¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?

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Dónde Están los Ladrones?
Dónde Están los Ladrones? cover
Studio album by Shakira
Released September 29, 1998
Recorded 1998 at Crescent Moon Studios and Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre Latin pop, Rock en español
Length 41:06
Label Epic Records
Producer Javier Garza, Emilio Estefan Jr.
Professional reviews
Shakira chronology
The Remixes
(1997)		 ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?
(1998)		 Laundry Service
(2001)

Dónde Están los Ladrones? (Spanish for Where Are the Thieves?) is the second official studio album by Shakira, released in 1998. Dónde Están los Ladrones? sold over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. alone, and more than 8 million copies worldwide. Though the album did not surface well on the Billboard 200, peaking at #131, the album is one of the highest selling Spanish-language albums in the United States. Two of the album's songs garnered Shakira Latin Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. In addition, it was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best Latin Album. The album was re-issued in 2005, to promote the sales of Oral Fixation Vol. 2. The album also contains 2 bonus tracks in certain countries.

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[edit] Album Information

The album took nine months to produce since more people worked on the album, more opinions were made, and more demos were release,which made the production process more longer and complicated than Pies Descalzos. What prolonged the process even more was that Shakira wanted perfection in the album, since she knew that many critics would judge her on her second breakthrough album to see if she will still continue to be a musical prodigy in Latin America, so Shakira made three or four demos of each song. Shakira had a bigger budget for the album and hundreds of thousands of dollars on promotion. Because of that, the album sold 300,000 copies on the day it was released and one million by the end of the month.

The album title, was inspired by one of Shakira's trips to the capital of her native country Colombia, Bogotá. In the airport, a thief stole much of her luggage, including a briefcase that contained all the lyrics Shakira had been working on for the album. All was lost. Demoralized, Shakira had to start anew. According to interviews, Shakira claimed she almost gave up, but it was only her dedication to completing the album that inspired her to start working again. Thus, the title track was born.

(Source: from the book "Shakira: Woman Full of Grace" by Ximena Diego).

In an interview she gave to Turkish magazine Blue Jean in 1999, she stated that the title was dedicated to men, who are, according to her, the greatest thieves in the world that steal the women's heart and vanish away.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Ciega, Sordomuda" ("Blind, Deaf Mute") (Shakira, Salgado) – 4:26
  2. "Si Te Vas" ("If You Leave") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:31
  3. "Moscas En La Casa" ("Flies in the House") (Shakira) – 3:31
  4. "No Creo" ("I Don't Believe") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:50
  5. "Inevitable" (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:13
  6. "Octavo Día" ("Eighth Day") (Shakira, Mendez) – 4:32
  7. "Que Vuelvas" ("That You'll Come Back") (Shakira) – 3:49
  8. "Tú" ("You") (Shakira, O'Brien) – 3:37
  9. "¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?" ("Where Are the Thieves?") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:12
  10. "Sombra De Ti" ("Shadow of You") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:33
  11. "Ojos Así" ("Eyes Like Those") (Shakira, Ochoa) – 3:59

[edit] Bonus tracks (only in certain countries)

12. "Estoy Aquí" ("Here I Am") [UK/Japan/Netherlands Bonus Track]
13. "Ojos Así (Single Version)" [UK/Japan/Netherlands Bonus Track]

[edit] Personnel

  • Shakira - Producer, Songwriter, vocals, harmonica
  • Emilio Estefan Jr. - Executive producer
  • Javier Garza - Producer, engineer, mixer, programmer
  • Luis Fernando Ochoa - Producer, songwriter, guitar, bass guitar
  • Lester Mendez - Producer, string arrangements, programmer
  • Pablo Florez - Producer, programmer
  • Sebastian Krys - Engineer, mixer
  • Alfred Figueroa - Assistant engineer
  • Kieran Wagner - Assistant engineer
  • Chris Wiggins - Assistant engineer
  • Kevin Dillon - Coordinator
  • Wendy Pedersen - Backing vocals
  • Adam Zimmon - Guitar
  • Marcelo Acevedo - Guitar
  • Randy Barlow - Accordion
  • Teddy Mulet - Trumpet
  • Brendan Buckley - Drums
  • Lee Levin - Drums
  • Edwin Bonilla - Percussion

[edit] Singles

[edit] Awards

Year Category Title Result
1999 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album ¿Donde Están Los Ladrones? Nominated
2000 Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "Ojos Así" Won
Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance "Octavo Día" Won
Latin Grammy for Best Music Video "Ojos Así" Nominated

[edit] Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position[1]
Argentina Top 40 1
Colombian Albums Chart 1
Dutch Top 100[2] 78
Germany Top 100 79
Mexico Top 100 1
Switzerland Top 100[3] 73
Spain Top 100 1
Netherland Top 100 78
U.S. Billboard 200 131[4]
U.S. Top Latin Albums 1

[edit] Sales and certifications

Chart Certification Sales/Shipments
Argentina CAPIF 9x Platinum[5] 900,000
Central America 4x Platinum[6] 90,000
Chile 4x Platinum[7] 125,000
Colombia 3x Platinum[8] 300,000
Mexico AMPROFON 2x Platinum[9] 500,000
Spain PROMUSICAE Platinum 150,000
U.S. RIAA Platinum[10] 1,000,000

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Maria-Charts"
  2. ^ "Dutch Top 100 Albums"
  3. ^ "Switzerland Top 100 Albums"
  4. ^ "U.S. Chart Positions"
  5. ^ "CAPIF Certification"
  6. ^ "Shakira's Biography"
  7. ^ "Shakira Recibió Cuádruple Disco de Platino"
  8. ^ "Shakira's Discography"
  9. ^ "AMPROFON Certification"
  10. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum Certification"

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