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''Quién Dijo Ayer'' (English: ''Who Said Yesterday'') is a compilation album released by Guatemalan singer-songwriter
Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer and songwriter. He is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 20 million records sold ...
on 21 August 2007. Dan Warner and Lee Levin co-produced the album with Arjona and Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
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. It was recorded in the United States, Mexico, Italy and Argentina, and is the last album Arjona released under the
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label before signing with
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. It is Arjona's first compilation to include new material in the form of re-recorded versions of past hits in different musical genres from the original recordings, featuring guest artists such as
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,
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and Mexican
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band
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, among others. Critically and commercially successful, ''Quién Dijo Ayer'' topped the US ''Billboard''
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chart and reached number two on the
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chart. The album became a hit in Latin America, topping the Mexican albums chart and receiving
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and
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s in several countries including the United States. The album spawned two commercially successful singles, " Quién", which reached number four on the ''Billboard''
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chart, and " Quiero", which reached number eight. ''Quién Dijo Ayer'' received in 2008 a nomination for the
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and the Best Male Pop Vocal Album award at the
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.


Background

In a press conference, Arjona stated that "yesterday is the cumulus of this that put us here, which raised us and made us what we are, for good or bad."Cruz Bárcenas, Arturo (22 November 2007)
"''Quién dijo ayer'', un disco difícil sobre el pasado"
La Jornada (
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). Desarrollo de Medios, S.A. Retrieved on 12 May 2012.
He also said that ''Quién Dijo Ayer'' was more than a compilation, and that "it's an album with all the features of the typical greatest hits disc. Several songs are the most popular, but others are the most important on other topics. We've dressed them different. "Se Nos Muere El Amor" is now with piano and flauta, as an example." He further stated that it was "an album that begun as an experiment, with a dose of informality, and suddenly, when I realized of what the producers were achieving with the songs I worked many years ago, the album finished as being very complicated." After spending the majority of his career signed to
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, and later,
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, Arjona signed a long-term recording deal with
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in September 2008.Cobo, Leila (22 September 2008)
"Ricardo Arjona Signs With Warner Music Latina"
''Billboard''. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
Iñigo Zabala, chairman of Warner Music Latin America commented that "He's an artist that fits perfectly with our company," and that "We are a label that has a major catalog of songwriters and quality pop and rock from the likes of Maná, Alejandro Sanz, Laura Pausini, and now, Arjona." This departure made ''Quien Dijo Ayer'' the last album the artist directly released on his former label, although Sony later released another album named '' Simplemente Lo Mejor''.


Composition

For this compilation album, Arjona re-recorded some of his older songs in a different style from the original versions, and remastered others. "Si El Norte Fuera El Sur" was transformed into a
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-style song, which he performed with
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.Birchmeier, Jason
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Argentinian jazz musician
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was featured on the new version of "Jesús, Verbo No Sustantivo". "Historia De Taxi" was transformed into a salsa song, which Arjona performed with American singer
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and pianist
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; George said, "It's been interesting to work with two figures from different music worlds on the interest of making good music.", and that "every time a reunion of this kind happens, it sa reason to celebrate." Arjona also re-recorded "Realmente No Estoy Tan Solo"with singer
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; it was last song recorded by Sandro, who died on 4 January 2010."Hoy respira mejor que nunca"
La Gaceta. Retrieved on 28 March 2012.
Arjona's manager told Argentinian newspaper Clarín that " he singerhad the idea of inviting Roberto androfor his album, he androshowed enthusiasm and manifested the same degree of appreciation to Arjona. It seemed to him that he rjonawas an artist who proclaims the same values he proclaimed." This album included three new songs. " Quién" was written by Arjona, who co-produced it with Tommy Torres."Ricardo Arjona habla de su nueva canción"
. ADN Mundo. Retrieved on 28 March 2012.
It was released as the
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from the album on 19 June 2007. Arjona commented that "'Quién' is the world out of the window and the prison built by ourselves. It's the freedom to choose the path or to prefer loneliness as an argument of nostalgia. 'Quién' is a story with the hurry of the desperate, is the flashback of those who end up loving alone.""Escucha el nuevo tema de Ricardo Arjona: "Quién""
People en Español. Retrieved on 2 May 2012.

El Mercurio Online. Retrieved on 2 May 2012.
" Quiero", also written by Arjona, was released as the second single in November 2007. Website ADN Mundo called the song bohemian and hippie, and that it was "a love story that doesn't speak about love, but instead about the recent events on the world we live nand finally comes to the search of an individual who challenges nostalgia finding entertainment on the impossible." In 2009, "Quiero" was awarded the Pop/Ballad Songs of the Year award by the
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. The third new song on the album was "Espantapájaros", which was written by Arjona and Miguel Luna.


Release and promotion

''Quién Dijo Ayer'' was released in most markets as a two-disc compilation album. The first disc contains sixteen songs, of which thirteen are new versions of Arjona's past hits. On this disc appears the duets with Panteón Rococó on "Si El Norte Fuera El Sur"; Marc Anthony on "Historia de Taxi"; Marta Sanchez on "Tarde (Sin Daños A Terceros)"; Eros Ramazzoti on "A Ti" and Sandro de América on "Realmente No Estoy Tan Solo".Taken from the album's two-disc edition booklet.''Quién Dijo Ayer'' wo-disc edition(booklet).
Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer and songwriter. He is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 20 million records sold ...
. Norte, a division of
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. 8869 711335 2. 2007.
This disc also contains the new songs "Quién", "Quiero" and "Espantapájaros". The second disc contains the same songs as the first disc but in their original versions, remastered. In Canada, Germany, Brazil and Mexico, a digital special edition was released that features only six songs on the second digital disc instead of 13. The songs included on the second disc on this version were "Se Nos Muere El Amor", "Dime Que No", "Si El Norte Fuera El Sur", "A Ti", "Tu Reputación" and "Cuando". This Brazilian version featured a different cover art. The album was also released as a single disc version with only the new versions and songs. Also, in Mexico, two physical single-disc versions of the album were released. The first includes the first single from '' Quinto Piso'', " Como Duele" as a bonus track. This version was also released in Spain."Quien Dijo Ayer de Ricardo Arjona"
iTunes. Apple, inc. Retrieved on 4 May 2012.
The second version does not include "Espantapájaros" or "Realmente No Estoy Tan Solo"; it also includes " Como Duele" as a bonus track.


Singles

The first single released from the album was "Quién", a Latin pop song written by Arjona and produced by Tommy Torres and Los Gringos. The song charted on the ''Billboard''
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at number twenty-one, and reached its peak the week ending 25 August 2007. The song was more successful on the
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chart, where it reached number four. The music video for "Quién" was filmed in
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,
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. The second single released was "Quiero", which reached number twelve on the ''Billboard'' Latin Songs chart, and number eight on the Latin Pop Songs component chart. "Quiero" was very popular in Central American countries like Honduras, Nicaragua and Panamá. The music video for "Quiero" was filmed in the Dominican Republic and premiered in November 2007."Arjona ya tiene listo su nuevo video"
. ADN Mundo. Retrieved on 2 May 2012.


Reception

Jason Birchmeier from
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gave a positive review of the album, and commented that, "while only a couple of the new versions depart stylistically from the originals, the contemporary productions breathe new life into these songs, which should be well known by longtime fans." ''Quién Dijo Ayer'' was Arjona's second album after ''
Galería Caribe ''Galería Caribe'' (English: ''Caribbean Gallery'') is the eighth studio album recorded by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, It was released by Sony Music México on August 29, 2000 (see 2000 in music). and became his first number- ...
'' to reach number one on the
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chart; it reached its peak in the week ending 8 September 2007. On the Latin Albums chart, ''Quién Dijo Ayer'' debuted at number two. The album was commercially successful in Latin America, and was certified
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in Venezuela, Uruguay, Colombia, Chile, and Peru;"Ricardo Arjona presenta `¿Quién dijo ayer?' en Colombia y Venezuela"
. ADN Mundo. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
and
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in Argentina, Mexico and the United States.The US certification for Platinum is for Latin albums, which means 100,000 copies.


Track listing


Digital edition


Standard edition

The standard physical release of the album contains 2 discs with the following track list.


Special edition

The special edition does not include "La Novia Que Nunca Tuve", which is at No.9 on the digital edition.


Personnel

*Pedro Alfonso – engineer, string quartet, violin *Carlos Alvares – engineer *
Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer and songwriter. He is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 20 million records sold ...
 – lead vocalist, arranger, producer *Isaias G. Asbun – Engineer, mixing *Pablo Aslan – double bass *Paco Barajas – trombone *Alberto Barros – trombone *Tom Bender – assistant *Robbie Buchanan – piano *Felipe Bustamante – keyboards *Miguel Bustamante – production assistant *Ricardo Calderon – graphic design, photography *Rodrigo Cardenas – bajo sexto *Aaron Cruz – double bass *Sal Cuevas – bajo sexto *Hector del Curto – bandoneon *Octavio DeMoraes – bajo sexto, choir arrangement *Rodrigo Duarte – chelo *Doug Emery – choir arrangement, keyboards, piano *Dario Espinosa – bajo sexto *
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 – engineer *John Falcone – bajo sexto *Ernesto Franco – photo assistance *Isaias García – engineer *
Sergio George Sergio George (born May 23, 1961) is an American pianist, arranger, and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres of the music industry as well. He has worked with some ...
 – arranger, keyboards, piano, producer *Chris Glandsdorp – chelo *Jose Gomez – programming *Mick Guzauski – mixing *Julio Hernandez – bajo sexto *Rob Herrera – production assistant *
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 – electric guitar *Lee Levin – arranger, battery, choir arrangement, engineer, percussion, producer, programming *Erick Lopez – chorus *
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 – mastering *Armando Montiel – percussion *Alfredo Oliva – concert comedian *Fernando Otero – arranger, guest appearance, piano, producer *Joaquin Pizarro – engineer *
Eros Ramazzotti Eros Walter Luciano Ramazzotti (; born 28 October 1963) is an Italian Pop music, pop singer and songwriter. He is popular in Italy and most European countries, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in bo ...
 – chorus, electric guitar *Tony Rijos – engineer, electric guitar, guitar, producer *Lorena Rios – coordination *Matt Rollings – piano *Bob St. John – engineer *
Marta Sánchez Marta Sánchez López (born 8 May 1966) is a Spanish singer. She has sold more than 10 million albums. Biography Marta was born in Madrid, Spain. Her father, Antonio Sánchez Camporro, was an Asturian opera singer. She began her musical car ...
 – chorus *Milton Sesenton – piano, producer *Tom Swift – engineer *
Tommy Torres Tomás Torres Carrasquillo (; born November 25, 1971), known professionally as Tommy Torres (), is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and record producer.(4 April 2008)Latin songwriter/producer releases solo disc, ''Reuters'' Named "#1 Hot Lat ...
 – choir arrangement, chorus, engineer, producer, vocal producer *Dante Vargas – trumpet *Robert Vilera – bongos, percussion, timbales *Pete Wallace – keyboards, hammond organ *Ben Wish – engineer, mixing *Christian Zalles – engineer


Chart performance


Weekly charts


Yearly charts


Certifications


Release history


See also

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References


External links


Ricardo Arjona Official Website
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