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El mejor CD de Ana en los ultimos Años

J. Rios | Chicago, USA | 01/19/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Creo que este CD esta muy bien producido y la voz de Ana nunca ha sonado mejor. El hecho de que son canciones de Mecano hace esta produccion una ganadora, pero los nuevos arreglos y la manera en que se realizo cada cancion es de antologia.



Aire es la mejor cancion de este material sin duda. La Fuerza del Destino y Cruz de Navajas tambien me parecen muy buenas. Aunque tambien.. si Ana iba a visitar canciones de Nacho y Jose, creo que hubiera sido muchisimo mejor si como extras tambien hubiese grabado Lia y Fuiste un Trozo de Hielo en la Escarcha de Jose."

Re-invention

tak1 | 06/25/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I remember the day this record first came out and I saw it at my local record shop thinking "why? why did she bother?!"

I thought Ana Torroja was simply desperate to release something that might be nostalgic for the Mecano fans. And that Mexican dude Alex Syntec or however you spell his name producing the record? I mean their song duele el amor was pretty good but c'mon!

So years went by without bothering to listen to it and recently my curiosity reached its peak. I had to check it out. I'm glad I did because I take all that I said in the beginning of this review back! I'm glad Ana made this record. There are times when I actually prefer the new versions than the original versions of certain songs like Hijo de la luna (mariachi version), Maquillaje (Swing version), Mujer contra mujer (smooth jazz version), and Barco a venus (middle eastern flavor). Then there are songs like los amantes, un ano mas, and ay que pesado that are simply charming to hear again with a fresh perspective. The only time I felt this record failed to re-invent a song accurately was with la fuerza del destino. That's a great song but the new version sounds a bit dull and so I'll stick with the original version.



All in all, this has been a well worth project for Ana and Alex and it gives us, Mecano fans, the chance to be distracted again with the music they created years ago that truly stands the test of time."