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2006 studio album by Andrea Bocelli
Amore
Released 31 January 2006 Recorded
Record Plant Studios , Hollywood, CA; Chartmaker Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea Bocelli Studio Pierpaolo Guerrini, Tuscany, Italy; Sony Studios, Culver City, CA; Westlake Audio, Hollywood, CA
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Amore is the eleventh
studio album by Italian
tenor
Andrea Bocelli , released on 31 January 2006, for the Valentine's Day season. This album features a remake of
Elvis Presley 's "
Can't Help Falling in Love "; "
Because We Believe ", the closing song of the
2006 Winter Olympics in
Turin ,
Italy , which Bocelli wrote and performed; "
Somos Novios (It's Impossible) , a duet with American
pop singer
Christina Aguilera ; and his first recording of
Bésame Mucho , which eventually became one of his signature songs.
Releases
Aguilera performing "Somos Novios" with Bocelli during the
Sanremo Music Festival , 2006
Amore was released internationally beginning on 28 February 2006.
A Spanish version of the album was also released in the same year, called Amor .
In Japan it was released on 18 October 2006 as Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta (貴方に贈る愛の歌 , A Love Song I Send to You) and featured a bonus track.
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Track listing
For Amore
"
Amapola " – 3:43
"
Besame Mucho " – 4:01
"Les Feuilles Mortes (
Autumn Leaves )" – 4:49
"Mi Manchi" (feat.
Kenny G ) – 3:35
"
Somos Novios (It's Impossible) " (feat.
Christina Aguilera ) – 4:22
"
Solamente Una Vez " – 3:29
"Jurame" – 3:22
"Pero te Extraño" – 4:06
"Canzoni Stonate" (feat.
Stevie Wonder ) – 5:17
"
L'Appuntamento (Sentado à Beira do Caminho) " – 4:08
"Cuando Me Enamoro (Quando m'innamoro)" – 3:56
"
Can't Help Falling in Love " – 3:25
"
Because We Believe " – 4:37
"
Ama Credi e Vai (Because We Believe) " – 4:41
Japan bonus track
[1]
"
Somos Novios (It's Impossible) " (feat.
Rimi Natsukawa )
For Amor , the Spanish version of the album
"
Besame Mucho "
"Cancion Desafinada" (Spanish version of Canzoni Stonate with
Stevie Wonder )
"
Solamente Una Vez " (Original version in Spanish of
You Belong To My Heart )
"
Somos Novios (It's Impossible) " (with
Christina Aguilera )
"Jurame" (with Mario Reyes) – 3:22
"Pero te Extraño"
"Las Hojas Muertas" (Spanish version of
Autumn Leaves )
"Momentos"
"Me Faltas "Mi Manchi" (with
Kenny G )
"Cuando Me Enamoro" (Spanish version of Quando m'innamoro)
"Porque Tu Me Acostumbraste"
"
Amapola "
Verano Estate (with
Chris Botti )
"Nuestro Encuentro" (Spanish version of L'Appuntamento)
Commercial Performance
With 113,000 units sold in its first week of release, Amore debuted at No. 3 on the
Billboard 200 chart, which at the time was Bocelli's highest chart position in America yet, only to be surpassed by his 2009 release
My Christmas , which reached No. 2.
[2] It went on to sell 1.66 million copies in the United States
[3] and was certified Platinum by the
RIAA .
[4] Bocelli was the seventh best-selling artist of 2006, in the
United States , with 2,524,681 copies of his albums sold that year.
[5] The Spanish version, Amor , was also certified
Album Multi-Platino (Double Platinum) by the RIAA.
[6] Both versions were also certified Gold and Platinum in
several other counties .
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
Personnel
Veronica Berti: Vocals on "Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)"
Kenny G : Saxophone on "Mi Manchi"
Christina Aguilera : Vocals on "
Somos Novios (It's Impossible) "
Marco Borsato : Vocals on "Because We Believe"
Mario Reyes: Flamenco guitar on "Jurame"
Stevie Wonder : Harmonica and additional vocals on "Canzoni Stonate"
David Foster and Randy Waldman: Acoustic piano and keyboards
Nathan East: Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Dean Parks,
Ramon Stagnaro , Michael Thompson, Corrado Sgandurra, Michael Landau: Guitars
Paulinho Da Costa and Rafael Padilla: Percussion
Dan Higgins: Flute
David Foster : Arrangement
Jorge Calandrelli and David Foster: Arrangement on "
Amapola "
Humberto Gatica, Chartmaker Studios: Mixing
Hernan Gatica, Pierpaolo Guerinni, Valerio Calisse, Jochem van der Saag, and Alejando Rodriguez: Recording
Neil Devor and Chris Brooke: Additional engineering
Oscar Ramirez: Additional Pro-Tools engineering on "
Somos Novios (It's Impossible) "
Jochem van der Saag: Programming and sound design
See also
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