El Alma al Aire

El Alma al Aire (The Soul from the Air) is the sixth studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz, released by WEA Latina on September 26, 2000 (see 2000 in music). It is one of his more suggestive and emotive works. It beat all the records of sale of the Spanish market on having reached the 1,000,000 copies in the first week.

Track listing

 * 1) Cuando Nadie Me Ve – 5:07
 * 2) Hay Un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas – 5:22
 * 3) Quisiera Ser – 5:30
 * 4) Para Que Me Quieras – 4:29
 * 5) Llega, Llegó Soledad – 4:38
 * 6) El Alma al Aire – 5:58
 * 7) Me Iré – 5:40
 * 8) Hicimos Un Trato – 4:37
 * 9) Tiene Que Ser Pecado – 5:05
 * 10) Silencio – 4:37 (6:35–8:22 – hidden track: Desde mis Centros)

Personnel

 * Vicente Amigo – Spanish guitar in "Quisiera Ser" and "El Alma al Aire"
 * Gennady Aronin – Violin
 * Enrique Badulescu – Photography
 * Antonio Baglio – Mastering
 * Tim Barnes – Viola
 * Maurizio Biancani – Mixing
 * Renato Cantele – Engineer, mixing
 * Huifang Chen – Violin
 * Janet Clippard – Bass
 * Gustavo Correa – Violin
 * Montse Cortés – Background vocals in "Quisiera Ser" and "El Alma al Aire"
 * John DiPuccio – Violin
 * Paquito Echevarría – Piano tumbao in "El Alma al Aire"
 * Joan Faigen – Violin
 * Scott Flavin – Violin
 * Chris Glansdorp – Cello
 * Alfredo Golino – Drums
 * Jorge González – Assistant engineer
 * Luca Jurman – Arranger, background vocals
 * Mei Mei Luo – Violin
 * Roberto Maccagno – Engineer, technical coordinator


 * Charo Manzano – Background vocals in "Quisiera Ser" and "El Alma al Aire"
 * Raul Midón – Background vocals
 * José Antonio Molina – Arranger, orchestra director
 * Susan Moyer – Cello
 * Alfredo Oliva – Violin
 * Alfredo Paixao – Bass, background vocals
 * Wendy Pedersen – Background vocals
 * Lulo Pérez – Arranger, trumpet
 * Dave Poler – Assistant engineer
 * Rita Quintero – Background vocals
 * Keith Robinson – Cello
 * Emanuele Ruffinengo – Arranger, concept, record producer
 * Alejandro Sanz – Vocals, background vocals, arranger, concept
 * Rafa Sañudo – Art direction, design
 * Debra Spring – Viola
 * Ramiro Terán – Background vocals
 * Christine Tramontano – Assistant engineer
 * Ludovico Vagnone – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Bruce Wethey – Violin
 * Bogumila Zgraja – Violin

Special edition
El Alma al Aire: Edición Especial is the 2001 re-release of the album El Alma al Aire containing 2 CDs. The CD 1 is the same as the original album and the CD 2 contains 5 new tracks (his duets with the Irish group The Corrs, a duet with the Mexican singer Armando Manzanero and a remix of the song "Tiene Que Ser Pecado").

Track listing
CD 1
 * 1) Cuando Nadie Me Ve – 5:07
 * 2) Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas – 5:22
 * 3) Quisiera Ser – 5:30
 * 4) Para Que Me Quieras – 4:29
 * 5) Llega, Llegó Soledad – 4:37
 * 6) El Alma al Aire – 5:58
 * 7) Me Iré – 5:40
 * 8) Hicimos un Trato – 4:37
 * 9) Tiene Que Ser Pecado – 5:05
 * 10) Silencio – 8:22 (contains the hidden track "Desde mis centros")

CD 2
 * 11 Me Iré (The Hardest Day) con The Corrs – 4:26
 * 12 Una Noche con The Corrs – 4:44
 * 13 Adoro con Armando Manzanero – 4:17
 * 14 Tiene Que Ser Pecado (alternative mix) – 5:22
 * 15 The Hardest Day con The Corrs – 4:38

Re-release
El Alma al Aire (Edición 2006) is the 2006 re-release of the album El Alma al Aire containing a CD and DVD. The CD contains 13 tracks and the DVD contains 14 videos.

Track listing
CD
 * 1) Cuando Nadie Me Ve – 5:07
 * 2) Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas – 5:22
 * 3) Quisiera Ser – 5:30
 * 4) Para Que Me Quieras – 4:29
 * 5) Llega, Llegó Soledad – 4:37
 * 6) El Alma al Aire – 5:58
 * 7) Me Iré – 5:40
 * 8) Hicimos un Trato – 4:37
 * 9) Tiene Que Ser Pecado – 5:05
 * 10) Silencio – 8:22 (contains the hidden track "Desde Mis Centros")
 * 11) Cuando Nadie Me Ve (demo) – 5:01
 * 12) El Alma al Aire (demo) – 5:39
 * 13) Una Noche con The Corrs – 8:12

DVD
 * 1) Cuando Nadie Me Ve (Video)
 * 2) Quisiera Ser (Video)
 * 3) El Alma al Aire (Video)
 * 4) Llega, Llegó Soledad (Video)
 * 5) Una Noche con The Corrs (Video)
 * 6) The Hardest Day con The Corrs (Video)
 * 7) Tiene Que Ser Pecado (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
 * 8) Llega, Llegó Soledad (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
 * 9) Cuando Nadie Me Ve (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
 * 10) Me Iré (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
 * 11) Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
 * 12) El Alma al Aire (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
 * 13) Quisiera Ser (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
 * 14) EPK