Amar Es (English: To Love Is) is the eighth studio album recorded by Mexican singer-songwriter Cristian Castro. It was released by BMG U.S. Latin on September 30, 2003 (see 2003 in music). This album was produced by Emilio Estefan Jr., co-produced by Randall M. Barlow, Federico Ehrlich, Roberto Livi and Rudy Pérez. Amar Es, which translates to English as "To Love Is", is notable for its eclectic use of languages and musical styles. The song "Why", for example, is in English, whilst the lead single "No Hace Falta" combines Japanese and Latin pop. On the other hand, tracks such as the successful single "Te Llamé" hold fast to Castro's Latin-pop roots.
Track listing
Credits and personnel
Pedro Alfonso – Violin Tommy Anthony – Vocals (Background) Área 305 – Vocals (Background) Hiram Arencibia – Trombone Antonio Baglio – Mastering Randall M. Barlow – Composer, producer, Programming Cancio Barretto – Requinto Juan Ángel Barretto – Engineer Kurt Berge – Technical Support Richard Bravo – Percussion Olbin Burgos – Drums Scott Canto – Engineer Jorge Casas – Bass Cristian Castro – Composer Bill Compton – Composer Mike Couzzi – Engineer Sal Cueva – Bass Kevin Dillon – Production Coordination Valério Do Carmo – Graphic Design Vicky Echeverri – Vocals (Background) Federico Ehrlich – Producer Fabi Espino – Trumpet Emilio Estefan, Jr. – Composer, producer, Video Director Daniela Federici – Photography Alfredo Galán – Trumpet Javier Garza – Mixing Engineer Jessica González – A&R Courtney Goodwin – Photography Julio Hernández – Bass David Heuer – Assistant Engineer Carlos Infante – Piano María Teresa Lara – Composer Leyla Leeming – Production Coordination Lee Levin – Drums Gary Lindsay – Arranger Roberto Livi – Composer, producer David López – Assistant Engineer Manny López – Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) José Juan Maldonado – Production Coordination Juan Pablo Manzanero – Composer Gian Marco – Composer Steve Menezes – Coordination Miami Symphonic Strings – Strings Víctor Miller – Trumpet Alejandro Montalbán – Composer Rickie Muñóz – Trombone Joel Numa – Engineer, Mixing Engineer Marco Olan – Bass Clay Ostwald – Organ, Piano Mario Patiño – Creative Director, Text Andy Pechenik – Technical Support Archie Peña – Percussion Fernando Perdomo – Guitar (Electric), Theremin Betsy Pérez – Project Coordinator Rudy Pérez – Arranger, composer, director, producer, Vocals (Background) Clay Perry – Keyboards, Programming Freddy Piñero Jr. – Engineer Daniel Ponce – Assistant Engineer Adrián Possé – A&R Óscar G. Regueira – Engineer Juan Rosario – Assistant Engineer Tony Sheridan – Composer Joel Someillán – Engineer Todd Sontag – Editing Raúl Soto – Percussion Ron Taylor – Organ Ken Theis – Assistant Engineer Lorenzo Torrez – Accordion Nicolás Tovar – Composer, Vocal Producer William Valdéz – Percussion Dan Warner – Guitar Ginny Warner – Video Producer Diane Warren – Composer Bruce Weeden – Engineer Ryan Wolff – Assistant Engineer
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Charts Chart (2003)PeakpositionSpanish Albums Chart75U.S. Billboard 200167U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums3U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums7U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Albums4
Sales and certifications
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