Siempre (Il Divo album)

Siempre
Studio album by Il Divo
Released	November 21, 2006 (U.S./Canada) November 27, 2006 (Worldwide)
Recorded	February - September 2004 Metropolis Studios, London
Genre	Classical crossover
Length	44:14
Label	Syco, Columbia
Producer	Steve Mac and Per Magnusson & David Kreuger
Il Divo chronology
2005 The Christmas Collection 2006 Siempre 2008 The Promise

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Siempre is the third album of the classical crossover vocal group Il Divo.

Background

According to producer Steve Mac in an interview with HitQuarters, preparation for the album would involve Simon Cowell compiling a list of around 200 potential songs.^[2] Cowell would then whittle this number down to around 40 which he then presented to Mac for consideration.^[2] Mac would then tell Cowell which of these would or would not work.^[2] When the song list had been reduced to around 18 or 19 songs Mac would then try out the songs with the band to see which worked for them.^[2] 15 songs would then be recorded for the album.^[2]

The songs on Siempre ("Always" in Spanish) include new arrangements of "Nights in White Satin" (originally by The Moody Blues), "Caruso", "Without You", "Somewhere", "You Raise Me Up", a new version of the song "Music" from the 1970s renamed "Musica", and re-arranged by its original British composer John Miles. The album also features a cover of Bryan Adams' "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" translated into the Spanish "Un regalo que te dio la vida" (which literally means "A Gift That Life Gave You"). This album includes the Spanish adaptation by the famous Mexican composer and musician Armando Manzanero of "Una noche" ("One Night," Spanish). Other original songs in this album include "La vida sin amor" ("Life without Love," Spanish), and "Come primavera" ("Like Spring," Italian).

The album was released on November 21, 2006 in the United States and globally on November 27, 2006.

Track listing (General Worldwide release)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Notte di luce " (Nights in White Satin)	Mario Frangoulis, Justin Hayward	4:18
2.	"Caruso"	Lucio Dalla	3:56
3.	"Desde el día que te fuiste " (Without You)	Peter Ham, Tom Evans	3:51
4.	"Come Primavera"	Cheope, Henrik Janson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson	3:50
5.	"Un regalo que te dio la vida " (Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?)	Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Rudy Perez	4:39
6.	"La vida sin amor"	Carlos Gómez, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson	3:39
7.	"Una noche"	Savan Kotecha, Andreas Romdhane y Josef Larossi	4:12
8.	"Por ti seré" (You Raise Me Up)	Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland	4:02
9.	"Amor venme a buscar"	Steve Mac, Rudy Pérez, John Reid	4:14
10.	"Música"	John Miles	3:59
11.	"Somewhere" (Extra)	Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim	3:30

In the United States, varying stores had the rights to different songs from their "Live at the Greek" DVD, which were used to make up an exclusive live bonus track, ensuring that an album of 11 tracks was released to the USA just like every other country would receive.

Chart positions

Country	Status	Chart position
Spain	4× Platinum	1
UK	4× Platinum	1
Australia	4× Platinum	2
Ireland	4× Platinum	3
Mexico	Platinum	1
Slovenia	Platinum	1
Portugal	Platinum	2
USA	Platinum	6
Belgium	Gold	2
New Zealand	Gold	3
Argentina	Gold	8
Netherlands		1
Hong Kong		1
Singapore		1
South Korea		1
Switzerland		1
Thailand		1
Canada		2
Finland	Gold	2
Norway		2
Taiwan		2
Venezuela		2
Denmark		4
Sweden		4
Japan (Foreign Artist)		8
Austria		9
Colombia		10
France	Gold	10
Germany		22
Italy		58

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Interview With Steve Mac". HitQuarters. April 12, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2010.