Oral Fixation Tour (album) explained

Oral Fixation Tour
Type:Live
Artist:Shakira
Cover:Shakira-DVD cover-fixationTour.jpg
Recorded:9 December 2006
(Miami, Florida)
15 December 2006
(San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Venue:
Label:Epic
Director:Nick Wickham
Producer:
Prev Title:Oral Fixation, Vol. 1 & 2
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:She Wolf
Next Year:2009

Oral Fixation Tour is the third live album by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira, released on 12 November 2007, by Epic Records. It was recorded during her concerts in Miami, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico as part of her Oral Fixation Tour (2006–07). The first disc is a DVD that features recordings of the performances from the tour. Disc 2 is a CD composed of 6 live recordings, the first being the concert's intro, from the concert.

Background

On this concert, Shakira had Alejandro Sanz as a guest and they performed together their 2005 smash hit "La Tortura". Wyclef Jean was also a guest and performed the 2006 worldwide hit "Hips Don't Lie" with Shakira. Shakira demonstrates her abilities as a musician playing the guitar during "Don't Bother" and "Inevitable", as well as the harmonica during "Te Dejo Madrid". The wardrobe Shakira wore on the concert was designed by Shakira and the prestigious designer Roberto Cavalli. The stage was designed by Shakira and Spanish visual artist Jaume de Laiguana. The Blu-ray edition was released 12 December 2007. The audio was recorded and mixed in stereo and 5.1 by Gustavo Celis. The live album quickly shot up the Mexican charts, peaking at number 1 for two non-consecutive weeks, and remained in the top 10 for over 11 weeks. Contrary to "Live & Off the Record", which was successful in Australia, certifying Gold, this release has not been promoted and did not chart there.

This DVD was marketed in a very unusual way. Instead of launching one or two singles to the radio or TV, they released almost all of the videos online to different top-visited websites, such as MySpace, People en Español, MTV, Yahoo, and MSN, with usually one or two videos on each website.

Track listing

Spanish/Latin American/Walmart exclusive fan pack edition track listing.[1] [2] [3]

Charts

This release has been very well received by critics.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Various sources have commended Shakira's multi-instrumentalism. The release has charted highly in the United States and Europe, but has not charted in Australia.

CountryPeak positionCertificationSales/shipments
US Top Music Videos6[10] Platinum[11] 100.000+
Brazil1Platinum[12] 30.000
Colombia12× Platinum200.000
Mexico1Platinum[13] 100.000
Spain12× Platinum[14] 160.000
Germany1
Netherlands1
Austria6
France9
Argentina1Platinum40,000
Greece[15] 4
Italy3
Belgium Flanders4
Belgium Wallonie8
Portugal3Gold

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,4560119,00.html Oral Fixation Tour (DVD/CD) (Wal-Mart Exclusive) Track Listing
  2. http://www.shakirapiesdescalzos.com/web1/shakira/discografia?start=3 ORAL FIXATION TOUR 2007
  3. http://www.lojasodapop.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=557 Shakira - Oral Fixation Tour (DVD+CD)
  4. https://archive.today/20130819162500/http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/MusicDvd/shakira-oral_fixation_tour Shakira - Oral Fixation Tour • Music DVD Reviews • exclaim.ca
  5. http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1225/shakiraoralfixationtour.html Blu-ray Review: Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour | High-Def Digest
  6. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/31880/shakira-oral-fixation-tour/ Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour (Blu-ray) : DVD Talk Review of the Blu-ray
  7. Web site: DVD REVIEW: Shakira: barefoot on her 'Oral Fixation Tour' music_reviews Modesto Bee . 11 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131209211645/http://www.modbee.com/2007/11/27/135475/dvd-review-shakira-barefoot-on.html . 9 December 2013 . dead .
  8. http://hometheater.about.com/od/blurayandhddvd/gr/shakirabluray.htm Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour - Blu-ray Disc Review
  9. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7509538 Shakira - Oral Fixation Tour DVD Movie
  10. Web site: Billboard. 8 March 2008.
  11. Web site: Recording Industry Association of America . RIAA . 6 November 2011.
  12. Web site: Associação Brasileira de Produtores de Disco . ABPD . 6 November 2011.
  13. Web site: AMPROFON certification . Amprofon.com.mx . 17 January 2008 . 6 November 2011 . https://www.webcitation.org/68ACemZPR?url=http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?artista=Shakira . 4 June 2012 . dead .
  14. http://www.promusicae.org/files/listassemanales/dvds/historial/TOP%2020%20DVD%2007_50.pdf "Spain Top 100 DVDs"
  15. Web site: Ελληνικό Chart . Ifpi.gr . 6 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051228041252/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart06.htm . 28 December 2005 . dead .