MTV Unplugged (Julieta Venegas album)

MTV Unplugged
Live album by Julieta Venegas
Released June 10, 2008
(see release history)
Recorded March 6, 2008
Churubusco Studios
(Mexico City)
Genre Rock in spanish, Alternative, Latin pop
Length 56:57 (CD), (Digital Downland)
Language Spanish
Portuguese
Label Sony International
Producer Julieta Venegas
Julieta Venegas chronology
Realmente lo Mejor
(2007)		 MTV Unplugged
(2008)		 Otra Cosa
(2010)
Singles from MTV Unplugged
  1. "El Presente"
    Released: June 12, 2008
  2. "Algún Día"
    Released: September 10, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]

MTV Unplugged is the first live album recorded by Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas. The album features a selection of her greatest hits, along with new tracks, including the singles "El Presente" and "Algún Día". A handful of guest artists was included: Gustavo Santaolalla, Natalia Lafourcade, Marisa Monte and La Mala Rodríguez.[3]

This album received the Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album and the DVD released from this live performance also won for Latin Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video. "El Presente" was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Contents

Album history

The live performance of this album was recorded in Mexico City, on March 6, 2008 at the Estudios Churubusco,[4] before 450 fans. This show was broadcasted on July 5, 2008 through MTV Latin America,[5] but premiered on June 12, 2008 on the MTV Tr3s nextwork. This recording included collaborations from La Mala Rodríguez performing the hip-hop section of "Eres Para Mi"; two time Oscar-winner Gustavo Santaolalla plays banjo on the new track "Algun Día"; Brazilian singer Marisa Monte performs in "Illusion", a brand new song recorded in Spanish and Portuguese; Jaques Morelenbaum participates in "Como Sé", and Natalia Lafourcade is included as a part of Venegas' band. Julieta Venegas played the tuba, clarinet, xylophone, flute and strings.[6] On the track "Esta Vez" the Cuarteto Americano de Violines is included and Juan Carlos Son (from the band Porter) joined Venegas in "De Mis Pasos". The violet dress that the artist wore during the performance was designed by Andrés Jiménez.[7]

Tracklisting CD and DVD

All tracks written by Julieta Venegas, except where noted.

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Limón y Sal"   Venegas, Villamizar 3:41
2. "Sería Feliz"   Venegas 3:30
3. "El Presente"   Venegas 3:41
4. "Algo Está Cambiando"   Venegas, Sorokin 4:11
5. "Eres Para Mi (feat. La Mala Rodriguéz)"   Venegas, Tijoux, Rodriguéz 4:43
6. "Esta Vez"   Herrera, Venegas 3:28
7. "Algún Día (feat. Gustavo Santaolalla)"   Venegas 4:00
8. "Mírame Bien"   Venegas 3:50
9. "Lento"   Venegas, Sorokin 4:26
10. "De Mis Pasos (feat. Juan Son)"   Venegas 3:28
11. "Andar Conmigo"   Venegas, Sorokin 3:59
12. "Ilusión (feat. Marisa Monte)"   Venegas, Monte, Antunes 3:46
13. "Como Sé (feat. Jaques Morelenbaum)"   Venegas 3:43
14. "Mira La Vida"   Venegas 3:19
15. "Me Voy"   Venegas 3:18

DVD

No. Title Length
1. "Making of Julieta Venegas MTV Unplugged"    

Personnel

  • Gustavo Borner: Recording engineer, mixing, mastering. Mixed at: Igloo Music (Burbank, California)
  • Juan Pablo Falluca: Movil recording
  • Juan Carlos Ertze: Recording ssistant
  • Gabriel Castanon: Recording assistant
  • Daniel Castillo: Recording assistant
  • Alberto Rodríguez: Recording assistant
  • Joseph Greco: Mixing assistant
  • Justin Moshkevich: Mixing assistant
  • Nikolai Baxter: Mixing assistant
  • Guillermo Gutiérrez: A&R direction
  • Gilda Oropeza: A&R
  • Charlie García: Coordination
  • Reyna Espinoza: Coordination

Live crew

  • Claudio Jiménez: Sound engineer
  • Marco López: Sound engineer
  • Marcos Juache: Stage
  • Kike Sánchez: Stage
  • Liz Gil: Stage manager
  • Mannu Mannucci: Tour & personal manager

Design

  • Alejandro Ros: Concept
  • Silvia Canosa: Design
  • Enrique Covarrubias: Cover photography
  • Nicolás Turchetto: Back cover and live photos
  • Yvonne Venegas: Rehearsal photos
  • Karla Ortíz: Wardrobe
  • Lorena Ortíz: Assistant
  • Juan Chialvo: Assistant
  • Corina Figueroa: Assistant

Musicians

Chart and Certifications

The album debuted at number 61 on the Mexican album charts, climbing to number-one the following week where it spent 10 consecutive weeks, replacing Para Siempre by Vicente Fernández and being replaced by A Little Bit Longer by Jonas Brothers. MTV Unplugged received a gold certification in México after two weeks of its release. In United States debuted and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums and at number 169 on the Billboard 200. It also peaked within the Top 20 in Spain and at number 39 in Switzerland.

Chart

Charts (2008) Peak
position
Mexican Album Chart[8] 1
Mexican Digital Album Chart[9] 1
Spanish Album Chart[10] 18
Swiss Album Chart[11] 39
US Billboard 200[12] 169
US Billboard Top Latin Albums[13] 9
US Billboard Latin Pop Albums[14] 4

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[15] Gold 20,000x
Argentina (CAPIF)[15]
for the CD + DVD combo		 Gold 20,000x
Mexico (AMPROFON)[16] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[16]
for the digital download		 Diamond 400,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Year-end chart

Chart (2008) Position
Mexican Album Chart[17] 7
Mexican Album Chart (Spanish Album Chart)[18] 5

Procession and succession

Preceded by
Para Siempre by Vicente Fernández		 Mexican Albums Chart number-one album
June 23, 2008 - August 25, 2008		 Succeeded by
A Little Bit Longer by The Jonas Brothers

Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result
2008 Best Alternative Music Album MTV Unplugged Won
Best Long Form Music Video Won

Songs

Year Nominated work Award Result
2007 Record of the Year El Presente Nominated
Song of the Year El Presente Nominated

Latin Billboard Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result
2009 El Presente Hot Latin Song of the Year Female Nominated
Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year, Female Nominated
MTV Unplugged Top Latin Album of the Year Female Nominated
Latin Rock/Alternative Album of the Year Nominated

Released history

Country Date Label
Mexico June 10, 2008 Sony International
Switzerland June 20, 2008
United States
Spain Sony BMG

References

  1. ^ Birchmeier, Jason (2008-09-18). "Album Review: MTV Unplugged". Allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1388868/review. Retrieved 2009-01-09. 
  2. ^ Kemp, Mark (2008-09-18). "Album Review: MTV Unplugged". Rolling Stone. Real Networks, Inc. http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/21133766/review/22782576/mtv_unplugged. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 
  3. ^ Andrés Milleiro (2008-03-15). "Julieta graba MTV Unplugged". Hipersonica. http://www.hipersonica.com/2008/03/15-julieta-venegas-graba-mtv-unplugged. Retrieved 2008-07-06. 
  4. ^ "Julieta Venegas:MTV Unplugged". MTV. 2008-03-28. http://www.mtv.es/musica/actualidad/noticias/117925-julieta-venegas-mtv-unplugged. Retrieved 2008-07-06. 
  5. ^ Andrés Milleiro (2008-03-15). "Julieta graba MTV Unplugged". Hipersonica. http://www.hipersonica.com/2008/03/15-julieta-venegas-graba-mtv-unplugged. Retrieved 2008-07-06. 
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  7. ^ "Graba Julieta Venegas su MTV Unplugged con algunos de sus amigos". Cronica. Notimex. 2008-03-07. http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=351058. Retrieved 2008-07-06. 
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  17. ^ http://www.amprofon.com.mx/Archivos/PDF/top_anual/Top_100_Album_2008.pdf
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