Life (Ricky Martin album)

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Life
Life cover
Studio album by Ricky Martin
Released October 11, 2005
Genre Latin pop
Length 46:44
Label Columbia
Producer Billy Mann, Daniel Lopez, Luny Tunes, Randy Cantor, Robbie Campos, Scott Storch, Sean Garrett, The Matrix, Will.I.Am
Professional reviews
Ricky Martin chronology
Almas Del Silencio
2003		 Life
2005		 MTV Unplugged
2006

Ricky Martin returned to the music business with Life, his 9th album and his first English language CD in five years, his last being 2000 Sound Loaded. He also co-wrote most of the songs on Life. Martin feels that this album is one of his most personal releases to date, explaining, "I was really in touch with my emotions. I think this album is very multi-layered, just like life is. It's about feeling anger. It's about feeling joy. It's about feeling uncertainty. It's about feeling. And all my emotions are part of this production." Life was released by Sony Music on October 10, 2005 in Europe, October 11, 2005 in the U.S. and October 19, 2005 in Japan. The Album was recorded in the United States of America and Egypt.

Contents

[edit] Tracklisting

  1. "Til I Get To You" — 4:56
  2. "I Won't Desert You" — 3:49
  3. "I Don't Care" (featuring Fat Joe & Amerie) — 3:48
  4. "Stop Time Tonight" — 4:00
  5. "Life" — 4:07
  6. "I Am" (featuring Voltio) — 3:31
  7. "It's Alright" — 3:31
  8. "Drop It On Me" (featuring Daddy Yankee) — 3:54
  9. "This Is Good" — 3:35
  10. "Save The Dance" — 4:04
  11. "Que Mas Dá (I Don't Care)" (Luny Tunes Reggaeton Mix) — 3:29
  12. "Déjate Llevar (It's All Right)" — 3:34
  13. "Sleep Tight" (iTunes Bonus Track) — 3:50

[edit] Sales and Certifications

Chart Peak
position		 Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina CAPIF - Platinum[1] 40,000
Mexico AMPROFON - Gold[2] 50,000
U.S. Billboard 200 RIAA 6[3] - 200,000

[edit] U.S. Sales

The album did not fare as well in the United States compared to Ricky Martin or Sound Loaded. The album debuted at #6 on the charts with 71,000 copies sold. It dipped to #33 the next week with 31,000 copies sold. The next week it dropped to #55 (with 20,000 copies sold), the next week it dropped to #78 with 14,000 copies and the next week it took #81 with 16,000 copies sold. It didn't make the Top 100 the next week.

To date, the album has only sold about 200,000 copies in the US.

[edit] Production Credits

  • Ricky Martin - Vocals, Vocals (Background), Berimbau, Producer, Engineer, Chant, Executive Producer, Author
  • Scott Storch - Arranger, Programming, Vocal Producer
  • Sean Garrett - Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Vocal arrangement, Vocal Producer
  • Will.I.Am - Bass, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (Background), Engineer, Drum Programming, Synthesizer Programming
  • Randy Cantor – Engineer, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards
  • Billy Mann - Engineer, Vocal Producer
  • Daniel Lopez - Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Drum Programming, Guitar (Nylon String), Programmed Bass
  • Robbie Campos - Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Guitar (Acoustic)
  • Claudia Brant - Spanish Lyrics
  • Charles Dye, Bob Wartinbee, Jorge González, El Maestro, Dylan Dresdow, Conrad Golding, Scott Spock - Engineer
  • Jamie Soule, Juan Cammarano - Assistant Engineer
  • Albert Sterling Menendez - Organ (Hammond), Clavinet, Moog Bass, Juno
  • Matt Knobel, Gustavo Celis, Kam Houff - Engineer, Mixing
  • Jean-Marie Horvat, Bruce Swedien, Gary Noble - Mixing
  • Larry Gold, Hossam Ramzy, José Antonio Molina - String Arrangements
  • Wagdey Ghoniem, Tamer Yassin, Adel Eskander, Monir Hariri, Aziz Jorge, Tamer Ghoneim, Ihab Sobhy, Hesham Nabawi, Mahmoud Osman, Hassan Sharara, Emad Azmy Mamdouh ElWaaraq, Ihab Abdel Hamid, Doctor Samy Ibrahim, Saad Kamel, Ebada Mansy, Mostafa Abdel Naby – Violin
  • Doctor Mohamed Abo Arab, Doctor Kamal ElReedy, Amir Mikhail - Viola
  • Yasser Taha, Aymen El Hambouli, Emad Taha, Taha Taha, Hassan Moataz, Khaled Dagher – Cello
  • Jon Secada, Debi Nova, Vivian Perez, Danielle Staley, Amichelle Winkler, Pirulina Winkler, Javier García, Rita Rosa – Vocals, Vocals (Background), Chant
  • Alex Al - Bass (Upright)
  • Jorge Casas - Fretless Bass
  • Itaal Shur - Bass, Oud
  • Printz Board - Bass, Trumper
  • Jorge Pajon, Dave Cabrera, Rusty Anderson - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Sitar, Programmed Bass
  • Francisco Saldaña, Víctor Cabrera, Patrick Warren, Printz Board - Keyboards
  • Keith Harris, Lee Levin, Emanuel Baker – Drums
  • Jorge Pajon, Francisco Saldaña, Víctor Cabrera, Matt Knobel - Drum Programming
  • Patrick Warren - Mellotron, Chamberlin
  • Teddy Mulet - Horn, Wurlitzer
  • Tim Izo – Saxophone
  • John Doelp, Kenny Komisar - A&R
  • Gladys Martinez, José de Vega - Project Coordinator
  • Hossam Ramzy - Musical Direction
  • José de Vega - Image Design
  • Elias de León - Vocal Coach
  • Robert Shahnazarian, Jr. - Digital Editing, Pro-Tools
  • Maria Paula Marulanda - Art Direction, Design
  • Steve Klein - Photography

[edit] References

  1. ^ "CAPIF Certification"
  2. ^ "Mexican Certification"
  3. ^ "Ricky Martin Discography"

[edit] External links

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