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Por Vos Muero

Dante Funes | Boston, MA | 04/23/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Well, for years I have been a huge fan of Miguel Bose. He has been an innnovator in Spanish Music, never afarid of trying new things, that eventually, will get imitated by other artists down the road. I always await each new album with anticipation, knowing that i will not be disappointed. However, this new album did just that, disappoint me. What happenned? why is it that artists that have always been on the cutting edge, once they reach a certain age, they go soft and mellow and safe?



Bose, was always trying new things, being different than your run of the mill artists that sing music in Spanish, but with this album he just sounds bored. None of the songs have the magic that some of his songs have had in the past.



Don't get me wrong, I love when he does mellow and melanchollic music, BAjo el Signo de Cain was just that, and also very morose. and Laberinto was just the same way. But in this album, from the moment you put it on until it ends, there is no letting go, it is depressing, I tried to listen to it a few times in a row and I just could not get into it.



It is slow, and boring, and the duet with Alejandro Fernandez has got to be one of the most horrible and mismatch of voices i have ever heard.



as much as i love Bose, and think he is the greatest singer ever, I can not recommend this album to anyone. . He will always be the best in my book, but this record should be skipped"

Pleasant but nondescript

Alejandra Vernon | Long Beach, California | 08/01/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"With a lavish production and lush arrangements, this is a smooth, pleasant recording, but with little substance, and like much music of recent vintage, I find it rather weak in melodic content.

Though born in Panama (of distinguished parentage, his father being the great bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin), singer/actor Miguel Bose is considered a Spaniard and has been recording since 1977, becoming an international superstar with many hits in Latin America and Spain. Bose does not have a strong voice, but a whispery quality that he uses effectively.



There is little "Latin flavor" to this album, it is pure "pop", and other than being sung in Spanish, could have originated anywhere, with the exception of "Habana", which he sings with the fabulous Mexican singer Alejandro Fernandez, who sounds wonderful, and makes this perhaps the most memorable track on the CD. Bose co-wrote "De Momento No" with Jorge Fernandez Ojea, and "El Ilusionista" with Alejandro Sanz. The sound is sumptuous, and total playing time is 41'50.



The musicianship is top-notch, and much credit to what is good about this CD has to go to Chris Cameron, who co-produced with Bose, did many of the arrangements, and pushes this recording to a 4 star rating.

A nice but fairly forgettable collection of songs, that have been polished and presented well, make for a CD that will please, but not captivate the listener.

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Como siempre, simplemente fabuloso!!!

Julio Castro Karg | Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico | 05/11/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Este nuevo CD de Miguel Bose es una nueva joya en su larguisima lista de buenas grabaciones. Quiza este disco deberia de haberse llamado "Sereno" (titulo de su anterior grabacion) pues en el se percibe una verdadera serenidad; de principio a fin, Bose nos envuelve en musica sensual, bella, suave.



Si bien este no es precisamente un disco con una propuesta nueva o vanguardista (y no creo que esa haya sido la intencion de Bose), estoy seguro que sera bien recibido por todos aquellos que conocen y han disfrutado de su musica.



Tal vez algo que me sorprendio, y he de confesar que no me emociono mucho, es el duo que hace con Alejandro Fernandez. Pero aun Bose cae ante estrategias de mercado. ¡Nadie es perfecto! Sin embargo, estoy seguro que muchas de las nuevas canciones de este CD se volveran clasicos de la discografia de Miguel Bose, como tantas otras.



NOTA: No se usaron acentos gramaticales por cuestiones de legibilidad."