Thalía Album: “Arrasando [Remaster]”

Already established in Latin America, Asia and Southern Europe, Thalia is now about to conquer the USA with her latest album "Arrasando"!

The pretty entertainer with the pleasant and jolly voice is produced by no less a person than Emilio Estefan (Miami Sound Machine, husband and discoverer of Gloria Estefan, producer of artists such as Ricky Martin,Shakira, Jennifer Lopez etc.) Compared to her 1997 release "Amor a la Mexicana" "Arrasando" also contains the typical Salsa ingredients, that greatly underline the "fire" of the sympathetic Mexican singer, but does, all in all, sound a little more "international". The album covers a broad range of musical styles from dance to rap, also containing a couple ballads. Most of the songs are contributed by the artist herself!

Her first single release "Entre El Mar Y Una Estrella" (engl. "Between the sea and a star"), a beautiful mid-tempo ballad, dedicated to Thalia's deceased friend, made it to the top of Billboard's latin charts and promises to become a huge hit everywhere else, if released!

Altogether "Arrasando" is a very vicacious album and contains a little something for every taste!

And for everyone who might be interested in my personal opinion as a fan:

This cd is excellent you can't help but love it the first song is like the opening song to the movie Lion King the next 2 tracks are Tecno the 4 is a dance/latin/rap type song the 5 is r&b the 6 is regge the 7 is house music the 8 is kind of like a slower version of mambo #5 by lou Bega 9 is a latin style dance song 10 is a slow latin song the 11 is a brazilian batucada song and the last song is cumbia like.

I don't speak Spanish, so I don't have any idea of what she's singing about, but I don't think its necessary to know the language to enjoy the music. Thalia is in great form with "Arrasando" an upbeat album that sets itself in a latin/pop setting. Opening the album is "Entre El Mar y Una Estrella" a beautiful ballad that certainly is an album opener. The followign tracks "Regresa a Mi" and "Reencarnacion" are more dancfloor type songs although uses spanish lyrics. "Arrasando" the album's title track and definitely one of the album's hottest and funkiest songs blends pop, slight r&b, rap and latino vibes, after one listen you'll wanna play it over again and shanke your bon bon in no time. "No Hay que llorar" is another ballad which I don't particularly like, but it may be a track people judge differently. Tracks 6 - 10 are all upbeat and dance tracks, yet all differ. Out of those five I feel track 8 ("Menta y Canela") is the best. "Siempre Hay Corino" took me by surprise, at first its a ballad, a goregeous one, and then it breaks to an upbeat dance song. The best track on the album, finishes the Cd off, the beautiful "Rosalinda", whoch is pure spanish pop. Thalia is a great, underrated, talent who should have her voice heard, and from this I think she will

Here is my review for Arrasando. As you know I'm a big Thalia fan and I've reviewed like five of her albums. Here is my review for this one:

1) Entre El Mar Y Una Estrella - 5/5

There You Have it! This album is strongly recommended! Adiós, amigos!!

To say that Thalia is very-well known here is an understatement. Thalia is very popular in the Philippines as the reigning Queen of Telenovelas (dubbed in Filipino). She is known to literally stop traffic from 7pm to 7:30 pm as most people rush from work to their homes to watch her. Most, if not all telenovelas, such as Marimar, Maria del Barrio, Maria Mercedes and her most recent one, Rosalinda, has captured the hearts of many Filipinos. One cut in this CD is the theme song of Rosalinda, and this is enough reason for me to buy it. (Even my 2 year old daughter sings along though she does not speak Spanish!) This album has a samba-mambo-Latin flavor to it. The tempo of the songs are very upbeat and danceable! If there is just one Spanish album you wish to listen to, buy this. And it does not matter if we barely understand the lyrics, the tempo and the way Thalia sings helps the listener understand the mood of the songs.