''Buen Soldado'' (''Good Soldier'' in English) is the second studio album by Chilean-American singer-songwriter

Francisca Valenzuela Francisca Valenzuela (; born March 17, 1987, in San Francisco, California) is an American-born Chilean singer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist. Valenzuela was born and raised in San Francisco, California, where she resided until the age of 12, be ...

. Feria Music released it on March 3, 2011 in Chile. The bilingual artist achieved success in both North and South America with her debut album, 2007's Muérdete la Lengua. She wrote and recorded the album while taking a gap year from her collegiate studies in Santiago. The album was preceded by the upbeat lead single "

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" (''I Want To See You More Often''), which was released on January 1, 2011. The song's brisk mix of pop, folk and 1960s go-go presaged the album's lighthearted tone. The album was certified gold in Chile in January 2013 for sales of 5,000 copies or more.http://www.latercera.com/noticia/entretencion/2013/01/661-504385-9-francisca-valenzuela-alcanza-disco-de-platino-y-prepara-nuevo-album.shtml Francisca Valenzuela receives platinum and gold album status

Production

Francisca began the process of writing for her second album in mid 2008 to early 2009. In 2010, pre-production was done in

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for two months (touring and the production phase of the album forced Valenzuela to put her

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studies at the Universidad Católica in

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on hold for a year.). While in

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, Valenzuela produced a lot of songs with the producer and DJ Vicente Sanfuentes, who has worked with several groups and emerging Chilean artists like Los Mono, Gepe and Hermanos Brothers. The album was also recorded and produced in

in August 2010. Production group joined the Canadian producer Mocky, who produced songs for

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and

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Recording and writing process

In August 2010, Valenzuela returned to

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, to start the recording the album at the Atomic studios in Santiago, Chile, with the technical control engineer Gonzalo "Chalo" Gonzalez and Camilo Salinas collaborations on the

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and Pablo Ilabaca, member of the Chilean band Chancho en Piedra in

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s. The album contains songs with recognizable instruments such as

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and

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. Francisca said that is not a very experimental album, but also explores new sounds and rhythms unlike her debut album, '' Muérdete La Lengua'', and is of more

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and

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, with greater inclusion of new ringtones synthesizers on some tracks. The general tone of the album is much more fun and there are slow songs. Also includes

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songs and other slow, dark, with shades of

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. Valenzuela says that an album is more varied and mature, changing the feminist side of her debut album now even include topics from the perspective of a man, and political or social opinions. The album contains 12 Spanish songs, all written and composed by Francisca Valenzuela.

Track listing

Release history

Album trivia

* "Salvador" (''Savior'') was written in late October 2008 and released as a demo to fans via Valenzuela's Myspace page. It was written as a homage to former Chilean president,

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References

External links

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