Abriendo Puertas (Gloria Estefan album) explained
Abriendo Puertas (Spanish; Castilian: Opening Doors) is a 1995 album released by Gloria Estefan. It is her sixth studio album as a soloist and second Spanish language album released.
Content
Abriendo Puertas was the second Spanish language studio album released by Estefan after her successful Spanish debut album, Mi Tierra.
In contrast to Mi Tierra, an album primarily influenced by Cuban music, Abriendo Puertas draws on a wider variety of Latin American musical styles. For instance, the title track is an example of vallenato, a Colombian music genre. Several of the songs refer to Christmas and the New Year. The album has sold 2.3 million copies outside the US.[1]
Estefan's second Spanish album won Best Tropical/Salsa Album at the 1996 Grammy Awards, her second Grammy Award.
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.[2]
- Donna Allen – guest artist, background vocals
- Marcelo Añez – assistant engineer
- Randy Barlow – trumpet
- Edwin Bonilla – percussion
- Stony Browder – arranger
- Cachao, Frank Cornelius – bass guitar
- Charles Calello – arranger
- Ed Calle – guest artist, tenor saxophone
- Scott Canto – assistant engineer
- Jorge Casas – arranger, bass guitar, mandocello, programming
- Sean Chambers – assistant engineer
- Charles Christopher, Rick Krive, Rita Quintero, Joy Francis, LaGaylia Frazier – background vocals
- Mike Couzzi – engineer
- Paquito D'Rivera – clarinet
- Lawrence Dermer – arranger, fender rhodes, piano, programming, tambourine, background vocals
- Nancy Donald – art direction
- Emilio Estefan Jr. – producer
- Gloria Estefan – primary artist, background vocals
- Hector Garrido – conductor, orchestration
- Andy Goldman – guitar
- Berry Gordy Jr.
- Mark Gruber – assistant engineer
- Jim Hacker – trumpet
- Lauren Hammock – French horn
- Diana Serna - background vocals
- Al Kooper – arranger
- Sebastián Krys – assistant engineer
- Patrice Levinson – engineer
- Andrew Lewinter – French horn
- Gary Lindsay, Whit Sidener – alto saxophone
- Fred Lipsius – arranger
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
Gonzalo "El Cocha" Molina- accordion
- Juan R. Marquez, Andy Goldman, Tim Mitchell – guitar
- Teddy Mulet, Dana Teboe – trombone
- Clay Ostwald – arranger, Hammond organ, piano, programming
- Scott Perry – engineer
- Steve Robillard – assistant engineer
- Steve Rucker – drums
- Eric Schilling – engineer, mixing
- Nathaniel Seidman – arranger, programming
- Cindy Sluka – English horn, oboe
- Ted Stein – engineer
- Ron Taylor – engineer
- Alberto Tolot – photography
- Nestor Torres – flute
- Yvonne Yedibalian – assistant engineer
Charts
Weekly charts
Release history
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See also
Notes and References
- Book: Language nor a barrier for Estefan's albums . Leila Cobo. 11 October 2003 . 23 May 2015.
- Web site: Abriendo Puertas - Gloria Estefan Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2 December 2016.
- Web site: Part of Estefan's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022. ARIA. Imgur.com. December 3, 2023. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- Book: Fernando Salaverri. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st. September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
