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Silvio Rodriguez
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Bebel Gilberto
Daughter of the famed Brazilian pop and bossa nova singer João Gilberto, Bebel recalls her father's own classic recordings on Tanto Tempo, with a sure sense of pitch. Bebel Gilberto is hardly less charming for that, though, and the album entices with hushed passion. Relying mostly on acoustic instruments and some muted orchestrations, Tanto Tempo is nonetheless smartly paced to allow for some tasteful dance-club electronics to augment a few tracks, and ends on a celebratory note with "Close Your Eyes"--all but an invitation to Carnival. The current trend for things Brazilian should assure this disc a deservedly wide audience. --Rickey Wright
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Artist:
Bebel Gilberto
As the daughter of the legendary Joao Gilberto, you'd expect something good from Bebel, and fortunately she supplies with a mostly Portuguese-sung set of up to the minute bossa nova-influenced music. Using producers such as the late Suba, whose work on an elegant and sunny version of Baden Powell's classic "Samba da Bencao" integrates electronics with "real" instruments beautifully, Bebel Gilberto has made "Tanto Tempo" a seductive, forward-looking modern Brazilian album. An album that nonetheless references the past intelligently. "August Day Song", a duet with Smoke City's Nina Miranda follows, with the space in the bossa rhythm filled with unorthodox ambiences. The tit...
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Ricky Martin
It's his continuous search for new ways to blend el ritmo, with elements of pop, rock and funk that has made Ricky Martin one of the biggest selling pop acts of our time and hence worthy of a Best Of collection. Nothing to do with his penchant for vigorous hip thrusting mid-video, or the fact that his name crops up on "World's Best Looking" lists with predictable regularity. But love him or loath him, you can't argue with over 30 million album sales worldwide. The by now brain-numbingly familiar ("La Vida Loca", "Maria", "She Bangs"), are interspersed with tracks that leave one with a strange sense of déjà vu--so disappointingly formulaic is the Martin pro...
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Artist:
Enrique Iglesias
If Ricky Martin is the party boy of Latin crossover pop, Enrique Iglesias is a romantic traditionalist in the mould of his dad. On Escape, even his up-tempo, lust-driven tunes such as "Love 4 Fun" and "One Night Stand" are hardly the frantic sweat-fests Martin provides. Escape, Iglesias' first disc since his 1999 Top 40 breakthrough, is already a guaranteed success thanks to its first single "Hero". Title aside, this gooey love song isn't really fitting for its adopted purpose as a post-terror anthem ("You can take my breath away"), but one imagines that won't make much difference. Iglesias is at his best when playing a little sly, like when he appropriates ...
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Artist:
Atahualpa Yupanqui
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Artist:
Ricky Martin
RICKY MARTIN Ricky Martin (1999 UK 14-track CD album including Livin La Vida Loca and Shake Your Bon-Bon picture sleeve!)
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Artist:
Enrique Iglesias
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List Price: £17.99
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Various Artists
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List Price: £17.99
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Gipsy Kings
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