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Cuts Both Ways

Cuts Both Ways
Cuts Both Ways CD Cover.jpeg
Studio album by Gloria Estefan
Released July 1989 (1989-07)
Recorded 1988—1989
Studio Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre Pop
Length 49:29
Label Epic
Producer Emilio Estefan, Jr.
Jorge Casas
Clay Ostwald
Gloria Estefan chronology
Let It Loose / Anything For You
(1987/1988)
Cuts Both Ways
(1989)
Exitos De Gloria Estefan
(1990)
Singles from Cuts Both Ways
  1. "Don't Wanna Lose You"
    Released: June 1989
  2. "Get On Your Feet"
    Released: September 1989 (U.S.)
  3. "Here We Are"
    Released: December 1989 (U.S.)
  4. "Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)"
    Released: April 1990 (U.S.)
  5. "Cuts Both Ways"
    Released: May 1990 (U.S.)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
Robert Christgau C

Cuts Both Ways is the debut solo album by American recording artist Gloria Estefan and final album with Miami Sound Machine, as they would become her backup band for her solo career after its release. Although Estefan's name is on the front cover, the album credits Estefan and Miami Sound Machine (as with the previous album, Let It Loose).

In some Spanish-speaking territories, the album was titled Doblemente Herida.

By 1989, Gloria Estefan was one of the most successful female Latin artists in the world. After a decade of being the lead singer of Miami Sound Machine, she had been credited above the group name (Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine) on their 1987 album Let It Loose. With the release of Cuts Both Ways, it was widely believed that Estefan had gone solo, but Miami Sound Machine continued to perform as her backing band in the studio and on tour (however, the only original member of MSM to play on the album besides Estefan was her husband/producer, Emilio).

The album contains dance music, Latin rhythms and ballads. It has sold more than 4 million copies outside the USA, and reached the Top Ten on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, also peaking #1 in the UK and Australia.

The first single from the album was "Don't Wanna Lose You", which became one of Estefan's biggest hits, reaching #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (her second U.S. number one) and was certified Gold by the RIAA. It also reached the Top Ten in The Netherlands, Ireland and the UK. Other singles from this album included "Here We Are", another big hit for Estefan and one of her signature songs, "Oye mi Canto", a huge hit in Europe but ignored in the U.S., "Get on Your Feet", another signature song and huge hit, and finally the title track, which didn't make as strong an impact on the charts as the previous singles.

The artists Betty Wright and Jon Secada were backing vocalist for the album, and also both appeared on Estefan's next album, 1991's Into the Light.


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