Fantasia O Realidad [Limited Edition, Import]

Alex Ubago | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition, Import
• Label: Dro
• ASIN: B0001BS2NA
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,391,898 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Aunque No Te Pueda Ver

2. Fantasía o Realidad

3. Dame Tu Aire

4. Prefiero

5. Cuanto Antes

6. Otro Día Más

7. Allí Estaré

8. Despertar

9. Por Tantas Cosas

10. Salida

11. Sin Miedo a Nada

12. A Gritos de Esperanza

13. ¿Qué Pides Tú?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another winner from Alex Ubago. No sophomore jinx., April 2, 2004

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guillermoj (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fantasia O Realidad (Mcup) (Audio CD)

Alex Ubago's outstanding 2002 debut came out of nowhere for me. As I said in that review it actually came from the great reviewers, who to me are the core of the Amazon.com family. Thank you for your reviews as I keep discovering some unknown gems and have managed to stay away from stuff that is not so good due to your collective efforts!

When I saw that he was releasing his second CD, I was afraid that there could be a sophomore jinx, especially when one considers that all of the songs of that CD came from writing and recording a bunch of songs for his then girlfriend. Would Alex be a one trick pony? For those of us who enjoyed his first release, I can safely say that this one is even better than the debut. The beautiful voice is still there, the song writing is heartfelt, and this time the musical arrangements are better AND here we actually get a couple of uptempo gems ("Allí Estaré" and "Salida") that fit Alex like a glove.

As with his debut CD, I give this release 4 well-earned stars. One thing that some may notice is that lack of immediately obvious out of the ballpark hit singles that were found in his debut, although "Dame Tu Aire" "Prefiero," and "Por Tantas Cosas" (my favorite song with great lyrics and a musical arrangement that really takes off) and the two uptempo songs highlighted above. However, this group of songs flows even better than in Alex's debut, but I do wish that he would let loose with even more uptempo numbers and different musical arrangements to mix things up even more.

A couple of minor quibbles: For some reason Warner Music Latina chose to vary the song selection from that released in Spain. In the US version two songs ("Lo Mas Grande" and "No Soy Yo") are omitted and replaced by three of the best songs ("Sin Miedo A Nada," "A Gritos De Esperanza" and ¿Qué Pides Tu?) from Alex's debut. My feeling is that the record company believes that Alex will break out here in the States and that since for many this will be their first taste of Alex, they wanted to pump it up with proven hits. Although I can understand it, its not too fair to those of us who bought the first CD and love it. At the very least, the two songs omitted should have remained as they would have fit even with the songs from the debut.

In a nutshell, Alex is a talent to be reckoned with and I think that he is here to stay. Latin pop is finally making major inroads in the US and I hope that the trend continues as my musical diet needs a little of everything and it certainly had been missing Alex Ubago's contribution.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This album is missing 2 songs and were replaced with others, February 27, 2004

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R. Vera "Ramonv" (NY, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fantasia O Realidad (Mcup) (Audio CD)

This album is missing the songs "Lo Mas Grande" and "No Soy Yo", the songs we're replaced with 3 songs from album #1, the songs are "Sin Miedo A Nada", "A Gritos de Esperanza" and "Que Pides Tu?".

This album is great but why did Warner Music Latina decided not to include the other songs?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente !, March 4, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Fantasia O Realidad (Mcup) (Audio CD)

Este disco consta de 13 excelentes canciones producidas por este joven cantautor. La musica es novedosa, las letras son altamente sobresalientes y su voz resulta sumamente agradable. La interpretacion es lo mas que caracteriza este disco lleno de sensibilidad y fuerza. Las mejores canciones son: "Dame tu aire", "Prefiero", "Por tantas cosas" y "Sin miedo" que incluye la participacion de La oreja de van Gov. En general este disco resulto ser una agradable sorpresa.