| | Shakira Pies Descalzos CD Shakira Discography of CDs
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Born to Lebanese parents in a coastal town in Colombia, Shakira has followed an unlikely path to international stardom. She started making albums at 15, gradually merging her love for American folk-rock with her Latin sensibility, until she crossed over into the mainstream with CIEGO, SORDO, MUDO.
PIES DESCALZOS is the release immediately preceding CIEGO, a purer distillation of the singer before Emilio Estefan got his hands on her. Peforming with standard rock instrumentation and relying on simple riffs, Shakira uses her highly flexible vocal range to infuse her melancholic love songs with an unusual power. If on CIEGO SORDO MUDO she sounded like Alanis Morissette, here she's more like Tracy Chapman. Songs like "Pienso en Ti" and "Te Necesito" have a haunting, elegiac quality. "Un Poco de Amor" is a rollicking celebration of reggae's reach beyond Jamaica, and the title track brings you into the mental state of idealistic Latin youth. "You belong to an ancient race of barefoot people / And now you just want to be happy," she sings, and the kids know they're all right.
Recorded in Miami, Florida in July 1995.
Recorded at Sonido Azulado Studio, Bogota, Columbia; Ocean V.U. Studio, Miami, Florida between February & July 1995.
Personnel includes: Shakira (vocals, guitar); Luis Fernando Ochoa (Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, bass, percussion, background vocals); Gonzo Vasquez (programming, percussion); Jose Gaviria, Andrea Pineros (background vocals).
Personnel: Howard Glassford (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); programming); Shakira (vocals); Luis Fernando Ochoa (harmonica, Hammond B-3, keyboards, bass, percussion, background vocals); Alejandro "Pancho" Gomez (harmonica); Eusebio Valderrama (trumpet); Camilo Montilla (piano); Nacho Pilonieta, Jose "Jota" Garcia (bass); Gonzo Vasquez (drums, shaker, tambourine, timbales, programming, background vocals); Samuel Torres (percussion); Andrea Pineros, Jose Gaviria (background vocals).
Engineers include: Luis Fernando Ochoa, Gonzalo Vasquez, Camilo Montilla.
The Beat (V.15 #4 1996, p.31) - "...best described as [Columbia's] take on Alanis Morrisette. The hit single from the album PIES DESCALZOS...is simplistic enough to lodge into your brain like a primitive virus, yet inventive in a way that satisfies even a cynic....the rest of the songs...are equally good..." Pies Descalzos Music | List Price | $7.99 (You save $0.40) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, International CDs, R&B, Latin, Latin Pop, Dance, Rock En Espanol, Rock | | Label | Discos / epic Joi | | Orig Year | 1996 | | All Time Sales Rank |  32278  | | CD Universe Part number | 6866500 | | Catalog number | 94709 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 24, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Shakira - vocals, guitar
Samuel Torres - percussion
Luis Fernando Ochoa - harmonica, Hammond B-3, keyboards, bass, percussion, background vocals
Alejandro "Pancho" Gomez - harmonica
Andrea Pineros - background vocals
Camilo Montilla - piano
Eusebio Valderrama - trumpet
Gonzo Vasquez - programming, percussion
Howard Glassford - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Jose "Jota" Garcia
Nacho Pilonieta
programming
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