Rebels (album)

Rebels
Studio album by RBD
Released 19 December 2006
(See release history)
Recorded 2006
Genre Pop rock, R&B, dance-pop
Length 48:37
Label Virgin Records
Producer Pedro Damián, (executive)
RBD chronology
Celestial
(2006)		 Rebels
(2006)		 RBD: La Familia
(2007)
Singles from Rebels
  1. "Tu Amor"
    Released: 22 September 2006
  2. "Wanna Play"
    Released: 17 December 2006 (U.S.A. only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Rebels is the fourth and first English-language album by Mexican pop group RBD. Christian Chávez has said that the album Rebels would be re-released in late 2007 or early 2008 and that the new version would contain new songs and a collaboration with The Black Eyed Peas[2] on one of the tracks. Their next single off the album would be featured on this future re-release.[3] Billboard confirmed the re-release would happen in early 2008 and it would feature three hip hop influenced songs.[4] As of the group's disband in 2009, nothing about the re-release was announced, so it is assumed to be, at least, canceled. More than 2.500.000 copies of the album were sold worldwide.

Album information

Rebels is RBD's first English-language album. The album was released on December 19, 2006 in the United States, although, in the booklet of previous album Celestial, it was noted that the album would come out December 26, 2006. The album leaked onto the Internet on December 9, 2006.

The tracks that were recorded in English originally from the former albums are:

"I Wanna Be the Rain" was first recorded in English, and then it was translated to Spanish for the album Celestial.

"Connected" has been covered by several different artists such as Sara Paxton, Katharine McPhee, Amy Diamond, Melissa Lyons (with Cassidy Ladden), and Suzanne Shaw.

The song "Money Money" is a reggaeton song that samples their previous hit in this genre, "Lento". Despite the English title, it's the only track on the album that is completely sung in Spanish.

The song "Gone", featured in the Japanese deluxe edition of the album, entitled We Are RBD, is a cover of a Kelly Clarkson's song of the same title, from her album Breakaway. They previously recorded a Spanish version of the song for their second album Nuestro Amor.

The album was released in Japan on March 21, 2007, and now is Platinum in Japan.

The album was the first RBD's studio album to not have a Portuguese version (the second and last Spanish albums to not are Empezar Desde Cero and Para Olvidarte De Mi).

Track listings
"Wanna Play"
A 30-second sample of the song features the band singing over a latin pop influenced background.
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  1. "Tu amor" (Diane Warren) — 4:37
  2. "Wanna Play" (Andrea Martin, RedOne, Bilal Hajji) — 3:40
  3. "My Philosophy" (Carlos Lara) — 4:05
  4. "Connected" (Amy Powers, Guy Roche) — 3:16
  5. "I Wanna Be the Rain" (Diane Warren) — 4:07
  6. "Cariño mio" (Andrea Martin, RedOne, Bilal Hajji) — 3:12
  7. "Era la música" (Alisha Brooks, Evan V. McCulloch, Nick Nastasi, Ryan William Stokes) — 3:31
  8. "Keep It Down Low" (Mauricio Arriaga) — 3:36
  9. "Happy Worst Day" (Mats Hedström, Jade Ell) — 3:02
  10. "This Is Love" (Memo Méndez Guiú, Emil "Billy" Méndez) — 3:39
  11. "Save Me" (Max DiCarlo, Carlos Lara, Pedro Damián) — 3:56
  12. "Money Money" (Spanish languaged bonus tracks) (Anthony Calo, Gabriel Cruz, Aarón Peña, Francisco Saldaña, Luny Tunes) — 3:21
  13. "Tu amor" (Navidad Mix) (Diane Warren) — 4:36
  14. "Celestial": Album sampler containing the following songs: "Ser o parecer", "Dame" and "Bésame sin miedo". Many websites plus the back cover show it as "Ser o parecer/Dame/Bésame sin miedo/Celestial", though "Celestial" is not in the sampler — 2:00

Deluxe Edition: We Are RBD

We Are RBD
Compilation album by RBD
Released 2006
Label EMI

The Japanese Edition of the album comes with 2 bonus tracks, and is named: We Are RBD.

The Wal-Mart album comes with an exclusive EP containing live songs with the following track listing:

  1. "No pares" [original performance series] – 4:34
  2. "Nuestro amor" [original performance series] – 3:43
  3. "Ser o parecer" [original performance series] – 3:28
  4. "Solo quédate en silencio" [original performance series] – 3:39
  5. "Tras de mí" [original performance series] – 4:23
  6. "Tu amor" [original performance series] – 4:31
  7. Making of Rebels [exclusive bonus video] – 7:13

CD/DVD release

DVD side:

  1. The Making of the "Tu amor" Video
  2. Exclusive Interview with the Band
  3. Behind the Scenes Recording of "Tu amor" [Navidad Mix]
  4. "Tu amor" [video] [with band commentary]
  5. "Tu amor" [video]

Chart performance

The album debuted at number 40 on the Billboard 200 album chart with first-week sales of 94,000 copies.[5] On the day of release, the cover of the album was altered by the changing of the group's logo from white to pink. Ironically, the band's third Spanish-language album Celestial sold 43,000 copies more than Rebels in its first week, selling 137,000 copies in its debut week and peaking at number 15 on Billboard 200. In the second week out, sales of Rebels in the United States dropped 68%, despite the album dropped only nine positions in the Billboard 200. In total, the album has sold 225,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[6]

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart Peak
Position
Chilean Albums Chart 5
Japanese Albums Chart 2
Mexican Albums Chart 2
Greece International Album Charts 4
Spanish Albums Chart[7] 1
U.S. Billboard 200 15
Venezuelan Albums Chart 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Japan (RIAJ)[8] Gold 100,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[9] Gold 50,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[10] Gold 40,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Notes
United States December 19, 2006
France March 12, 2007
Japan March 21, 2007 as We Are RBD
Spain May 7, 2007
Greece November 28, 2008 as Rebel's the CD included 1 bonus track RBD feat. Tamta called Agapw Αγαπώ I Love (in Greek) it's the Greeklish remix of Wanna Play. After two months Tamta made another Greek version of RBD songs called Pame Parea ({{{2}}}) it's the Greeklish version of Rebelde
Poland November 24, 2008

CD packages

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "RBD grabara dueto con The Black Eyed Peas". terra. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  3. ↑ Luis Villalobos (2010-09-24). "~ Por que ser Fan de RBD, es un Estilo de Vida". Rbdworld.org. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  4. ↑ "Billboard Bits: Wyclef Jean, Goo Goo Dolls, RBD". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2007.
  5. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56357/nas-scores-third-no-1-album-with-hip-hop-is-dead
  6. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043677/ask-billboard-labelle-rbd-tim-mcgraw
  7. ↑ Steffen Hung. "RBD - Nuestro amor". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  8. ↑ http://www.vh1la.com/musica/artistas/rbd/#bio. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
  9. ↑ http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones-amprofon.php?key=RBD&action=Buscar&anio=&disquera=&tipoAlbum=&tipoCertificacion=. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  10. ↑ http://blog.enfemenino.com/blog/seeone_197030_4949074/RBD-REBELDE-CLUB-DE-FANS-OFiCiAL-ZARAGOZA/RBD-y-su-album-Rebels-Disco-de-Oro-en-Espana. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
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