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Let It Loose (1987)

Where the lyrics of Let It Loose take you, and where it was really made.

After the single "Anything for You" became a hit, the album was reissued under that title in several countries.

Key places

Criteria Studios, Miami (1987)

Recording site Criteria Studios — The album's source names Criteria Studios in Miami as the place where it was recorded. The point marks the building at exact coordinates, and no session date is given. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Let It Loose: tenth studio album by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
• Released in 1987
• Also released as Anything For You
• First studio album with a specific credit for Estefan
• Her 10th album overall, counting her work with Miami Sound Machine
• Miami Sound Machine's most commercially successful album
• Certified triple-platinum by the RIAA
• Peaked at number six on the Billboard 200

Background

• The album marks the first studio release that gives Estefan a specific credit
• Reissued with new artwork as Anything For You across Europe, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
• The reissue followed the success of the single "Anything for You"
• Includes three top 5 Billboard Hot 100 singles

Recording

• The source names Criteria Studios in Miami as the recording location

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García in Havana, Cuba, on September 1, 1957; her family fled to Miami in 1959 after the Cuban Revolution.
• Began as lead singer of the Miami Latin Boys in 1975, renamed Miami Sound Machine when she and her cousin Mercedes Navarro joined.
• Studied psychology at the University of Miami, graduating in 1979.

Career

• Miami Sound Machine's 1985 single "Conga" became her signature song; the 1987 album Let It Loose included the Hot 100 No. 1 "Anything for You".
• Went solo in 1989 with Cuts Both Ways, which produced the Hot 100 No. 1 "Don't Wanna Lose You".
• Suffered a spinal fracture in a tour bus crash near Scranton, Pennsylvania, in March 1990, then recovered fully and returned with Into the Light (1991), whose "Coming Out of the Dark" reached No. 1 on the Hot 100.
• Mi Tierra (1993), her first Spanish-language album, won the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album; she later won it again for Abriendo Puertas (1995) and won Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album for Alma Caribeña (2000).
• Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 and a Kennedy Center Honors in 2017.
• Her Broadway jukebox musical On Your Feet! (2015) is based on her life with husband Emilio Estefan.

Members

• Emilio Estefan, her husband and longtime producer, co-created much of her catalog.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released in 1987 as the tenth studio album by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
• First studio album with a specific credit for Estefan
• Counted as her 10th album overall, including her work with Miami Sound Machine
• Reissued with new artwork as Anything For You across Europe, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
• The reissue followed the success of the single "Anything for You"

Records

• Peaked at number six on the Billboard 200
• Certified triple-platinum by the RIAA
• Miami Sound Machine's most commercially successful album
• Three top 5 Billboard Hot 100 singles: "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "Anything for You", and "1-2-3"
• Also includes "Betcha Say That" and "Can't Stay Away from You"

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album was reissued with new artwork as Anything For You after the success of its single
• Three of its singles reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100
• Other tracks include "Betcha Say That" and "Can't Stay Away from You"
• The album is Miami Sound Machine's most commercially successful release

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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