Mamacita (album)

Mamacita
Digital and A version cover
Studio album by
Super Junior
ReleasedAugust 29, 2014 (2014-08-29)
RecordedJune – August 2014
StudioS.M. Studios
(Seoul, South Korea)
Genre
Length37:44
49:29 (This Is Love - repackage)
LanguageKorean
LabelS.M.
ProducerLee Soo-man
Super Junior chronology
Hero
(2013) 		Mamacita
(2014) 		Devil
(2015)
Singles from Mamacita
  1. "Mamacita"
    Released: August 29, 2014
This Is Love cover
Ten different versions of the album cover forming the word "This Is Love"
Singles from This Is Love
  1. "This Is Love"
    Released: October 23, 2014
  2. "Evanesce"
    Released: October 27, 2014

Mamacita (stylized as MAMACITA) is the seventh Korean studio album (eighth overall) of South Korean boy band Super Junior. It was released on September 1, 2014, by SM Entertainment and was released online on August 29, 2014. This is their first Korean album since Sexy, Free & Single was released in 2012. On October 16, 2014, it was announced that a special version of the album, named This is Love, would be released on October 27, 2014.[1]

The album features 10 members, marking the return of members Leeteuk and Heechul after their mandatory military service. It features the vocals of Yesung in some songs, who was in mandatory military service during the production of the album.[2]

Background

The group went on hiatus for two years and one month while waiting for their leader, Leeteuk who was serving in mandatory military service.[3] In 2013 and the beginning of 2014 the sub-units Super Junior-M and Donghae & Eunhyuk actively worked on their own albums and touring,[4] while the full group successfully completed their World Tour Super Show 5 and achieved some accolades and records overseas.[5]

With the discharge of Leeteuk coming sooner, the members of the group started to hint they were recording a new album and also some of them updated their SNS with pictures in the recording studio. A week before the discharge of Leeteuk, they also uploaded a picture of the full group rehearsing together, causing great excitement. One of the pictures revealed that the famous choreographer Tony Testa was working with them.[6]

It was announced in August 2014 that the group would be making their comeback later that month with a full album and new world tour Super Show 6. The title of the album was revealed, increasing the anticipation, with around forty teaser images released in the following days.[7] Finally the group released an image video teaser with a Western storyline, a music video teaser showcasing parts of the choreography and the chorus of the song and a Highlight Medley of the studio album.[8][9]

Production & composition

The album is full of new sounds, different beats, old school R&B and pop music. It was revealed that Teddy Riley, Jason J. Lopez and Yoo Young-jin worked on the title track, which is described as an "urban new jack swing track with an Indian percussion base and piano melody that is reminiscent of a DJ remix."[10]

The album has a total of 10 songs, and features composers Don Spike, Team One Sound and Hitchhiker. Band member Donghae contributed music and lyrics to the song 'Shirt,' and also 'Islands' which is about the group's friendship and loyalty.[11] Band member Siwon also wrote the lyrics to ‘Don't Leave Me’, which was found on the repackaged album.[12]

Promotion

Release

Super Junior held a press conference at the Imperial Palace Hotel in Gangnam, Seoul on August 28, 2014.[13] A few hours later, the official music video was released and it quickly reached one million views in less than 9 hours and two million views in less than 22 hours. It ended up being the most viewed k-pop music video of August 2014 despite being released at the end of the month.[14] On the Chinese site YinYueTai Super Junior became the second group on achieve a perfect 100.00 score for the music video (Super Junior-M's Swing music video, being the first one).

On August 29 at 00:00 (KST) the album was released in digital format in South Korea. Over the next few days, it also became available through iTunes for oversea fans. The physical version of the album was available for pre-order a week before and became sold out in Synnara Store. On September 1 the album hit the stores and peaked at No. 1 in charts right away, despite a controversy with an error in the second print run of the album.

Live performance

The group made their comeback performance on the Korean music show Music Bank with the songs "Shirt" and "Mamacita" on August 29 and kept promotions going on Music Core, Inkigayo and M! Countdown.[15][16][17][18] On September 10, the group did two fan signing events at different locations in Seoul.

Super Show 6

Super Junior kicked off their third World Tour on September 19 in Seoul. The tickets for the first dates in their hometown were sold out in just 9 minutes, and the group celebrated their 100th concert on September 21.[19][20] They also confirmed five stops in Japan as well, in Tokyo Dome and Osaka Dome.[21][22]

Critical reception

Billboard released an article about Super Junior's new album highlighting the experimental variety of music styles.[23] The website Critical Kpop also named 'Mamacita' a front-runner for album of the year in the 2014's K-Pop industry, praising it as "Every song on Mamacita fits seamlessly together, and more revealing, every song on Mamacita is better for being included together, in this smooth, sophisticated, funky package. Now that's an album". Allkpop also praised the album writing that composers "crafted a pretty masterful piece of work here."[24]

Commercial performance

The album hit the No. 1 spot on Hanteo chart, making it the best selling of the week with more than 65,000 copies sold. It became No. 1 on iTunes in many countries such as HongKong, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand and placed in the Top 10 in many countries such as Japan, Indonesia and México. The album topped Billboard's Album World Chart with just three days of sales, selling 1,000+ copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.[25]

Super Junior also ranked high in other domestic charts in Asia, coming in at No. 1 on KKBOX Weekly chart in Taiwan and Hong Kong, No. 2 on Tower Records chart and No. 3 on Oricon charts, Japan.

Track listing

Mamacita Version A and B track list
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Mamacita" (아야야; Ayaya; lit. Ouch)Yoo Young-jin
Red Rocket3:27
2."Midnight Blues" (춤을 춘다; Chumeul Chunda; lit. Dance)
  • Jason Gill
  • Curtis Richardson (WayBetta)
  • Emanuel Olsson
  • Jason Gill
  • Curtis Richardson (WayBetta)
  • Emanuel Olsson
4:21
3."Evanesce" (백일몽; Baegilmong; lit. Daydream)Misfit
  • Dominique "DOM" Rodriguez (Red Rocket)
  • Teddy Riley (Red Rocket)
  • Tesung Kim (Iconic Sounds)
  • Andrew Choi
  • Red Rocket
  • Tesung Kim (Iconic Sounds)
  • Andrew Choi
3:44
4."Raining Spell for Love" (사랑이 멎지 않게; Sarang-i Meotji Ankye; lit. Let love never stop)
  • Teddy Riley (Red Rocket)
  • Dominique "DOM" Rodriguez (Red Rocket)
  • Lee Hyun-seung (Red Rocket)
  • Jason J. Lopez
  • Red Rocket
  • Jason J. Lopez
3:22
5."Shirt"
  • Donghae
  • Team One Sound
  • Donghae
  • Team One Sound
3:28
6."This Is Love"
  • Kim Ji-hoo
  • Park Seul-gi
  • Lola Fair
  • Nermin Harambašić
3:49
7."Let's Dance"Seo Ji-eum
  • Im Kwang-wook (Devine Channel) [ko]
  • Ylva Dimberg (The Kennel)
  • Nermin Harambašić
  • Hitchhiker
  • Im Kwang-wook (Devine Channel)
  • Ylva Dimberg (The Kennel)
  • Nermin Harambašić
3:45
8."Too Many Beautiful Girls"
  • Chris Young (Chestnut Music Group)
  • Andy Jackson
3:20
9."Mid-season" (환절기; Hwanjeolgi; lit. Changing seasons)
Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)MonoTree4:01
10."Islands"
  • Seo Ji-eum
  • Lee Yoo-jin
  • Jo Yoon-kyung
Don Spike4:27
Total length:37:44
This Is Love special edition track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."This Is Love" (stage version)
  • Kim Ji-hoo
  • Park Seul-gi
  • Lola Fair
  • Nermin Harambašić
4:07
2."Hit Me Up"Lee Chae-yoon
  • Red Rocket
  • Daniel "Obi" Klein
  • Andreas "Mage" Maggiani (Devine Channel)
3:24
3."Mamacita" (아야야; Ayaya; lit. Ouch)Yoo Young-jin
  • Yoo Young-jin
  • Teddy Riley (Red Rocket)
  • Dominique "DOM" Rodriguez (Red Rocket)
  • Lee Hyun-seung (Red Rocket)
  • Jason J. Lopez
Red Rocket3:27
4."Midnight Blues" (춤을 춘다; Chumeul Chunda; lit. Dance)
  • Jason Gill
  • Curtis Richardson (WayBetta)
  • Emanuel Olsson
  • Jason Gill
  • Curtis Richardson (WayBetta)
  • Emanuel Olsson
4:21
5."Don't Leave Me"
  • Siwon
  • Kim Yong-sin (Iconic Sounds)
  • Joseph "220" Park (Iconic Sounds)
  • Siwon
  • Iconic Sounds
3:41
6."...ing" (중; Jung) (performed by Super Junior-K.R.Y.)Park Chang-hyunPark Chang-hyunPark Chang-hyun4:16
7."Evanesce" (백일몽; Baegilmong; lit. Daydream)Misfit
  • Dominique "DOM" Rodriguez (Red Rocket)
  • Teddy Riley (Red Rocket)
  • Tesung Kim (Iconic Sounds)
  • Andrew Choi
  • Red Rocket
  • Tesung Kim (Iconic Sounds)
  • Andrew Choi
3:44
8."Raining Spell for Love" (사랑이 멎지 않게; Sarang-i Meotji Ankye; lit. Let love never stop)
  • Teddy Riley (Red Rocket)
  • Dominique "DOM" Rodriguez (Red Rocket)
  • Lee Hyun-seung (Red Rocket)
  • Jason J. Lopez
  • Red Rocket
  • Jason J. Lopez
3:22
9."Shirt"
  • Donghae
  • Team One Sound
  • Donghae
  • Team One Sound
3:28
10."Let's Dance"Seo Ji-eum
  • Im Kwang-wook (Devine Channel) [ko]
  • Ylva Dimberg (The Kennel)
  • Nermin Harambašić
  • Hitchhiker
  • Im Kwang-wook (Devine Channel)
  • Ylva Dimberg (The Kennel)
  • Nermin Harambašić
3:45
11."Too Many Beautiful Girls"
  • Chris Young (Chestnut Music Group)
  • Andy Jackson
3:20
12."Mid-season" (환절기; Hwanjeolgi; lit. Changing seasons)
Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)MonoTree4:01
13."Islands"
  • Seo Ji-eum
  • Lee Yoo-jin
  • Jo Yoon-kyung
Don Spike4:27
Total length:49:23

Personnel

Credit for Mamacita are adapted from the album.

Charts

Album sales

Gaon Monthly Album Chart, South Korea
Year Month Mamacita This Is Love (Repackaged Edition) Ref
Sales Accumulative sales Sales Accumulative sales
2014 September 237,646 237,646 – – [32]
October 32,728 270,354 114,216 114,216 [33]
November – – 28,644 142,860 [34]
December – 265,781 655 143,515 [35]
Total 409,296[35]

Release history

Country Date Format Distributing label
South Korea August 29, 2014
September 1, 2014 (Version A)
September 12, 2014 (Version B)
October 23, 2014 (Special Edition)
October 27, 2014 (Special Edition)		 Digital download
CD
CD
Digital download
CD		 KT Music
Taiwan December 24, 2014 (Special Edition) CD + DVD Avex Trax

Awards

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref
2014 Golden Disk Awards Disk Bonsang Mamacita Won [36]
Disk Daesang Nominated [36]
Mnet Asian Music Awards Album of the Year Nominated [37]
Daesang Award Nominated [37]
Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards Artist of the Year (Album) – 3rd Quarter Won [38]
Artist of the Year (Album) – 4th Quarter This Is Love Won [38]
Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award Best Sales Releases (Japanese and Korean) Mamacita Won [39]
This Is Love Won [39]
2016 iF Product Design Award Discipline packaging Won [40]

Listicles

Publisher Year Listicle Nominee/work Placement Ref.
Billboard 2019 Top 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s "This Is Love" 76th [41]

See also

References

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