Laundry Service
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| Studio album by Shakira | ||||
| Released | November 13, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000—2001[1] at Crescent Moon Studios and Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, and Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas. | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, Latin, alternative, worldbeat | |||
| Length | 49:06 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Shakira, Emilio Estefan Jr. (Executive) | |||
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Servicio de Lavandería, Laundry Service Spanish Cover
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Laundry Service: Washed and Dried Limited Edition Cover
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Laundry Service (Servicio De Lavandería in Spanish-speaking territories) is the debut English breakthrough studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on November 13, 2001 by Epic Records. All the songs on the album except Eyes Like Yours (which is a translation of Shakira’s trademark Ojos Así) are original and were fully or partly composed by Shakira. It also contains four songs in Spanish. Shakira recorded this album during almost two years in Uruguay and the Bahamas.
Musically the album is a fusion of many different genres and cultures. Every song, except of another language versions, is composed in completely different style. The title "Laundry Service" means when people wash all the mud from their body, the same thing can be said for the soul, the songs are like a soap for washing off negative energy, calling the album as the soul cleaner. Heavily influenced by South American culture, britpop and American rock and roll, the album gained generally positive reviews despite of some negative calls from Latin fans for seemingly abandoning her folk and rock roots in favor of contemporary American pop music. This album won dozens of awards worldwide, including the Latin Grammy Award in the category of Best Short Form Music Video.
The album reached the top three of the charts in both the United States and United Kingdom (after the re-release, it reached #2 in UK). Whenever, Wherever (and its Spanish counterpart Suerte), the first single from the album, was first heard in Colombia and the United States in late August 2001 and immediately became number one. Subsequently, the single was climbing the tops of charts in more than 30 countries during the period of over 6 months, eventually becoming the best selling single of 2002 worldwide. Shakira started the promotion in Colombia and Spain in October 2001 and then returned to the US for the American album release (November 13, 2001). There are also another three international singles Underneath Your Clothes (U.S. #9), Objection (Tango) and The One, that finally helped to recognize Shakira as a mainstream artist. Freddy DeMann, who worked with Michael Jackson, Madonna and Alanis Morissette, handled the management of that era of Shakira’s career and the promotion. For the first time she appeared in a number of American prime-time TV shows and open-air concerts and continued the promotion in Europe, South America and Asia up to July 2002.
Shakira supported the album with the "Tour of the Mongoose" with the worldwide audience of over 1.2 million people. Laundry Service is Shakira's best selling album to date and has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide.[2]
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Production history
After the success of the ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? and MTV Unplugged albums, Shakira decided to begin working on a crossover album to break into the English market in 2000. Laundry Service was originally designed to include older songs by advice of Gloria Estefan, the wife of the executive producer of the album Emilio Estefan, Jr.. However, Shakira later decided against using translations of older songs for the album and worked for over a year on new material for the album.
Just months after its announcement, the album was mainly produced by Shakira herself, Tim Mitchell and Lester Mendez who produced a bulk of tracks on the album. Shakira recorded the album in in Miami, Florida and Nassau, Bahamas at the Compass Point Studios. She worked with several other notable producers: Glen Ballard and Luis F. Ochoa.
The album has yielded eight singles: "Whenever, Wherever", "Suerte (Whenever, Wherever)", "Te Dejo Madrid", "Underneath Your Clothes", "Objection (Tango)", "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)", "The One", and "Que Me Quedes Tú". "Fool" was released as a single only in Brazil, and "Poem To A Horse" which was released as the promo-single from her 2004 tour album Live & Off the Record.
Critical and commercial reception
Some critics criticized the effectiveness of Shakira's lyrics, claiming that her English skills were too weak for her to write in that language, but nearly all agreed on her unique poetic imagery.. Most notably, Ernesto Lechner of Rolling Stone magazine described the album:
"On the Spanish-language albums that elevated her to Latin-rock-goddess status, Shakira Mebarak sounded playful, bohemian and rebellious. On her English-language debut, she sounds downright silly, but the blame is not entirely hers. Surrounded by a battalion of producers and songwriters, the twenty-four-year-old yodeling diva can't quite overcome the pedestrian nature of most of the material at hand, the bulk of which she co-wrote. Equally misdirected are her efforts to spice things up with obvious touches of Latin American folklore (the opening "Objection" sounds like a cross between "Livin' la Vida Loca" and an Astor Piazzolla tango). Shakira's voice is a wild and beautiful instrument, and she's capable of delivering scorching moments of musical passion, as her live performances have amply demonstrated. But if you take away the Zeppelin-esque crunch of the Glen Ballard-penned ballad "The One" and the sinuous chants of the Lebanese-flavored "Eyes Like Yours," you'll see that, for now, at least, Shakira's magic is lost in translation".[3]
Other critics were more positive. Alex Henderson from Allmusic compares Shakira's lead single with Ricky Martin's trademark song and mentioned that "Dónde Están Los Ladrones? remains Shakira's most essential album, but Laundry Service is an excellent English-language debut for the South American vocalist".[4]
Laundry Service was released in the United States on November 13, 2001. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 album chart with first week sales of over 202,000, exceeding expectations by a wide margin.[5] The album eventually spent six months in the top twenty on the chart, fueled by the success of its two lead singles. It was eventually certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA in June 2002 making it one of the biggest selling albums of the year.
In Australia, the album was certified gold for shipments exceeding 35,000 units. It has since been certified five times platinum in Australia with sales of over 350,000. It debuted at number two in the UK Albums Chart and has since been certified double platinum with sales of over 697,000 copies. In Portugal the album reached number one for two months and was eventually certified 4x Platinum (160,000 copies) and it was on the top 30 over than 70 consecutive weeks. It established the record for the best selling album in Turkey.
The album debuted high on charts due to the success of the lead single "Whenever, Wherever" that reached the top ten in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In Australia and the UK it reached number one and number two respectively. It remained on the Australian Singles Charts for six consecutive weeks and became the second best-selling single of the year. In the UK it reached number two, and ended the year as the eighth best-selling single and was certified gold for sales of over 554,754.
Laundry Service was eventually one of the biggest selling albums of 2002, and was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA in June 2002. The album reached number one in Australia, Austria, Canada, Mexico, Portugal, New Zealand, Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. The album's success and its singles helped to establish Shakira's musical presence in the mainstream North American market.
In 2007, the album was included at number 172 on the list of the "Definitive 200" albums of all time developed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers.[6]
Other versions
The album was released in Latin America as Servicio de Lavandería (the Spanish translation of the title), with the same tracks, but in a different order. Thus, "Objection (Tango)" was born, a song that documents Shakira's anger at a relationship in which her lover is unfaithful. It was Shakira's first song composed in English. All the songs on album are original, with the exception of "Eyes Like Yours", which is a translation of Shakira's Arabic-tinged 1999 worldwide hit Ojos Así. Although it is an English album, it did contain four Spanish tracks.
In 2002, Sony BMG stated the re-release of the album which was titled Laundry Service: Washed & Dried. It include three additional bonus tracks and a bonus DVD which include the "Objection (Tango)" performance from the MTV Video Music Awards, Behind-the-Scenes of the MTV's Making the Video and the music video.
Track listing
All tracks were produced by Shakira with executive production by Emilio Estefan.
Laundry Service
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Objection (Tango)" | Shakira | 3:42 |
| 2. | "Underneath Your Clothes" | Shakira, Lester Mendez | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Whenever, Wherever" | Shakira, Tim Mitchell, Gloria Estefan | 3:16 |
| 4. | "Rules" | Shakira, L. Mendez | 3:39 |
| 5. | "The One" | Shakira, Glen Ballard | 3:42 |
| 6. | "Ready For The Good Times" | Shakira, L. Mendez | 4:13 |
| 7. | "Fool" | Shakira, Brendan Buckley | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Te Dejo Madrid" | Shakira, T. Mitchell, G. Noriega | 3:06 |
| 9. | "Poem To A Horse" | Shakira, Luiz F. Ochoa | 4:06 |
| 10. | "Que Me Quedes Tú" | Shakira, Luiz F. Ochoa | 4:47 |
| 11. | "Eyes Like Yours (Ojos Así)" | G. Estefan, Shakira, J. Garza, P. Flores | 3:56 |
| 12. | "Suerte (Whenever, Wherever)" | Shakira, T. Mitchell | 3:16 |
| 13. | "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" | Shakira | 3:43 |
| UK Bonus Track | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 14. | "Ojos Así" | Shakira, J. Garza, P. Flores | 3:58 | ||||||
Servicio de Lavandería
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Suerte (Whenever, Wherever)" | Shakira, T. Mitchell | 3:16 |
| 2. | "Underneath Your Clothes" | Shakira, Lester Mendez | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" | Shakira | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Que Me Quedes Tú" | Shakira, L. F. Ochoa | 4:46 |
| 5. | "Rules" | Shakira, L. Mendez | 3:39 |
| 6. | "The One" | Shakira, Glen Ballard | 3:42 |
| 7. | "Ready For The Good Times" | Shakira, L. Mendez | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Fool" | Shakira, Brendan Buckley | 3:50 |
| 9. | "Te Dejo Madrid" | Shakira, T. Mitchell, G. Noriega | 3:07 |
| 10. | "Poem To A Horse" | Shakira, L. F. Ochoa | 4:06 |
| 11. | "Eyes Like Yours (Ojos Así)" | G. Estefan, Shakira, J. Garza, P. Flores | 3:56 |
| 12. | "Whenever, Wherever" | Shakira, Gloria Estefan, Tim Mitchell | 3:17 |
| 13. | "Objection (Tango)" | Shakira | 3:42 |
Laundry Service: Washed & Dried Edition
The bonus track Whenever, Wherever (Sahara Mix) was remixed by Hani Kamai, and the remix was produced by Tamer Zeltoun Arabic. The acoustic version for Underneath Your Clothes (Acoustic Version) was produced by Tim Mitchell. And Objection (Tango) (Afro-punk version) arranged by Shakira for Light Productions Ltd. and Tim Mitchell for Crescent Moon Inc. The Washed and Dried Edition managed to peak at #112 on the Billboard 200.[7]
Disc 1
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Objection (Tango)" | Shakira | 3:44 | ||||||
| 2. | "Underneath Your Clothes" | Shakira, L. Mendez | 3:45 | ||||||
| 3. | "Whenever, Wherever" | Shakira, Gloria Estefan, Tim Mitchell | 3:16 | ||||||
| 4. | "Rules" | Shakira, L. Mendez | 3:40 | ||||||
| 5. | "The One" | Shakira, Glen Ballard | 3:43 | ||||||
| 6. | "Ready For The Good Times" | Shakira, L. Mendez | 4:14 | ||||||
| 7. | "Fool" | Shakira, Brendan Buckley | 3:51 | ||||||
| 8. | "Te Dejo Madrid" | Shakira, T. Mitchell, G. Noriega | 3:07 | ||||||
| 9. | "Poem To A Horse" | Shakira, L. F. Ochoa | 4:09 | ||||||
| 10. | "Que Me Quedes Tú" | Shakira, L. F. Ochoa | 4:48 | ||||||
| 11. | "Eyes Like Yours (Ojos Así)" | G. Estefan, Shakira, J. Garza, P. Flores | 3:58 | ||||||
| 12. | "Suerte (Whenever, Wherever)" | Shakira, T. Mitchell | 3:16 | ||||||
| 13. | "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" | Shakira | 3:43 | ||||||
| Limited Edition Bonus Tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 14. | "Whenever, Wherever (Sahara Mix)" | Shakira, Gloria Estefan | 3:57 | ||||||
| 15. | "Underneath Your Clothes (Acoustic Version)" | Shakira | 3:43 | ||||||
| 16. | "Objection (Tango) (Afro-punk Version)" | Shakira | 3:43 | ||||||
Disc 2 DVD
| Washed And Dried | |||||||||
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| 1. | "Objection (Tango) (Live from MTV's 2002 Video Music Awards)" | 4:20 | |||||||
| 2. | "MTV's Making Of Objection (Tango)" | 5:10 | |||||||
| 3. | "Objection (Tango) (Music Video)" | 3:43 | |||||||
Chart performance and certification
| Chart | Peak position[8][9] |
Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| Argentina Album Chart | 1 | 2x Platinum[10] | 80,000 |
| Australia Album Chart | 1 | 5x Platinum[11] | 350,000 |
| Austria Album Chart | 1 | 2x Platinum[12] | 80,000 |
| Belgian Flandres Albums Chart | 1 | Platinum | 50,000 |
| Belgian Wallonie Albums Chart | 5 | ||
| Brazil Top Albums Chart | 6 | Gold [13] | 500,000 |
| Canada Albums Chart | 1 | 5x Platinum[14] | 500,000 |
| Colombia Album Chart | 1 | 12x Platinum | 950,000 |
| Denmark Album Chart | 3 | Platinum | 30,000 |
| European Album Chart | 1 | 4x Platinum | 4,900,000 |
| Finland album Chart | 1 | 3x Platinum | 90,000 |
| France Album Chart | 5 | 2x Platinum | 700,000 |
| Germany Album Chart | 2 | 5x Gold[15] | 750,000 [16] |
| Greece Album Chart | 1 | Platinum[17] | 30,000 |
| Hungary Album Chart | 1 | Platinum[18] | 15,000 |
| Italy Album Chart | 2 | 2x Platinum | 160,000 |
| Mexico Album Chart | 1 | 2x Platinum | 300,000 |
| Netherlands Albums Chart | 1 | 2x Platinum | 160,000 |
| New Zealand Album Chart | 4 | 3x Platinum | 45,000 |
| Norway Album Chart | 1 | Platinum | 40,000 |
| Poland Album Chart | 1 | Platinum[19] | 40,000 |
| Portugal Album Chart | 1 | 4x Platinum | 200,000 |
| Russian Album Chart | 1 | 5x Platinum[20] | 100,000 |
| Spain Album Chart | 1 | 5x Platinum[21] | 500,000 |
| Sweden Album Chart | 1 | Platinum | 60,000 |
| Switzerland Albums Chart | 1 | 5x Platinum[22] | 200,000 |
| UK Albums Chart | 2 | 2x Platinum[23] | 800,000 |
| United States Albums Chart | 3 | 3x Platinum[24] | 3,700,000 |
Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
- Award for Best Music Video — won for "Suerte".
- Award for Best Rock Song, awarded to Mala Gente by Juanes.
Premio MTV Latinoamérica
- Clip of the year-"Suerte" (2002)
RitmoLatino music awards
- Better clip- "Whenever Wherever" (2002)
MuchMusic Video Awards
- People's Choice: Favourite International Artist - "Whenever, Wherever" (2002)
- Best International Artist Video- "Whenever, Wherever" (2002)
MTV Video Music Awards
- International Viewer's Choice Award—MTV Latin America (North)-"Suerte" (2002)
NRJ Music Awards
- Song International OF The Year "Whenever, Wherever" (2002)
- Album of the year (2002)
Premios Oye
- Latin Pop Album-Laundry Service
- Main English Album: Laundry Service
Personnel
- Shakira - Producer, songwriter, arranger, vocals, harmonica, logo design
- Emilio Estefan Jr. - Executive producer, percussion
- Terry Manning - Engineer
- Javier Garza - Producer, engineer, mixer, arranger
- Tim Mitchell - Producer, arranger, guitar, mandolin, programmer
- Lester Mendez - Producer, arranger, horn arranger, keyboards
- Pablo Flores - Producer, arranger, programmer
- Luis Fernando Ochoa - Arranger, guitar, keyboards
- Jorge Calandrelli - Arranger, piano arranger
- David Campbell - Conductor, string arranger
- Alfred Figueroa - Engineer
- Kevin Dillon - Production coordinator
- Adam Zimmon - Guitar
- Tim Pierce - Guitar
- Brian Ray - Guitar
- Paul Bushnell - Bass guitar
- Julio Hernandez - Bass guitar
- Pablo Aslan - Acoustic bass
- Brendan Buckley - Drums, percussion
- Joseph Quevedo - Drums
- Edwin Bonilla - Percussion
- Miriam Elli - Percussion
- Richard Bravo - Percussion
- Archie Pena - Percussion
References
- ↑ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,277730,00.html
- ↑ Shakira’s Songs Are the Heart of Her Success BMI.com
- ↑ "Shakira: Laundry Service: Music Reviews: Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/shakira/albums/album/314397/review/5941112/laundry_service. Retrieved 2001-10-17.
- ↑ "Laundry Service > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8m851vy3zzva~T1.
- ↑ Garth's 'Scarecrow' Shoots Straight To No. 1 Billboard magazine.
- ↑ "Definitive 200". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 2007.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ World Peaks I Swisscharts.com. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
- ↑ Chart Positions US CA: Laundry Service allmusic. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
- ↑ "Representando a la Industria Argentina de la Música". CAPIF. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Shakira&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2002.htm
- ↑ [2] Ifpi Austria.
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results". Cria.ca. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ↑ "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold/Platin-Datenbank". Musikindustrie.de. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=1&strSuche=Laundry+Service. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ↑ http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin0/
- ↑ IFPI Greece, International Albums chart archive
- ↑ "Arany- és platinalemezek". mahasz.hu. http://www.mahasz.hu/m/?menu=arany_es_platinalemezek&menu2=adatbazis&ev=2003. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ↑ "Związek Producentów Audio-Video :: Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry". Zpav.pl. http://www.zpav.pl/plyty.asp?page=platynowe&lang=pl. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ↑ http://2m-online.ru/news/detail.php?ID=5556&phrase_id=19008
- ↑ "Top 100 álbumes" (PDF). media control. http://www.promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2004_26.pdf. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swisscharts.com. http://www.swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2003. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ↑ "Certified Awards Search". BPI. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
- ↑ RIAA
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