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TechnoTV - Viento a Favor
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List Price: $16.98
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Manufacturer: Sony International
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886971011128
Label: Sony International
Manufacturer: Sony International
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony International
Release Date: 2007-06-26
Studio: Sony International
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: His best album so far.
Comment: Alejandro Fernandez is a very versatile singer who has a very good voice and performs very good aswell. He is a Grammy Award winner and has been singing for several years. He first started singing Rancheras as his father, the great Vincente Fernandez and sience 1997 he has been releasing some pop albums. Personally I just like his pop albums, because I don't like rancheras but I know that hi is very good in that field.
Anyway, that was just a little introduction that I wanted to make in case you didn't know much about him.
In 2007 "Viento a favor" was released and came with a big production including some big names in latin music business as songwriters including Sin Bandera's Leonel Garcia and Reyli Barba (a great mexican singer who writes for some big names and is also known for being in the past the lead singer of "Elefante"). This album also has a duet with Beyonce on "Corazon Gitano".
All 12 songs are very good. They go from ballads to songs with more rhythm, the lyrics are very good and another good thing is that the songs are in a good order that lift you up and then relax you.
Among the best ballads for me, there are "No se me hace facil", "Sin consideracion" and the first single "Te voy a perder" which was a very big hit in Latin America, Spain and the U.S. In the case of the songs with more rhythm, my favorites are "A manos llenas", "Eres" and "Sueño contigo". The three songs are really, really good. The lyrics and the sound are great.
If you like Alejandro, I know that you'll like this album. If you want another cd from him, try "A corazon abierto" from 2004.
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Summary: Great CD
Comment: Great CD with many good songs. If you liked his previous romantic albums you will definitely enjoy this one.
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Summary: I expected something better
Comment: Alejandro Fernadez has a nice powerfull voice. I love his mariachi albums. His ealier pop cds were not too bad, but this one is very disappointing. He does not sing to his potential, the material selected is boring, the duet with that female pop singer is horrible. It looks that Alejandro tries too hard to conquer the crowd of teenagers.
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Summary: Alejandro, por favor....
Comment: I declined to review A CORAZON ABIERTO because I was disappointed, but at least Alejandro redeemed those songs on the live CD that followed.
Here I have to say I was more disappointed. Perhaps in a quest to widen his audience Alejandro has taken on lesser material which is not up to his truly amazing voice. Anyone who listens to this CD to hear him for the first time will not know what his fans rave about or why women throw their bras onstage when he performs. The breathiness of his singing on this CD omits 90% of his supberbly sexy lower register, which is one of the traits that wins female hearts and plays with their hormones.
Those of us who fell in love with the voice we heard in "Morenita Mia" or "Granada" on his earlier live album almost don't recognize what we're hearing on this one in songs like "Tanto Amar" or "Solitario y Solo." Some of the songs on this CD are better suited to Ricky Martin and I felt that Beyonce ran roughshod over him in "Amor Gitana."
I hope he realizes that expanding his repertoire should not alientate his core audience. We'd rather hear him try tango or flamenco, which would at least use the most emotive elements of his truly fine voice while adding to his mystique.
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Summary: ok
Comment: Alejandro's new cd is just another cd. Just a few songs are good enough. He can do better than this.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Viento a Favor is Mexican superstar Alejandro Fernandez's 15th studio disc in as many years as a singer. But he still approaches each project with the urgency and earnestness of a newbie singer. That's what makes each tune a small celebration, an intimate moment of discovery. There are no wasted moments amid the sterling arrangements, some of the best in Fernandez's lush pop repertoire. (He's an equally heralded ranchera singer.) Viento a Favor features tunes written by Leonel Garcia and Noel Schajris (better known as emotive Latin-pop duo Sin Bandera) and Mexican singer Reyli Barba. They're all taken to wuthering heights by Fernandez's stellar vocal range, which goes from hushed whispers to booming intensity. First single "Te Voy a Perder" is an epic romance, and "Amor Gitano," a duet with bilingual diva Beyoncé, expectedly smolders. Closing tune "Cuando Estamos Juntos" is another surprise, an acoustic-flavored ode to simple joy. --Joey Guerra
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