Momentos Intimos

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Momentos Intimos
EMI Latin
Producer
Selena chronology
Greatest Hits
(2003) 		Momentos Intimos
(2004) 		Selena Remembered
(2005)
Singles from Momentos Intimos
  1. "Como Te Quiero Yo A Ti"
    Released: March 2004

Momentos Intimos is a

EMI Latin. The album contains 24 tracks, though the last eight are spoken liner notes provided by the singer's family, friends, and her Los Dinos band. The songs on the album range from "Como Te Quiero Yo A Ti" (1988), a re-recorded version modernized and remixed on the album, to "Puede Ser", an unreleased duet with Nando "Guero" Dominguez, recorded two weeks before Selena was shot and killed in March 1995. Following Selena's death, her father Abraham Quintanilla
expressed his interest in persevering his daughter's memory through her works. Selena's family has been criticized by fans and the media for exploiting the singer and cannibalizing her murder by commercializing her repertoire.

The album has received a mixed response from music critics, Ramiro Burr called it "another new collection", while a reporter from

Top Latin Albums chart and number seven on the US Regional Mexican Albums chart. "Como Te Quiero Yo a Ti" was released as the lead single of the album. In 2017, Momentos Intimos was certified Gold (Latin) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting 30,000 units consisting of sales and on-demand streaming
.

Background

On March 31, 1995, American

Suzette Quintanilla, and Selena collectively agreed that if anything were to happen to any one of them, their wish would be to continue on with their music.[12] A.B. said that one of Selena's wishes was for her to "never go away".[13] Since Selena's death, her family has been criticized by fans and the media for exploiting the singer and cannibalizing on her murder by commercializing her repertoire.[14]

Composition

The album contains 24 tracks, of which the last eight are spoken liner notes provided by Selena's family, friends, and her Los Dinos band members.[15] Momentos Intimos contains songs ranging from Selena's Preciosa (1988) album to an unreleased demo track taped a few days before she died. The recording starts off with "Amor Prohibido", penned by Selena, A. B., and her backup dancer/vocalist Pete Astudillo.[16] The song is followed by "Missing My Baby", originally on Entre a Mi Mundo, the song includes Full Force as backing vocalist. The third track, "Fotos y Recuerdos" samples the 1983 single "Back on the Chain Gang" by the Pretenders. "Fotos y Recuerdos" originally appeared on Amor Prohibido (1994), though Chrissie Hynde initially prevented Selena from releasing the song until keyboardist Ricky Vela provided Hynde an English-language translation of the lyrics.[16] This is followed by "Dreaming of You" which was among a selection of songs Selena was provided with from Capitol Records to choose from, the label vehemently controlled the entire crossover project and only allowed Selena to choose one song of her choice from this selection.[17] The fifth song, "Buenos Amigos", is a duet with Salvadoran singer Álvaro Torres and was originally on his album Nada Se Compara Contigo (1991).

The next song, "

digital processing.[22]

"Where Did the Feeling Go?" is the twelfth song on Momentos Intimos, and originally appeared on the Selena movie soundtrack (1997).[22] The thirteenth track, "No Me Queda Más", was penned by Vela, who had romantic inclinations toward the drummer of the group, Suzette, which he kept private from her.[23] After hearing of her wedding to Bill Arriaga in September 1993, Vela wrote of his feelings of betrayal and unrequited love and hid the lyrics that he wrote based on these feelings. Vela eventually provided Selena with the lyrics and she recorded the song for Amor Prohibido. According to Abraham, Selena provided an emotional delivery while recording the track and was seen sobbing in the recording studio because "she knew how [Vela] felt" about Suzette.[24] Track number fourteen, "Como Te Quiero Yo a Ti", originally titled "Como Te Quiero" in its original form on Preciosa (1988), is re-recorded, modernized, and remixed into a sentimental ballad along with the proceeding track "No Llores Mas Corazon".[25][26] "Puede Ser", a duet with Nando "Guero" Dominguez, closes the vocal recordings of Momentos Intimos.

In mid-March 1995, Selena's husband and guitarist of the group, Chris Pérez, was in his and Selena's in-house studio and recording demos for a Corpus Christi, Texas musician that Abraham was interested in promoting on his Q-Productions label. After Dominguez left the house, Selena, who was eavesdropping, told Pérez that he should have instructed Dominguez to record the song "with more soul". Selena requested to sing the song and Pérez replayed and began recording it. At this point, Pérez noticed that Selena had listened to the entire session as she began singing the lyrics. Selena recorded the song unrehearsed and spontaneously. "Puede Ser" remained unreleased until Pérez rediscovered the demo tape in October 2001 and provided a copy to Abraham for the family to listen to since they had not heard it since April 1995. "Puede Ser" ended up becoming the last recording Selena had done before she was killed two weeks later.[25][27]

Reception

Momentos Intimos not only proceeds the majority Spanish-language album,

tribute album, and believed fans of the singer would enjoy.[31] "Como Te Quiero Yo a Ti" was released as the lead single in March 2004.[25]

Momentos Intimos was released on March 23, 2004,

Selena ¡VIVE! (2005).[29][30] Momentos Intimos jumped to number 11 on the Top Latin Albums chart and number seven on the Regional Mexican Albums chart, receiving the greatest jump in sales for any album during the tracking week.[35] It re-entered the Top Latin Albums chart at number 46 following the live premiere of Selena ¡VIVE! on the issue dated April 23, 2005, and fell off the chart the following week bringing its total weeks on the Top Latin Albums chart to 15 weeks.[36] In 2017, Momentos Intimos was certified Gold (Latin) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting 30,000 units consisting of sales and on-demand streaming.[37]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Momentos Intimos by

EMI Latin.[15]

No.TitleWriter(s)ProductionLength
1."
Suzette Quintanilla
2:16
18."Missing My Baby"A. B.aSuzette0:58
19."Fotos y Recuerdos"A. B., Pérez, VelaaSuzette1:26
20."Dreaming of You"A. B., PérezaSuzette2:10
21."Donde Quiera Que Estes"A. B.aSuzette1:37
22."I Could Fall in Love"A. B., PérezaSuzette3:33
23."Si Una Vez"Astudillo, VelaaSuzette1:00
24."No Me Queda Más"A. B., Suzette, AbrahamaSuzette1:51
Total length:1:16:08

Notes

Personnel

Credits are adapted of Momentos Intimos liner notes.[15]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Momentos Intimos
Chart (2004) Peak
position
US
Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[35]
 11
US Regional Mexican Albums (Billboard)[35] 7

Certification

Certification for Momentos Intimos
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[37] Gold (Latin) 30,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

Citations

  1. ^ Verhovek 1995, p. 1.
  2. ^ Jasinski 2012.
  3. ^ Untiedt 2013, p. 127.
  4. ^ Schone 1995, p. 3.
  5. ^ Shaw 2005, p. 50.
  6. ^ Stavans & Augenbraum 2005, p. 5.
  7. ^ Arrarás 1997, p. 22.
  8. ^ Patoski 1996, p. 211.
  9. ^ Garcia & Gamboa 2022.
  10. ^ Paul 2022.
  11. ^ Mendoza 2022.
  12. ^ Smoothvega 2020.
  13. ^ Quintanilla 1997.
  14. ^ Falcon 2015.
  15. ^ a b c d Quintanilla 2004.
  16. ^ a b Quintanilla 1994.
  17. ^ Quintanilla 1995.
  18. ^ Robbins 1995, p. 87.
  19. ^ Spenser 2021.
  20. ^ Taradell 1996, p. 14.
  21. ^ Cole & Farley 1995, p. 2.
  22. ^ a b Tarradell 1994, p. 113.
  23. ^ Ramirez 2011, p. 21.
  24. ^ Fletcher et al. 1999.
  25. ^ a b c Ruiz 2004, p. 2.
  26. ^ Guerra 2020.
  27. ^ Quintanilla 2004, p. 4.
  28. ^ Beshur 2004, p. 1.
  29. ^ a b Beshur 2004, p. A6.
  30. ^ a b Burr 2004, p. 1B.
  31. ^ Jiménez 2004, p. 7.
  32. ^ Anon. 2004.
  33. ^ Chirinos 2005, p. 4.
  34. ^ Anon. 2004a, p. 25.
  35. ^ a b c Anon. 2004b, p. 29.
  36. ^ Anon. 2005a, p. 25.
  37. ^ a b Anon. n.d.

Websites

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