel
Studio album by Lucero
Released	22 April 1997
Recorded	1996–1997
Genre	Pop
Label	Melody
Producer	Claudio Guidetti, Maurizio Fabrizio
Lucero chronology
Singles from Piel de Ángel
	"Tácticas de guarra"; Released: 15 December 1996; "Quiero"; Released: 5 March 1997; "Toda la noche"; Released: 31 May 1997; "Piel de ángel"; Released: 10 July 1997; "Una vez más"; Released: 10 September 1997;

Piel de Ángel (Skin of Angel) is the thirteenth album from Mexican pop music singer and actress Lucero. It was released in 1997.

For this album, the singer choose to work with Italian producers Claudio Guidetti and Maurizio Fabrizio to achieve a new sound on her music, since she had already three back to back ballad albums written and produced by Spanish songwriter Rafael Pérez-Botija.

Piel de Ángel was released just after Lucero's wedding with Manuel Mijares (one of the highest rated events in Mexico history), and was another successful recording for her, selling 600,000 copies only in her native country; rarely certify three gold records for their high sales.

Gerardo Flores wrote seven out of eleven tracks included on the project, including an adaptation of the "Il Postino" score, written by Luis Bacalov, by Lucero's request, since her mother was a big fan of the movie.

As usual for a first single for the singer albums, "Tácticas de Guarra" (War Tactics) and hit the No. 1 spot in Mexico and also the No. 13 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart.

The track "Si Tú Llegaras a Amarme" (If You Would Love Me) is the result of a contest in México for the soap opera "Lazos de Amor" (also starring Lucero).

"Quiero" (I Want) was released as second single reaching No. 8 in Mexico. The third single "Toda la Noche" (All Night Long) had a first video directed by Adolfo Pérez Butrón, the photographer behind almost every cover of the artist albums.

On her second live album Lucero En Vivo Auditorio Nacional the track "Historias de Amores" (Love Stories) and the single "Tácticas de Guarra" appears on the setlist.

Track listing

The album is composed by 11 songs, all of them were arranged and produced by different composers.^[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"La Vida Aquí Está"	D. Amerio, Cheope, Gerardo Flores	03:42
2.	"Si Tú Llegaras A Amarme"	José Cantoral, Roxana de Antuñano	03:08
3.	"Historias De Amores"	Claudio Guidetti, G. Flores	04:14
4.	"Toda La Noche"	G. Flores	03:32
5.	"Al Centro De Tus Ojos"	Gianni Casella, Antonello Oliveri, C. Guidetti, G. Flores	04:21
6.	"Quiero"	Maurizio Fabrizio, Greg Duckie Morra, G. Flores	03:46
7.	"Inventario"	S. Amato, Fabrizio Berlincioni, G. Flores	04:06
8.	"Tácticas De Guerra"	Luis Cabañas, Miguel Gallardo	03:39
9.	"Piel De Ángel"	L. Cabañas, M. Gallardo	04:15
10.	"Si Me Extrañas"	Jorge Avendaño Lührs	03:34
11.	"Una Vez Más"	Luis Bacalov, G. Flores	02:56

Singles

#	Title	Mexico	United States Hot Lat.	United States Lat.Air	Argentina	Costa Rica	Colombia	Chile	Peru	Nicaragua
1.	"Tácticas de guerra"	1	13^[2]	2^[3]	2	1	3	8	1	1
2.	"Quiero"	#8	n/a	n/a	25	n/a	12	n/a	31	11
3.	"Toda la noche"	#16	n/a	n/a	10	1	5	1	2	1
4.	"Piel de ángel"	#2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15	9	n/a	6
5.	"Una vez más"	#10	n/a	n/a	13	5	10	3	2	1

Chart performance

This was the 7th album of Lucero that entered to the list of Billboard and the last album of pop music to do so, until after 13 years later she entered with Indispensable. The album stayed in the chart of the Latin Pop Albums for 9 weeks, peaking #12; and it stayed in the Top Latin Albums for 13 weeks, peaking at No. 28.

Chart	Peak Position^[4]
Top Latin Albums	28
Latin Pop Albums	12

Credits

Personnel

Production: Claudio Guidetti and Maurizio Fabrizio from Destino SRL
Recorded at: Studio L’isola (Milan, Italy) by Bruno Malasoma; Soundabout Studio (LA) by Claudio Guidetti and Rodolfo Vazquez.
Strings recording: Olympic Studios (London) by Pete Lewis and Adam Brown
Mixing: Studio L’isola by Bruno Melasoma and Claudio Guidetti
Mastering: Nautilus (Milan) by Antonio Baglio
Executive producer: Tina Galindo
Production coordinator: Sylvia Cantarell
Photography: Adolfo Pérez Butrón
Wardrobe: Beatriz Calles, Sarah Bustani and Keko
Graphic design: Varela design.

Musicians

Drums: Elio Rivagli
Bass: Flavio Scopaz
Guitars, piano and keyboards: Claudio Guidetti and Maurizio Fabrizio
Electric guitar: Andrea Braido
Sax: Emanuele Cisi
Backing vocals: Emanuela Cortesi, Monica Magnani, Claudio Guidetti and Maurizio Fabrizio
Violin: Lucio Fabbri, Russel Gilbert and Mario de Monte
Strings arrangement: Maurizio Fabrizio

References

^ AllMusic http://www.allmusic.com/album/piel-de-angel-r260112
^ Billboard https://www.billboard.com/artist/lucero/chart-history/
^ Billboard http://www.billboard.com/charts/1997-07-19/latin-pop-songs
^ Billboard https://www.billboard.com/artist/lucero/chart-history/

[1] AllMusic http://www.allmusic.com/album/piel-de-angel-r260112

[2] Billboard https://www.billboard.com/artist/lucero/chart-history/

[3] Billboard http://www.billboard.com/charts/1997-07-19/latin-pop-songs

[4] Billboard https://www.billboard.com/artist/lucero/chart-history/

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