* One True Hero! * (Greatest Hits - Enrique Iglesias)

Member Name: xd-o-n-z-x

Product:	Greatest Hits - Enrique Iglesias
Date:	13/10/09 (30 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Songs , Voice

Disadvantages: Absolutely None Whatsoever!

Whenever I heard of the name 'Enrique Iglasis' , the song 'Hero' always used to pop into my head. That was the only familiarity I had. I liked the song , but I had heard it too many times to continue thinking 'oh my god , I love this song!' everytime it came on. I had never really thought much of Enrique ; it wasn't that I didn't like him , just that I didn't really know that much about him. However , a few months ago , I entered a competition on bubblehits.com which I won ; the prize was an Enrique Iglesias Greatest Hits CD. I knew my mum liked him , so I gave the CD to her. When I bought my car , I realised I didn't have that many CDs to play whilst driving , and so I 'borrowed' some of my mums. One of the ones which I borrowed (or in this case , kept) was the Enrique Iglesais CD!

I'm sure everyone's heard of Enrique Iglesais ; I had , but I didn't know much about him , and so I thought I'd share some biographical facts.

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler was born on May 8th 1975 , in Madrid Spain to parents Julio Iglesias and Isabel Preysler. When he was three years old , his parents split. His grandfather was kidnapped by the Spanish terrorist group ; ETA , and so for Enrique and his brother's safety , they went to live in Miami, USA with their father who is a famous musican. Because his father was a very 'famous popstar' when Enrique was younger , he didn't want Enrique to follow in the same footsteps. So Enrique went ahead with his music career anway , although because his father was so well known , he didn't want the music industry to know that he was his son and so would be at an advantage ; he wanted to work hard to get somewhere , rather than be handed success on a plate. Enrique first started out , releasing Spanish albums. When he proved to be successful he then started releasing music in the English market. To date , Enrique has released eight albums ; four of which are in Spanish and four in English. He is currently dating tennis star Anna kournikova who he has been with for the past six years.Enrqiue is currently writing a new album.

Enrique's Greatest Hits album was released in November 2008. The CD features his English singles between 1999 and 2008. The album comes under the pop , r n b and latin pop genres. There are seventeen tracks on the album and the length of it is approximately seventy three minutes (an hour and thirteen minutes). I was lucky enough to have won my copy , however the album is available to buy from Amazon at a price of £11.58

* Track Listing *
1)Bailamos
2)Away
3)Hero
4)Be With You
5)Takin Back My Love (featuring Ciara)
6)Rhythm Divine
7)Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song)
8)Tired Of Being Sorry
9)Escape
10)Could I Have This Kiss Forever (featuring Whitney Houston)
11)Not In Love
12)Don't Turn Off The Lights
13)Love To See You Cry
14)Maybe
15)Addicted
16)Somebody's Me
17)Can You Hear Me (official UEFA Euro 2008 song)

I will now give a brief review on some of the songs on the album.

* Could I Have This Kiss Forever *
A duet between Enrique and Whitney Houston. This is one powerful ballad and their voices compliment eachother very well.

*Maybe*
A beautiful ballad! You can really hear the emotion in Enrique's voice as he puts his heart and soul into this track.

*Tired Of Being Sorry *
I love this song as it has quite a 'dark' yet upbeat feel to it. I also like the sound of the guitar on this one!

* Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song) *
I love the sound of the 'ping pong' bouncing at the beginning of the song to act as the beat! I thought it was a very clever technique!

*Takin Back My Love *
This is a real girlfriend vs boyfriend kind of song! It's upbeat yet has quite a dramatic theme to it!

* Don't Turn Off The Lights *
When listening to this song , it depends what mood I'm in , whether or not I'm loving or just liking it! If I'm in a party mood then I love it , whereas if I'm tired I'm just like 'arghh shurrup' and the 'So Don't turn off the ligh-eeet ee-ooo-eee-oooo-ow' bit annoys me! Other than that it's a good catchy song!

Before I heard this album , I wasn't that fussed about Enrique. But after hearing this album I've become a massive fan of his!
I am absolutely thrilled with this album , as everyone who comes in my car will tell you ; I constantly have this CD on , playing song after song! I rarely ever take this CD out ; it's that good! Some of the songs I had never heard before , actually there were quite a few songs I didn't know of. I particularly love Takin Back My Love , Tired Of Being Sorry ,Be With You and Bailamos , however there are a few others I like too.

I love how the CD has so many different styles of songs ; upbeat ones , ballads , English and Spanish ones! There's so much to love! It's also interesting how his style of music has changed since his 'Hero' days. I think that from listening to the CD his songs have just got better and better over the years!

There are seventeen songs on this album , and I can't believe that before hearing this album , I had only known about five of them! Where the hell have I been ? It's an amazing album and I just can't believe that I missed out on hearing these brilliant songs for such a long time!

Enrique certainly has his own unique style ; which I absolutely love! He really puts his thoughts into the songs! He's not like some pop stars who just sing the songs , he really does put emotion into them and he honestly believes what he's singing and that's what makes him one in a million! I think it also helps that he's absolutely gorgeous!

I love listening to the lyrics as they're always quite catchy! Most of them are about love! I like how most of his songs are in English , but he sneaks a few Spanish lines in here and there. When I'm listening to the songs , I'm always trying to work out what he actually saying , when he sings in Spanish. All of the songs on this album are in English , although I think it would have been nice to have a couple of his Spanish songs on here , just to see what else he has to offer and show us the 'other side' of Enrique.

Each song is of very high quality and you can tell that Enrique spent a lot of time and put a lot of hard work into perfecting each one! There isn't one bad track on this album at all. Sure , there are some which I enjoy listening to more than others , but I wouldn't say I dislike them! I also like how each song is different and how the album is muddled up. By muddled up , I mean I like how there's a ballad and then the next track is upbeat and so on as it gives the listener a change whilst listening to it. I think the reason why I love this album so much is because there is so much great variety on there and songs to suit every mood , whether your getting ready for a night out , have just been dumped , or are away from the one you love ,then you'll find something on here that relates to what your feeling.

Because this is the only Enrique album I own and have heard , I cannot therefore compare this album to any of his other releases , although I will say that this one good album! I would definately say it's one of the best albums I've ever heard!

Enrique has really showed some competition with this CD as it shows us all what he's capable! It basically 'gives' us his whole career .through the English language since 1999 on one CD , and judging from this CD , it's pretty obvious how he's managed to have such a long and successful career with songs and a voice like his! Looks obviously , also help!

To me , this album is extremely , excellent value! I didn't pay a penny for this CD due to the fact that I won it , although it is available to buy from Amazon for £4.98. I would be more than willing to pay double the price for this! It really is that good!

I would definately reccommend this album whether your an Enrique fan or not! I wasn't much of a fan before , yes I liked 'Hero' and 'Tired of Being Sorry , but I wasn't a big fan ; now though , is a different story! I am absolutely hooked and cannot get enough of these good songs!

Thanks For Reading!
October 13th 2009
xd-o-n-z-x (also posted on ciao under xdonzx)

Summary: One of the BEST CDs EVER!!!