Selena’s sister says she was too “lost” in her grief to care about the Dreaming of You album when it was first released.
In an upcoming interview with SiriusXM’s Israel Salazar, Suzette Quintanilla, who has long been involved in preserving her late sister’s legacy, admitted she was emotionally numb when the album was released.
“I’ll share something with you very personal. When Dreaming of You came out, I didn’t care,” Quintanilla said in a clip of the interview circulating online. “I was too much lost in my grief. I didn’t know day or night, I didn’t care about anything. And then I learned to love it and to understand what it represents.”
Dreaming of You was intended to be Selena’s English-crossover album. Tragically, the 23-year-old Tejano superstar was fatally shot on March 31, 1995, by Yolanda Saldívar, the singer’s former fan club president, before she could complete the LP.
The posthumous album, released nearly four months after Selena’s death, included hits like “I Could Fall in Love” and the Diane Warren-penned “I’m Getting Used to You.” The LP also included remixes of Selena’s past hits and other unreleased Spanish-language tracks to create a “retrospective” of her career.
“It hurt for a very long time to be able to listen to this album, but as time went by … I embraced that this is what sister left behind,” Quintanilla explained. “This was not completely fulfilling … her dream of doing a whole album, but it’s OK because at least we got this.”
At a town hall event, Quintanilla revealed that a remastered edition of Dreaming of You will be released in July in honor of its 30th anniversary.
“It’s so crisp and so clean,” she said of the new remaster. “When I was comparing [it to] the original … Oh my god, so night and day. It’s so crazy how we are technology-wise to be able to take a recording from 30 years ago and make it sound so current. It’s just incredible and I cannot wait for you guys to hear it.”
Quintanilla also revealed that the new release will include four vinyl versions: an original and three newly designed editions, plus a CD and cassette.
“I worked really, really hard to honor this last album that sister did and left us, you know? It’s super special to me,” she added.
The Complex Shop features remastered editions of other Selena albums, including the 30th anniversary edition of her career-defining Amor Prohibido album on picture disc vinyl, clear vinyl, CD, and cassette.
Available for the first time on vinyl is Selena’s 1992 album Entre a Mi Mundo, featuring “Como La Flor” and “La Carcacha,” pressed on picture disc vinyl and a stunning red vinyl.
You can also grab Selena’s The Last Concert on a deluxe CD and DVD combo pack featuring her emblematic 1995 Houston Astrodome performance, plus Lo Mejor de Selena, a two-CD greatest hits set.
