The album's debut was a performance by Bassey at the "Viña Del Mar Song Festival" in Chile in February, 1989, and further appearances in South America followed.

This release also includes performances from Matt Monro and Demis Roussos that were also recorded in Spanish and produced by Leonardo Schultz.

The album was mainly marketed for the Spanish speaking countries in South America, the US and mainland Europe, very little promotion was undertaken in the UK for this release.

The original releases for La Mujer in Germany and the US (on LP, cassette and CD) featured the same artwork as its South American counterpart, but differing layouts.

Track listing US 7" single "Shirley Bassey canta en Español" A: "Sin Ti (Without You)" (Tom Evans, Pete Ham) (Spanish: Leonardo Schultz) -3.27 B: "Hoy No Tengo Nada (I (Who Have Nothing))" (Mogol, Donida, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) (Spanish: Leonardo Schultz) -3.06 Issued on the Mercury Records label with the catalogue number Mercury 4127, this single did not chart.