Mended

This article is about the album. For other uses, see Mended (disambiguation).

Mended is the sixth overall solo studio album and second English studio album by American Latin pop singer-songwriter Marc Anthony, released on May 21, 2002 by Columbia Records and Sony Discos. It was re-released with two bonus tracks in 2003 as Mended: Bonus Tracks.

Mended
Studio album by Marc Anthony
Released	May 21, 2002
Recorded	2001–02
Genre	Pop Latin R&B
Language	English Spanish
Label	Columbia Sony Discos
Producer	Marc Anthony Dan Shea Cory Rooney Ric Wake
Marc Anthony chronology
Libre (2001) Mended (2002) Amar Sin Mentiras (2004)
Singles from Mended
"I Need You" Released: April 6, 2002 "I've Got You" Released: June 17, 2002 "Tragedy" "She Mends Me"

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

After going through several release date changes, Marc Anthony released his second English studio album, Mended in mid-2002, shortly after issuing Libre. Mended delivers more of Anthony's passionate, urgent songs of love and betrayal, destined for mass consumption.^[3] The album features the hit singles "I've Got You", the Spanish version "Te Tengo Aqui", "Love Won't Get Any Better," as well as the well-known single "Tragedy." Bruce Springsteen composed a song, "I'll Stand By You Always", for Marc Anthony but the song was omitted from the album for unknown reasons.^[4]

The album was certified Platinum by the CRIA in October 2002 for sales of 100,000 units.^[5] The album debut at number 3 on Billboard 200 and sold over 111,000 copies in the first week in the United States. It sold over 1.3 millions of copies worldwide.^[6][7]

Track listing

1. "Love Won't Get Any Better" (Marc Anthony, Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney) – 3:38
2. "She Mends Me" (Marc Anthony, Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney) – 3:15
3. "I've Got You" (Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney) – 3:56
4. "I Need You" (Cory Rooney) – 4:11
5. "Tragedy" (Rob Thomas, Cory Rooney) – 4:04
6. "I Reach for You" (Marc Anthony, Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney) – 3:28
7. "I Swear" (Marc Anthony, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney, Steve Morales, David Siegel) – 3:46
8. "Don't Tell Me It's Love" (Marc Anthony, Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:34
9. "Do You Believe in Loneliness" (Marc Anthony, Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney) – 4:04
10. "Give Me a Reason" (Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney) – 3:15
11. "I Wanna Be Free" (Marc Anthony, Dan Shea, Kara DioGuardi) – 3:58
12. "Everything You Do" (Marc Anthony, Andrew Fromm, Keith Follese) – 3:23
13. "Te Tengo Aquí" ("I've Got You") (Alejandro Lerner, Kara DioGuardi, Cory Rooney, Gizelle D'Cole) – 3:59

Bonus tracks

14. "Me Haces Falta" ("I Need You") – 3:52
15. "Tragedia" ("Tragedy") – 3:45

Personnel

• Marc Anthony – vocals
• Michael Thompson – acoustic & electric guitars
• Renne Toledo – acoustic & nylon string guitars
• Eric Kupper – guitar, keyboards, programming
• Chieli Minucci – guitar
• Andy Abad – guitar
• David Dominguez – guitar
• Juan A Gonzalez – piano, keyboards
• Cory Rooney – keyboards, programming, background vocals
• Dan Shea – keyboards, programming
• Marc Russell – bass
• Erben Perez – bass
• Bobby Allende – percussion
• Richie Jones – programming
• Wendy Pederson – background vocals
• Raul Midon – background vocals
• Shelen Thomas – background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Mended Chart (2002) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 84 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 20 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 30 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] 1 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 28 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 26 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] 44 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 4 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[16] 11 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 11 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 13 US Billboard 200[19] 3

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Mended Chart (2002) Position Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[20] 60 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 86 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 70 US Billboard 200[23] 139

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Mended

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[24]	Platinum	100,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[25]	Gold	25,000*
Portugal (AFP)[26]	Gold	20,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[27]	Platinum	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[28]	Gold	500,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Rolling Stone review
3. Jose F. Promis, All Music Guide, "Mended" album details, Retrieved January 14, 2009
4. Cobo, Leila (November 17, 2011). "Marc Anthony's Amazing Salsa on Sony's 'Libre'". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 46. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 86. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
5. "Gold & Platinum Certification – October 2002". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
6. "In Concert This Summer! MARC ANTHONY -- NADA PERSONAL TOUR". www.businesswire.com. April 20, 2004. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
7. Dansby, Andrew (May 29, 2002). "Eminem's "Show" Shoots to Top". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
8. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 16.
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19. "Marc Anthony Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
20. "Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
21. "Årslista Album – År 2002" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
22. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002". hitparade.ch. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
23. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
24. "Canadian album certifications – Marc Anthony – Mended". Music Canada.
25. "Norwegian album certifications – Marc Anthony – Mended" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
26. "Top Oficial da Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa – Top 30 Artistas – Semana 15 de 2003" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012.
27. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. p. 965. ISBN 8480486392.
28. "American album certifications – Marc Anthony – Mended". Recording Industry Association of America.