Esencial

~ Release by Ricky Martin (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Vente pa' ca
4:19
2La mordidita
4.53:29
3Jaleo
43:41
4Maria (Spanglish version)
recording of:
María (Spanglish Version)
writer:
Ian Blake (pseudonym of Robi Rosa, associated with Ricky Martin), Luis Gómez Escolar and K.C. Porter
translator:
Deborah Castillero
publisher:
Draco Cornelius Music (from 1995 to present), Mundo Nuevo Music (from 1995 to present), Música Calaca S.L. (from 1995 to present), Olinga Music (from 1995 to present), Para-sac Music Corporation (from 1995 to present) and Sony/ATV Latin Music Publishing (from 1995 to present)
translated version of:
María
3:59
5La copa de la vida (Spanglish remix)
additional producer:
Joey Musaphia
vocals:
Ricky Martin (Puerto Rican singer, actor, author & king of Latin pop)
additional remixer:
Joey Musaphia
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1998)
mixed at:
The Loft (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Cup of Life (Spanglish version)
writer:
Desmond Child and Robi Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
translator:
Luis Gómez Escolar
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
arrangement of:
La copa de la vida
4:37
6Pégate (MTV unplugged version) (radio edit)
producer:
David Cabrera and Tommy Torres
recording of:
Pégate
writer:
Ricky Martin (Puerto Rican singer, actor, author & king of Latin pop), Roy Tavaré and Tommy Torres
3:10
7La bomba
producer:
K. C. Porter and Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (from 1998 to present)
recording of:
La bomba (in 1997)
writer:
Luis Gómez Escolar, K.C. Porter and Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
54:34
8Lola Lola
recording of:
Lola, Lola
writer:
Ian Blake (pseudonym of Robi Rosa, associated with Ricky Martin), Luis Gómez Escolar and K.C. Porter
44:45
9Livin' La Vida Loca
additional recording engineer:
Craig Lozowick and Nathan Malki
recording engineer and mixer:
Charles Dye
programming:
Randy Cantor
assistant engineer:
Craig Lozowick, Nathan Malki and Germán Ortiz
additional producer:
Iris Aponte and Brian Coleman (Manager/production coordinator)
co-producer:
Robi Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
producer:
Desmond Child
acoustic guitar and background vocals:
Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Tony Concepción
guitar:
Rusty Anderson
keyboard:
Randy Cantor
percussion:
Rafael Solano
vocals:
Ricky Martin (Puerto Rican singer, actor, author & king of Latin pop)
arranger:
Randy Cantor
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1999)
recorded at and mixed at:
The Gentlemen’s Club in Miami Beach, Florida, United States
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 180)
recording of:
Livin’ la Vida Loca (English version) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
writer:
Desmond Child and Robi Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), A Phantom Vox Publishing (from 1999 to present), Desmophobia (from 1999 to present), PolyGram Music Publishing (from 1999 to present) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (from 1999 to present)
4.654:02
10Shake Your Bon-Bon
additional recording engineer:
Charles Dye
recording engineer:
Randall Barlow (of Miami Sound Machine), Charles Dye, Javier Garza, Sebastián Krys, Freddy Piñero, Jr. and Elliot Scheiner
membranophone programming:
Randall Barlow (of Miami Sound Machine)
additional engineer:
Peter McCabe
assistant engineer:
Gustavo Bonnet, Tony Mardini and Ed Williams (Engineer)
co-producer:
Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
executive producer:
Emilio Estefan, Jr.
producer:
George Noriega (American songwriter and record producer)
additional mixer:
Desmond Child
mixer:
Charles Dye and Tom McWilliams (Emmy winning, Grammy nominated Composer and Producer)
acoustic guitar:
Dan Warner (producer, writer and studio guitarist)
additional keyboard:
Randy Cantor
bass, organ and vocoder:
George Noriega (American songwriter and record producer)
clavinet:
David Siegel
electric guitar:
Rusty Anderson and Eric Bazilian
horn:
Teddy Mulet
membranophone:
Kenny Aronoff
background vocals:
Donna Allen (US dance-pop singer from Florida), Rita Quintero and Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
additional arranger:
Randall Barlow (of Miami Sound Machine)
recording of:
Shake Your Bon-Bon (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
writer:
Desmond Child, George Noriega (American songwriter and record producer) and Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
publisher:
Estefan Music Publishing Inc, A Phantom Vox Publishing (from 1999 to present), Desmophobia (from 1999 to present), Foreign Imported Productions & Publishing, Inc. (from 1999 to present), PolyGram Music Publishing (from 1999 to present) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (from 1999 to present)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
43:11
11She Bangs
producer:
Walter Afanasieff, Desmond Child and Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
recording of:
She Bangs (Spanish version)
writer:
Walter Afanasieff, Desmond Child, Daniel Lopez (US spanish language songwriter), Glenn Monroig (cantautor puertorriqueño), Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa) and Julia Sierra
translated version of:
She Bangs
54:34
12Dame más (Loaded)
recording of:
Dame màs (Loaded)
writer:
Roberto Blades, Alberto Gaitán, Roberto Gaitán (worked on Ricky Martin song), George Noriega (American songwriter and record producer), Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa) and Jon Secada
33:52
13Adiós
43:59
14Déjate llevar (It's Alright)
43:33
15Más
54:10
2CD
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1Lo mejor de mi vida eres tú
guest vocals:
Natalia Jiménez
music videos:
Lo mejor de mi vida eres tú by Ricky Martin (Puerto Rican singer, actor, author & king of Latin pop)
2.53:36
2Tu recuerdo (MTV Unplugged version)
cuatro:
Christian Nieves
music videos:
Tu recuerdo by Ricky Martin (Puerto Rican singer, actor, author & king of Latin pop) feat. La Mari de Chambao (María del Mar Rodríguez Carnero, Chambao vocalist) y Tommy Torres
recording of:
Tu recuerdo (on 2006-08-17)
4:07
3Y todo queda en nada
44:36
4Tal vez
recording of:
Tal vez
writer:
Franco de Vita
54:38
5Bella (She's All I Ever Had)
recording engineer:
Randall Barlow (of Miami Sound Machine) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Scott Canto (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Charles Dye (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Marcelo Añez Fontana (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Javier Garza (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Sebastián Krys (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Freddy Piñero, Jr. (from 1998-10 until 1999-03) and Elliot Scheiner (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
drums (drum set) programming:
Randall Barlow (of Miami Sound Machine) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
assistant engineer:
Gustavo Bonnet and Tony Mardini
engineer:
Joe Chiccarelli
additional producer:
Walter Afanasieff
co-producer:
Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
executive producer:
Emilio Estefan, Jr.
producer:
George Noriega (American songwriter and record producer) and Jon Secada
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
12 string guitar and electric guitar:
Eric Bazilian (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Tommy Anthony (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
bouzouki, classical guitar [nylon string guitar], keyboard and sitar:
George Noriega (American songwriter and record producer) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
brushes, shakers and snare drum:
Olbin Burgos (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
cello:
Larry Corbett (from 1998-10 to ????), Dan Smith (cellist) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Stefanie Fife (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Suzie Katayama (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Steve Richards (cellist) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03) and Rudy Stein (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
double bass:
Jorge Casas (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Aronoff (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
percussion:
Daniel Lopez (US spanish language songwriter) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
viola:
Denyse Buffum (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Matt Funes (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), John Scanlon (from 1998-10 until 1999-03) and David Stenske (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
violin:
Murray Adler (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Ruth Bruegger (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Eve Butler (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Susan Chatman (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Joel Derouin (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Bruce Dukov (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Virginia Frazier (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Harris Goldman (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Endre Granat (Hungarian violinist) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Clayton Haslop (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Gerardo Hilera (violinist) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Bob Peterson (violinist) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Michele Richards (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Anatoly Rosinsky (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), Bob Sanov (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), 渡辺實和子 (Miwako Watanabe) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03), John Wittenberg (from 1998-10 until 1999-03) and Ken Yerke (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
background vocals:
Jon Secada (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
additional arranger:
Randall Barlow (of Miami Sound Machine)
recording of:
She’s All I Ever Had (from 1998-10 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
Jon Secada
writer:
George Noriega (American songwriter and record producer) and Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
publisher:
Artemis Muziekuitgeverij B V, Estefan Music Publishing Inc, Universal Music Publishing GmbH (Universal Music Publishing Group Germany), Universal Music Publishing International Ltd., Universal Música Unica Publishing (Latin artist publishing), Universal Musica, Inc., A Phantom Vox Publishing (from 1999 to present), Estefan Music Publishing International (from 1999 to present), Foreign Imported Productions & Publishing, Inc. (from 1999 to present) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (from 1999 to present)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
54:54
6No importa la distancia (Go the Distance)
executive producer:
Renato López (producer, musician, singer, lyricist, collaborator in mainly Spanish versions of many films) and Javier Pontón (Mexican voice actor and director)
producer:
Ian Blake (pseudonym of Robi Rosa, associated with Ricky Martin) and K.C. Porter
vocals:
Ricky Martin (Puerto Rican singer, actor, author & king of Latin pop)
arranger:
K.C. Porter
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Disney Enterprises, Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1997) and Walt Disney Records (in 1997)
recording of:
No importa la distancia (Go the Distance) (Hércules)
lyricist:
David Zippel
composer:
Alan Menken
translator:
Renato López (producer, musician, singer, lyricist, collaborator in mainly Spanish versions of many films) and Javier Pontón (Mexican voice actor and director)
translated version of:
Go the Distance (Hercules, film version)
54:51
7Asignatura pendiente
recording of:
Asignatura pendiente
53:55
8Vuelve
5:07
9Somos la semilla
producer:
Ian Blake (pseudonym of Robi Rosa, associated with Ricky Martin) and K.C. Porter
recording of:
Somos la semilla
writer:
Ian Blake (pseudonym of Robi Rosa, associated with Ricky Martin), K.C. Porter and Manolo Tena
43:52
10Perdido sin ti
producer:
K. C. Porter and Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
recording of:
Perdido sin ti (in 1997)
writer:
Luis Gómez Escolar, K. C. Porter and Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
54:10
11Te extraño, te olvido, te amo
producer:
Ian Blake (pseudonym of Robi Rosa, associated with Ricky Martin) and K. C. Porter
recording of:
Te extraño, te olvido, te amo
writer:
Carlos Lara
34:38
12A medio vivir
producer:
Ian Blake (pseudonym of Robi Rosa, associated with Ricky Martin) and K. C. Porter
recording of:
A medio vivir
writer:
Franco de Vita
44:41
13Fuego de noche, nieve de día
producer:
Ian Blake (pseudonym of Robi Rosa, associated with Ricky Martin) and K. C. Porter
recording of:
Fuego de noche, nieve de día
writer:
Ian Blake (pseudonym of Robi Rosa, associated with Ricky Martin), Luis Gómez Escolar and K. C. Porter
45:34
14El amor de mi vida
producer:
Daniel Lopez (US spanish language songwriter) and Tommy Torres
recording of:
El amor de mi vida
writer:
Eddie Sierra
3:56
15Fuego contra fuego
producer:
Daniel Lopez (US spanish language songwriter) and Tommy Torres
recording of:
Fuego Contra Fuego
writer:
Carlos Gomez (percussionist) and Mariano Pérez (Spanish producer and composer)
4:28