Search - Juan Gabriel :: Por Los Siglos

New takes, new moves

jackiesdog | Sonora, Mexico | 10/28/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is not just more of the same. Juan Gabriel has recut some of his best stuff from recent and not so recent years, left the production and most of the arrangement to people other than himself and Eduardo Magallanes, and come up with a new CD that will in one way or another move you. It's his most upbeat album in several years. "Siempre en mi mente" Gabriel's most beautiful release from the late '70s, has gone gospel! "Debo Hacerlo," the song that helped to put the wild in Gabriel and the audience during the "Juan Gabriel en el Palacio de Bellas Artes" video, has finally been brought into the spotlight where it belongs. Even old faithful "Querida" has a rock beat to it. "Catalina," the most intriguing number from the more recent "Abrazame muy fuerte" album, has been left relatively intact, the way it should be. An interesting version of "El Noa Noa" makes that old song new again. Juan Gabriel--thirty years in the music business and still coming up with fresh, great stuff. Mexico clearly has its answer to the United States' Ray Charles."