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
SourceRating
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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Notte di luce " (Nights in White Satin)Mario Frangoulis, Justin Hayward4:18
2."Caruso"  Lucio Dalla3:56
3."Desde el día que te fuiste " (Without You)Peter Ham, Tom Evans3:51
4."Come Primavera"  Cheope, Henrik Janson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson3:50
5."Un regalo que te dio la vida " (Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?)Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Rudy Perez4:39
6."La vida sin amor"  Carlos Gómez, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson3:39
7."Una noche"  Savan Kotecha, Andreas Romdhane y Josef Larossi4:12
8."Por ti seré" (You Raise Me Up)Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland4:02
9."Amor venme a buscar"  Steve Mac, Rudy Pérez, John Reid4:14
10."Música"  John Miles3:59
11."Somewhere" (Extra)Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim3:30


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 Gold10
Germany 22
Italy 58

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Interview With Steve Mac". HitQuarters. April 12, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
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