Cerca de ti (Lucero album)


Cerca de Ti is the fourteenth album from Mexican pop music singer and actress Lucero. It was released on 3 November 1998 and has sold more than 600,000 copies in Mexico.
This is the fourth album recorded by the singer with mariachi and is produced once again by Rubén Fuentes. The sales were strong in Mexico reaching double-platinum status. The title track was first released as a bonus track on her album Lucero, and was one of the songs written by Rafael Pérez-Botija for the soap opera Los Parientes Pobres.
The first single "Corazón Lastimado" was sent to radio to popular music and pop stations as well, reaching the Top Ten in México. The tracks "A Partir de Hoy" , "Cerca de Ti" and "Desviste mi Boca" were also promoted as singles. Cerca de Ti was the last album recorded by Lucero on Melody her record label since 1988.

Reviews

When the album was released, it received generally positive reviews for example Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic.com stated that the combination of Rubén Fuentes and Lucero is excellent, where he pointed out that "the production is appealingly polished, and Lucero's performances are nuanced and affecting, making the record rank among her very best albums".

Track listing

The album is composed by 13 songs, all of them were arranged by different composers.

Singles

Chart performance

This was the 8th album of Lucero that entered to the list of Billboard and the last of her albums in general to hits the lists in United States, until after 12 years later she entered with Indispensable. The album stayed in the chart of the Latin Pop Albums for 4 weeks, peaking #29; and it entered in the Top Regional Mexican Albums, peaking at No. 12.
ChartPeak
Position
Top Latin Albums29
Top Regional Mexican Albums12

Personnel