Entre El Cielo Y El Suelo (Reis)

Mecano | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 20, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony U.S. Latin
• ASIN: B000AP2YY0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,896 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #82 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Spain

Editorial Reviews

1998 BMG Music Spain import!!! UPC 4007192577897 Disc, case, and artwork are clean, like New Collectible.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mecano Defined An Era, January 29, 2006

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James Fisher (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Entre Cielo Y Suelo (Audio CD)

Mecano was a Spanish group that set a trend for Latin pop. It likened its sensibilities to the kind of rock/pop that was most famous in the United States and in Britain. Not quite New Wave, it was a synth heavy, intricately weaved song structure and featuring a quintissential girl lead singer, which at around 1982 when their first album came out was a main cup of tea.

Entre El Cielo Y El Suelo (In Between Heaven And The Floor) is the group's fourth and finest studio record. Released in 1986, it perfects all the aspects that made Mecano great in the first place and pushed the envelope in terms of songwriting, aesthetics, and harmonics. Their first CD was a fresh sounding concoction, featuring the band's signature songs, amid other more uneven songs whose fault was more of a lyrical immaturity than anything else. The next couple of Mecano records delved into this immaturity. They wanted to experiment within the boundaries of commercial pop and did so but in a very flawed matter.

There was an enormous transition between their third CD Ya Viene El Sol in 1984 and this classic that is unexplained for. Perhaps the reason for this was because one of the Cano brothers (Jose Maria) started contributing regular compositions and he proved to be unequivocally the better songwriter of the two brothers. Also the production is more assured and this record boasts a new batch of Mecano classics, such as Hijo De La Luna, perhaps the finest song in the group's catalog. There is not a single weak track in the record. It's a mesmerizing case of pitch perfect inspiration that elevated the status of a group that was starting to remain purely a cult hit. Entre El Suelo Y El Cielo amplifies them as the finest Latin pop group of the 1980s. The spectrum was theirs and theirs alone.

Unfortunately, this edition of this record omits two songs from the original track listing, which is composed of twelve songs, not ten. If you can get a hold of the complete record, you get "Las Cosas Pares" and "Te Busque."

Classic tracks: Ay Que Pesado, Hijo De La Luna, Me Cuesta Tanto Olvidarte, No Es Serio Este Cementerio and Cruz De Navajas

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD is QUALITY POP, July 13, 2001

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nyasb (the Southland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Entre Cielo Y Suelo (Audio CD)

I don't speak Spanish. The only reason I ever heard this CD, or know the gist of some of the songs is because of my Mexican girlfriend. Although at first I thought some songs were a bit cheesy sounding (I had only the music to go on), the tunes grew on me FAST and I realized (after getting clued in to some of the lyrics) that what I perceived as cheese was inventiveness, confidence, and attitude. Though I still can't understand the words, in my opinion this album stands up with ANY pop album of the mid-late 80's/early 90's no question. Any true fan of pop is doing themselves a disservice to overlook this album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly one of Mecano's best, January 1, 2008

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internacionalista "viajera" (san francisco, ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Entre El Cielo Y El Suelo (Reis) (Audio CD)

This CD is the stuff that Mecano fanaticism is made of. There isn't a bad song on the album, which was recorded at the height of the group's fame in Spain and all over the Spanish-speaking world. Worth the purchase even it's only to have the amazing "Me Cuesta tanto olvidarte". Awesome and moving.