Gloria! by Gloria Estefan (CD, Jun-1998, Epic (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	074646920022
Artist:	Gloria Estefan
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1998
Record Label:	Epic (USA)
Genre:	International, Latin

Track Listing
1. Heaven's What I Feel - (Spanish, remix)
2. Don't Stop
3. Oye - (Spanish)
4. Real Woman
5. Feelin'
6. Don't Release Me - (remix)
7. Don't Let This Moment End
8. Touched by an Angel
9. Lucky Girl
10. I Just Wanna Be Happy
11. Cuba Libre - (Spanish)
12. Feelin - (Love To Infinity remix)
13. Don't Release Me - (Wyclef Jean remix)
14. Heaven's What I Feel - (Spanish, Corazon Prohibido remix)
15. Cuba Libre - (Spanish, Spanish/Pablo Flores remix)
16. Oye - (Spanish/Pablo Flores remix)

Details
Contributing Artists:	Wyclef Jean
Distributor:	Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Gloria Estefan (vocals); Ira Siegel, Gary King, Rene Toledo (guitar); Kenny Anderson, Eddie Calle (alto & tenor saxophones); Tom Timko (alto & baritone saxophones); Douglas Michels, Randall Barlow (trumpet); Herman "Teddy" Mulet (trombone); Paquito Herchevarria (piano); Lawrence P. Dermer (keyboards); Tony Collucio, Peter Schwartz, Giuseppe D., Bobby Guy, Craig Snider, Juan Jose Quinonez (keyboards, programming); Frank Cornelius, George Perry Sr. (bass); Ernie Lake (drums, programming); Duke Mushroom, Bashiri Johnson, Edwin Bonilla, Lajos Ariel Bares (percussion); Gordon Chin, Lester Mendez, Doug Beck, Kike Santander, Dave Lee (additional programming); D.J. Laz (scratches); Wyclef Jean.Producers include: Emilio Estefan Jr., Tony Moran, Lawrence P. Dermer, Kike Santander, Wyclef Jean.Engineers include: Javier Garza, Dave Saronson, Tommy Uzzo."Heaven's What I Feel" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. "Don't Let This Moment End" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.On her follow-up to 1996's largely acoustic, relatively subdued DESTINY, Gloria Estefan turns in an upbeat, lighthearted direction, populating GLORIA! with buoyant dance rhythms and vibrant arrangements. The sound recalls Estefan's musical origins with Miami Sound Machine, augmented by contributors ranging from Estefan regulars Pablo Flores and Javier Garza to Soul Solution and the Fugees' Wyclef Jean, who raps on the sensuous "Don't Release Me." A mixture of disco, funk, and Latin music infuses the entire album, with Spanish vocals on "Oye" and "Cuba Libre" paying tribute to Estefan's musical heritage. Overall, GLORIA! is rife with an appealing sense of loose playfulness and one danceable, salsa-spiked song after another.

Editorial Reviews
...Estefan has evolved with an increasingly graceful, organic flow....Estefan aggressively struts through the tune, streaching her creamy alto vocal range to heights worthy of a fierce, larger-than-life true diva-heights...
Vibe (19980601)

3 stars out of 5 - ...A salutary reminder to those who believe that sultry salsa-pop fronted by a smoldering sexpot is a recent invention...
Q (20010301)

Not since 1987 has Cuba's crossover queen made an album so unrelenting in its fusion of disco with salsa....[GLORIA! includes a] laudable lack of ballads... - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (19980605)