Como Nace El Universo

Gloria Trevi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 7, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony U.S. Latin
• ASIN: B0006HBZRY
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,033 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cómo Nace el Universo

2. Eres un Santo

3. Nieve de Mamey

4. Señor Presidente

5. Metida Hasta el Cuello

6. Timbres Postales al Cielo

7. Horas Tranquilas

8. La Nota Roja

9. El Domador

10. Sexo y Dinero

11. Poder y Fama

12. En Medio de La Tempestad

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MYTHICAL REBIRTH, December 18, 2004

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Angel Villanueva (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Como Nace El Universo (Audio CD)

Gloria Trevi's new contribution to the music world is stronger than any of her previous works. The lyrics, vocals and acoustic sets are honest, staightforward and powerful. The hauntingly beautiful and dramatic "Horas Tranquilas" alone is worth the price of this album. But there are plenty of goodies here: with the fun, high-energy "Nieve de Mamey" La Trevi once again has her way with the machos of America and manages to shock even those of us who were familiar with her rebellious and unpredictable nature. Considering her recent situation, it's a fantastic thing to realize: Gloria Trevi is having fun.

Among other things, La Trevi addresses love, family, the social reality of Mexico, the loss of her daughter (the sad, hopeful and beautifully sung "Timbres Postales al Cielo"), lust, ambition, and in a magnificient closing number, the human will to survive in the face of adversity: "En Medio de la Tempestad" is Gloria's way of inviting us to fearlessly brave the storm and walk into a brighter tomorrow, with a smile on our face and not a trace of doubt.

Gloria's compositions, her words when interviewed, and her total and direct connection with the public and herself when performing paint a clear picture of her nature: she is the real thing, a bona fide artist. She is never, ever, ever pretending to be something she's not, a habit that her contemporaries (think Thalía, Paulina Rubio, etc.) engage in as standard practice. Gloria Trevi is who she is, original, unabashed and unapologetic. She has lived Dante's Divine Comedy, and it shows: through her personal hell the woman has gained wisdom and strenght, and oddly, the tremendous injustice she suffered has not made her grown bitter or lose even a fragment of the spice, power and magic that led her to conquer the masses in the first place. This album showcases it all, untouched and ready for us to dive into.

When Gloria Trevi was unjustly incarcerated it literally felt like a major fragment of Latin American pop culture went to prison with her. It's disturbing to hear that she had to wait in jail for five years until all the factors came into play for her innocence to be proven. The ongoing success of this album gives us hope, and her vindication is our own: we have been given back that which was taken from us by the disorganized and donwright frightening judicial system of Latin America. "Cómo Nace el Universo" is, as one of my friends called it, a real life happy ending.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece, December 14, 2004

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R. Rua Rodriguez "rrua" (San Juan, Puerto Rico United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Como Nace El Universo (Audio CD)

Nine years after her last album and just three months after being freed from her unfair 5 year stay in jail, Gloria Trevi comes back to music with her best album yet. Gloria left bad moments behind, picked up her experiencies and reflects her growth through 12 songs that go from rock to pop to sweet ballads. Her voice sounds stronger than ever, and she is still rebellious, untamed (listen to "el domador"), angry, sweet and nostalgic at the same time. She dedicates tracks to her son ("Como nace el universo)", Sergio Andrade ("Eres un santo"), machismo ("Nieve de mamey"), presidents ("Senor presidente"), her mother ("Metida hasta el cuello"), her late daughter ("Timbres postales al cielo") and even jail ("Horas tranquilas"). This is probably her most biographical album to date and definitley her best.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a dream, new Gloria music, December 9, 2004

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Rob Ez (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Como Nace El Universo (Audio CD)

If in 2003 I was told that next year I would see Gloria Trevi free AND hear a new album, I would have laughed and said "Yeah right". What a crazy year this has been, as we have seen a lunatic gun-happy president destroy this country and re-elected, and now, Gloria Trevi free and back in full form, after we all thought her to be forever enclausterated.

"Como Nace El Universo" marks the return of Gloria Trevi to music. After all that was said and done, we cannot deny that Gloria was and still is a tortured artist who verbalized her pain in song for our amusement and observations. This CD is no exeption to her adventurous legacy.

Produced by Armando Avila, the album is everything that is Gloria, rough, disorganized and beautifully painful. Once she cried of mistreatment and deceit, today, nothing has changed. The characters may have come and gone, but Gloria is forever probing herself and producing material that will entice all to probe themselves. From longing for love from the wrong person ("Eres Un Santo" "Volveria A Buscarte") to her typical blunt male views ("Nieve De Mamey"), Gloria once again makes an album that is a mirror, where everyone can see a part of themselves.

Spending 5 years in jail have not broken Gloria at all. Whether she was guilty at all, the question was never about her music and that is where I think people will have difficulty in separating the two. I hope for the best for Gloria, for I have much more respect to her artistry now, for having the courage to smile at the world when public opinion would rather spit in her face. Music needs her.