Noelia Album: “40 Grados”

TOP-NOTCH music! ENAMORADA DE TI is a standout track in any language. THIS is what "pop" music is supposed to be--GOOD! Awesome beat, a variety of instruments and a great voice with great range that carries the emotion of the lyrics! Maybe it's just me, but modern English language pop just seems to be sadly lacking these qualities. This could explain WHY I'm spending so much time listening to LATIN pop!!!! As a whole, the album showcases a variety of tempos, interesting arrangements and is well produced.

This whole album is worth a listen. Two hits so far--COMO DUELE and ENAMORADA DE TI. I also especially enjoyed GEOGRAFIA and the title track. Actually, I liked the WHOLE album. It's one you can pop in the car CD player and leave it there, cycling through over and over. It doesn't seem to "wear thin" or get tiring.

WORTH A LISTEN, WORTH THE PRICE! Nice photos, too! Just don't look at them while your driving! :>) NO LYRICS, so if you're NOT fluent in Spanish (like me!), it's a great opportunity to practice your "listening" technique! Noelia enunciates well! It's CLEAR enough for easy understanding by those of us whose ears still want to hear everything in English!

ALL IN ALL, I'd say this is one of the best CD's (in ANY language) to come out in the last year. FIVE STARS! GIVE IT A LISTEN. You won't be disappointed!

Her first two albums are clearly masterpieces. The third, Natural, took a couple of left turns, maybe a few curves, but was a solid addition to Noelia's career.

Then she went and did Melao. Big mistake.

Sure we got a hot video out of it, but Noelia always provides hot videos. The style just did not fit Noelia, and it showed very very much; she wasn't even on half the album, the remainder being filled with strutting, preening rap wannabes with no style of their own. That was in 2004.

Now Noelia is back, ready to reclaim her latin pop crown. The beats and hooks are catchy, her voice as flawless (flawed when she needs it to be) as ever, and the passion just seeps through every lyric. It might not match Golpeando Fuerte for pure pop magic, but there's really nothing out there that can; this, though, is a very well made pop album, and should be in any fan's collection.

Am a big a fan of good music and there we go again the Puerto Rican princess is back, she have all the right ingredients to be the next big latin star, please !!! give us more music like this again ,but this time in Shakespeare language, you will be the Queen. I Love It !!