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).

Subir Al Cielo
Studio album by
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
LabelSony Discos
ProducerGustavo 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
AllMusic[1]

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

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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 Alfanno3:25
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

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  • "Te Quise Olvidar"
  • "Sin Ti"
  • "A Mi Amor Tu Vas a Extrañar"

Sales and certifications

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

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Credits and personnel

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Personnel

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  • 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

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