Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio

Summary

Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio (English: Your Love or Your Disdain) is the fifth studio album recorded by Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís. It was released by Fonovisa Records on May 13, 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album became his third number-one hit as a solo artist on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Song and won Album of the Year at Premio Lo Nuestro 2004. "Más Que Tu Amigo" served as the opening theme for the telenovela Velo de novia (2003), produced by Juan Osorio starring Susana González and Eduardo Santamarina.

Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 13, 2003 (2003-05-13)
Recorded2002–2003
Studio
Genre
Length35:04
LabelFonovisa
ProducerHomero Patrón
Marco Antonio Solís chronology
Más de Mi Alma
(2001)
Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio
(2003)
Razón de Sobra
(2004)
Singles from Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio
  1. "Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio (2003)"
  2. "Que Te Quieran Más Que Yo (2003)"
  3. "Más Que Tu Amigo (2003)"
  4. "Prefiero Partir (2004)"

Track listing edit

All songs written and composed by Marco Antonio Solís except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio"3:14
2."Con la Vida Comprada"3:36
3."El Milagrito"3:34
4."Que Te Quieran Mas Que Yo"4:19
5."El Diablillo"3:45
6."Ni Alla Donde Te Fuiste"2:21
7."Más Que Tu Amigo"3:29
8."Te Me Vas"3:50
9."Prefiero Partir"3:32
10."Las Noches Las Hago Dias" (written by Rafael Rosales Briseño)2:53

Credits and personnel edit

This information from Allmusic.[1]

  • Homero Patrón — Piano, arranger, producer, direction, synthesizer
  • Marco Antonio Solís – Direction, assistant arranger, realization
  • David Appelt — Mixing
  • Carlos Castro – Assistant engineer, mixing
  • Marco Gamboa – Editing, digital sequencing, copyist
  • Ron McMaster — Mastering
  • Víctor Aguilar – Drums
  • José Guadalupe Alfaro — Vihuela
  • Luis Conte — Latin percussion
  • Pedro Iniguez — Accordion
  • Abraham Laboriel – Electric bass
  • Jorge Moraga — Strings, string coordinator
  • Ramon Stagnaro – Guitar, requinto
  • David Corpus – vocals
  • Ismael Gallegos – Vocals
  • Bolero Soul – Vocals
  • Arturo Gutiérrez – Vocals
  • José Luis Gutiérrez – Vocals

Chart performance edit

Chart (2003)[2] Peak
position
US Billboard Top Latin Albums 1
US Billboard Regional/Mexican Albums 1
US Billboard 200 54

Sales and certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[3] Platinum 40,000^
Central America (CFC)[4] Gold 10,000[4]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[5] Platinum 150,000^
United States (RIAA)[6] 4× Platinum (Latin) 400,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ "Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio – Credits". Allmusic.com. May 13, 2003. Retrieved September 18, 2008.
  2. ^ Billboard.com (May 31, 2003). "Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio – Chart Performance (2003)". Allmusic.com. Retrieved September 18, 2008.
  3. ^ "Argentinian album certifications – Marco Antonio Solis – Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
  4. ^ a b Marco Antonio Solís recibe discos de Oro, Diamante y Platino
  5. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Marco Antonio Solis in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  6. ^ "American album certifications – Marco Antonio Solis – Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio". Recording Industry Association of America.