Timbiriche VII

Timbiriche VII is the seventh studio album by Mexican pop group Timbiriche, released on June 29, 1987, by Fonovisa Records. This album marked the beginning of Thalía Sodi's participation in the group and in the same year she also appeared on the Televisa production, Quinceañera.^[3][4]

Timbiriche VII
Studio album by Timbiriche
Released	June 29, 1987[1]
Recorded	1986
Genre	Latin pop pop rock[2] dance-pop
Length	36:17
Label	Discos Melody Fonovisa
Producer	Fernando Riba Kiko Campos Raúl González
Timbiriche chronology
Timbiriche Rock Show (1985) Timbiriche VII (1987) Timbiriche VIII & IX (1988)
Singles from Timbiriche VII
"Mírame (Cuestión de Tiempo)" Released: 1987 "Besos de Ceniza" Released: 1987 "Con Todos Menos Conmigo" Released: 1987 "Si No Es Ahora" Released: 1987

The group consisted of Paulina Rubio, Alix Bauer, Mariana Garza, Eduardo Capetillo, Erik Rubin, Diego Schoening and Sodi, who replaced Sasha Sökol. The album is the most successful of the group selling over 1 million copies and features the hit singles "Con Todos Menos Conmigo" and "Mírame (Cuestión de Tiempo)".

Background and production

After the release of the album Timbiriche Rock Show, which earned the group a gold record,^[5] the member of the group Sasha announced her departure to start her solo career, the producer of the group Luis de Llano invited the singer Thalía, whom he knew since the time of the Din Din group and the musical Vaselina, in which Thalía replaced Sasha in some performances, to replace the singer.^[6] The group was formed by: Eduardo Capetillo, Thalía, Diego Schoening, Erik Rubín, Paulina Rubio, Alix Bauer and Mariana Garza.^[3][4] For the production of the album were chosen Fernando Riba, Kiko Campos and Raul Gonzáles Biestro.

Singles

A year before the release of the album, and with Sasha still a member, the group released the song "No Seas Tan Cruel", which was included in the album but the first single from the album was the song "Mírame", which reached the position of #4 on the charts of the magazine Notitas Musicales.^[7] The second single from the album, the song "Besos de Ceniza" appeared on the Mexican charts while the first was still well performed, the song reached # 1, becoming the album's biggest hit.^[8] The third single from the album was the song "Con Todos Menos Conmigo", which reached # 9 on the charts.^[9] The song was made famous in Brazil by the version made by the group Dominó, which was called "Con Todos Menos Conmigo".^[10] The fourth and final single from the album was the song "Si No Es Ahora", which reached #6 in Mexico.^[11] At the same time that the group released the album, member Thalía starred in Televisa's soap opera Quinceañera, for the soundtrack the group recorded the title track, which reached #2 on the charts.^[12]

Commercial performance

On May 15, 1988, the Notitas Musicales magazine reported that the album sold 800,000 in Mexico,^[13] four months later on September 16, 1988 Mexican magazine Eres published that the album surpassed the 1 million copies sold becoming one of the best selling Mexican albums of all time.^[14]

Track listing

Original 1987 release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
1.	"Rompecabezas"	Fernando Riba, Kiko Campos	All members	2:49
2.	"Besos de Ceniza"	Campos, Alex Zepeda	Mariana Garza	2:53
3.	"Con Todos Menos Conmigo"	Riba, Campos	Erik Rubin, Eduardo Capetillo and Diego Schoening	2:59
4.	"Mírame (Cuestión de Tiempo)"	Riba, Campos	Alix Bauer	3:18
5.	"No"	Marco A. Flores	Schoening, Bauer (second voice)	2:37
6.	"Persecución en la Ciudad"	Amparo Rubin	Paulina Rubio	3:42
7.	"Si No Es Ahora" (features uncredited sample of "All I Need Is a Miracle" by Mike + the Mechanics)	Riba, Campos	Schoening and Thalía Sodi	3:48
8.	"No Seas Tan Cruel"	Campos, Zepeda	Capetillo	2:37
9.	"Más Que un Amigo"	Riba, Campos	Sodi	3:08
10.	"Mágico Amor"	Riba, Campos	Rubin	3:36
11.	"Ya Estaba Escrito" (Spanish version of "Thought You Were On My Side")	Peter Kingsbery, Riba, Campos	Bauer, Schoening, Garza and Capetillo	4:09
Total length:				36:17

CD re-issue

No.	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"Rompecabezas"	All members	2:49
2.	"Besos de Ceniza"	Mariana Garza	2:53
3.	"Mágico Amor"	Erik Rubin	3:36
4.	"Mírame (Cuestión de Tiempo)"	Alix Bauer	3:18
5.	"No"	Diego Schoening, Bauer (second voice)	2:37
6.	"No Seas Tan Cruel"	Eduardo Capetillo	2:37
7.	"Si No Es Ahora"	Schoening and Thalía Sodi	3:48
8.	"Persecución en la Ciudad"	Paulina Rubio	3:42
9.	"Ya Estaba Escrito"	Bauer, Schoening, Garza and Capetillo	4:09
10.	"Más Que un Amigo"	Sodi	3:08
11.	"Con Todos Menos Conmigo"	Rubin, Capetillo and Schoening	2:59

See also

• List of best-selling albums in Mexico

References

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12. "Los discos más populares". Notitas Musicales (in Spanish). 1 May 1988. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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