Untitled Selena album
The untitled upcoming album of Mexican American Tejano pop singer Selena, is projected to be released in fall 2011 or early 2012, possibly the seventeenth anniversary of Selena's [...], by Q-Productions. It was reveled that, during the press release of "10 Great Songs" (2011), that A.B. Quintanilla III, brother and music producer of Selena and lead vocalist of Kumbia All Starz, told in an interview that he will be releasing, with the help of Abraham Quintanilla Jr, father and manager, a ten track album. A.B., stated that, the album will feature five previously unreleased songs that Selena recorded, prior to singing a contract with Capitol/EMI, in 1989. Abraham Quintanilla Jr, and his son A.B., took out the vocals from the recorded songs and created new sounds, with them.
During recording sessions, A.B. Quintanilla III, had helped with from several artists (who impacted international music charts), to create new duets with Selena. The songs produced in the album are all a cappellas taken from the selected five unreleased songs, which were remastered and remixed. Some of the songs in the album features duets from several artists who donated their time to record a new song, featuring Selena. The album is focused on Abraham Quintanilla Jr's influences in his children's love of music, and bringing Selena's music "back to life". This album will be Selena's second posthumous studio album, behind "Dreaming of You" (1995), and the first album to have unreleased/new songs from Selena since "Through The Years/A Traves de los Años" (2007).
Production and development
In 2008, after becoming very stressful and agitated, A.B. Quintanilla III was planning on quitting music and quitting the Kumbia All Starz, the processor of Kumbia Kings. His father and manager, Abraham Quintanilla Jr, told A.B., that he didn't want him to quit music, stating that his dream was for his children to continue in the music industry and never give up. While on tour for the Kumbia All Starz album, "Planeta Kumbia" (2008) in Boliva, A.B. had a lift his mood, after his music had began to chart in that country and was accepted by the people, which helped A.B. change his mind about quitting music. Within time, he and his father began coming up with plans on releasing an album that features Selena, his sister who was murdered in 1995, with new sounds. They then came up with a plan to take vocals out of Selena's five previously unreleased songs that she had recorded, before signing a contract with Captiol/EMI, and combining them into newly-recorded songs to create a full-length studio album, as if Selena was still alive. When they were finished, they had created several more songs then they anticipated. Before hand, they announced their upcoming project through Spanish media, stating that they are choosing ten songs for the album, set to be released sometime in the fall of 2011 or early 2012. When asked if the album might be released in March 2012, marking the seventeenth anniversary of Selena's death, Abraham Quintanilla Jr stated that it can be possible.
During the recording sessions, A.B. Quintanilla III, had helped with the participation of several artists, creating new duets with Selena. The songs produced in the album are all a cappellas taken from the selected five unreleased songs, which were remastered and remixed. Some of the songs in the album will feature duets from several artists (who impacted international music charts) who donated their time to record a new song, featuring Selena. The album is focused on Abraham Quintanilla Jr's influences in his children's love of music, and bringing Selena's music "back to life". This album will be Selena's second posthumous studio album, behind "Dreaming of You" (1995), and the first album to have unreleased/new songs from Selena since "Through The Years/A Traves de los Años" (2007).
Track listing
The official track listing hasn't been released by Q-Productions.
Personnel
(The following list are band members of Selena y Los Dinos, who worked in the music of Selena before 1989. The final personnel and further credits haven't been released by Q-Productions yet.)
- A.B. Quintanilla III - lead vocalist, music arranger, music producer, bass guitar, songwriter
- Abraham Quintanilla Jr - assistant producer, collaborative writing, manger
- Suzette Quintanilla - drums
- Rena Dearman - keyboardist
- Mike Dean - keyboardist
- Rodney Pyeatt - guitar
- Del Balint - guitar
- Brain "Red" Moore - sound producer, audio mixing
Release history
Country |
Release date |
Label |
|---|---|---|
United States |
Fall 2011 or early 2012 |
Q-Productions |
See also
- Selena albums discography
External links
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