Search - Julio Iglesias :: Flor De Piel

Original album released in 1974

Fyah Mon | 02/09/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"1.A flor de piel
2.Vivir(I need)
3.Dicen
4.Manuela
5.Un adiós a media voz
6.Te quiero así(And I love you so)
7.Por el amor de una mujer
8.Desde que tú te has ido
9.Aún me queda la esperanza
10.En cualquier parte(Another time, another place)The song "Manuela" became No.1 at French Hit-Parade."

Julio Para simepre

Fyah Mon | Washington Heights, NYC | 03/17/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It's so funny how it works with sorting through your music collection sometimes. I have literally hundreds and hundreds of cd's and assorted music that I own, but have not listened too. " A Flor de Piel" is one of them. growing up Julio was always a famous name, but me being a kid in the 80's I saw him as "Mr.Latin Cheese," not quite as bad as Rico Suave as Julio Iglesias could actually sing. This was like 15 years before the so called "Latin Invasion." As a reviewer previously mentioned, before the Julio perma tan and Willy Nelson. Not that I dislike Willy dueting with Julio, but yeah it was pretty much cheese city after that. The music here is early Seventies, incredibly romantic Latin ballads. The Julio who sings it is young and at his absolute prime as far as belting out the true love bingers. He could do what R. Kelly could do only better, take romance( without being a filth dog about it of course )and make it total erotic pleasure. The sappy 70's recording sound doesn't bother me so much, c'mon this was the SEVENTIES! The way to go for early Julio especially when looking at his influence on Latin music today. Everyone owes a his debt to Senor Iglesias. What any legend of Latin music from Shakira to Juan Luis Guerra to Celia ( R.I.P.) owe to the master is gratitude. Viva la musica latina!"