Vamos a Bailar! (Lets Dance!) (Arrasando - Thalia)

Member Name: cam3lot

Product:	Arrasando - Thalia
Date:	07/11/06 (557 review reads)
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Advantages: Latino Music !

Disadvantages: Only 12 songs . . .

'Sangre caliente' this is what Latino Music is…meaning Hot Blood…I really don't know how each country uses the term for this kind of music, but I know that the Mexicans are considering this music being the 'Spicy Music'. Me as Monica (this is my real name) I think they are using the perfect expression for this style…
Latino Music is so full of life, makes you dance without noticing it, you can feel how your blood is getting on fire…but of course you have to like this style, this is what I can say about me, I love this kind of music….

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Arrasando (Devastating or It's My Party) CD I bought it a few years ago, I don't remember exactly when, but I saw this album on a shelf of All Records shop, and as I love Thalia I took it without hesitating…what can I say, my blood is on fire all the time lol…
I think I paid something as £11 a bit expensive for a few years in the past, but I didn't care…neither now I don't care so much if I pay a fortune for an album that I really like and want…

Who's Thalia?
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(I'll say in some words who is Thalia, just because here on Ciao is only one album of her and no review, so I think this way is the best)

This singer is an actress too; she played in many Mexican series (Telenovelas - Soap Operas), a bit too spicy for me…because the stories of these movies are so predictable and the actors are crying almost in each episode…but now I am writing about the music, which makes you vibrate! (At least this is the feeling I get to have) But many of you I think you've heard the song Amor a la Mexicana, and maybe you saw the video too…this is the song that made her famous, launched her in the world of Latino Music and became so successful worldwide.

As a singer Thalia has a great voice, so sweet and full of honey, her charm and beauty I think can make an iceberg melt…
She started her career in 1981, as a member of the group Din Din, she was just a child in those times, but after she left from this group her movie career started, her first movie was not such a success, but hey, many celebrities started like this. Many other changes were happening in her career, but I think is not the case to write them here, because is not on the subject, I try to keep it as short as possible…1990 her first album was released, called Thalia - what a typical name - this album was fallowed by: Mundo De Cristal, En Éxtasis, Amor a la Mexicana, and Arrasando the album I will review here today…ok, after this album many others are released, such as: Con Banda, Grandes Éxitos; No Me Enseñaste…etc. She won many awards allover the world; many are saying that this happened because she got married with Tommy Mottola, but is not true, she's a very good singer, better say a great Latino singer.

As an intro about Thalia, I think is enough, you can find out more information about this singer on her official site (they are so many other sites, because of her fans) www.thalia.com

Arrasando Album
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This CD has 12 songs, Arrasando is the 4th one; the songs are very cheerful, I think they were fitting in the time when this album was released; this thing was happening on 25th of April 2000 when dance music was all the rage in fashionable circles. The choruses of the songs are very easy and simple, but this is in a way what make's Thalia's songs so nice… The album was nominated for 3 Latino Grammies, and won in the category Best Engineering Album. This album contains 8 songs authored by her in conjunction with other writers too, as a result form all of this Thalia became an authentic international superstar.
I have to say that all the songs from this album they are sang in Spanish, so I think can be a disadvantage, but the original Latino Music like this has to be made…and now I'll repeat my self, if you like to dance, especially Latino dance, then this album is for you!

1) Entre el Mar y una Estrella (Between the Sea and a Star) 10/10
2) Regresa a Mi (Come back to me) 10/10
3) Reencarnación (Re-birth) 7/10
4) Arrasando (Devastating or It's My Party) 10/10
5) No hay que llorar (You don't have to cry) 8/10
6) Quiero Amarte (I want to love you) 10/10
7) Suerte en mi (My luck) 8/10
8) Menta y Canela (Mint and Cinnamon) 10/10
9) Tumba la Casa (Tomb the House) 7/10
10) Pata Pata (Step by Step) 9/10
11) Siempre Hay Cariño (Always you feel Love) 9/10
12) Rosalinda (Pretty Rose) 9/10

The one that is different from all the other songs, is the first one 'Between the Sea and a Star', sounds like a poem on musical notes, soft and slightly romantic' it is a slow song which when you listen it makes you feel like you are standing on a beach watching how the sun goes to sleep…or maybe like this make me feel. Marco Flores, the same one who wrote for Patricia Manterola and Millie, wrote the song lyrics.

Lets dance! This is the message that these songs: Arrasando, Quiero Amarte, Suerte en Mi, Menta y Canela, Tumba la Casa, Pata Pata, and even Rosalinda are transmitting you while you are listening them. The rhythms of the songs are so cheerful, that I think even if you sit you can not stay without moving your body, you can not, and here I have to say that only if you do not understand what happiness means you will just listen…

With 'Come back to me', the second song from the album, Thalia tried a different style, which I think she did it very well. This one is not Latino style anymore; it is pop-dance if I do not make any mistake, and it sounds very good. It is a love song, but the tune makes it different than 'Between the Sea and a Star' for example, at least on this one if you have a broken heart you don't start to cry, you better dance :- )

'You don't have to cry' it is a bit twisted. It is a slow, comes like an advice for those who are crying because of love. The lyrics are written by Thalia, and with this song she's trying to say: don't cry for something that's gone (love), someday will come back; here is the twisted thing, she doesn't refer her self to 'he', he will come back, she tries to say that the feeling will get back but from someone else. So, do not cry because you will never get him/her back; you will love again, someone that really deserves your love. Something like this, yes? (Ok I am lost) The same message 'Always You feel Love' song transmits.

Rosalinda is the soundtrack of the series with the same name. A very spicy Soap Opera!! I could not watch it, even if I wanted…only when I was seeing Thalia's crying face, I was going crazy. Ok she is sexy, she is talented, but this Soap Opera was too much for me…
Rosalinda song is pure Latino, not too much 'fire' but neither a slow. It is a song that you can dance it only with a partner.


Inlay Details & Price
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As you buy the album, you have Thalia's face picture. I have to admit she has sexy lips, but it was not necessary for her finger to be between them…or? The CD comes with a small intro written on the back of her mini poster, which you can find it inside the frame of the album.

The price of this album on:
- ebay.co.uk - £9.60
- amazon.co.uk - £11.99
- All Records shop - £12.50

What do I think about this album?
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I think is very good, especially because I love this kind of music and because I'm a huge fan of Thalia's music. I like Latino music, I like how this singer is sing it, and I like Spanish too. I think this music made me learn this language…
Thalia is one of the most famous singer in the Latino World; she succeeded with her nice voice, pretty face and her charming smile. She may be talented as an actress too, but her series are not for me; I'm so sorry Thalia, but they are too much for me.
You like Latino? You can give this album a try. You are not into Latino music? I think if you'll listen at least one of the songs from this album you'll get to like Thalia :- )
Maybe this album is not Thalia's best one, but for sure is something that I like…
Soy muy loca, perro no ago dañó (I'm very crazy, but I'm not dangerous)

Thank you for reading…

Sincerely,
cam3lot

Summary: Shall we dance...?