Fuerza Natural

Gustavo Cerati | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: August 28, 2009
• Label: Ariola
• Copyright: (P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment S.A
• Total Length: 56:11
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• ASIN: B002MCJNBQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,507 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)
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5.0 out of 5 stars His best solo effort., September 5, 2010

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MARCOS ANTONIO BELLO PEREZ "rock and roll always" (La Coruña, SPAIN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fuerza Natural [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

Gustavo Cerati has proven he is a very prolific and talented musician, but this last work just reafirm that fact. This double vinyl issue is beautifully made and sound just fantastic. Gustavo is in a bad health situation right now, hopefully he will get out of it to keep living the way the does and making us hapy not only for that but for his generosity for giving us the gift of the music. Best album from his personal catalogue in my opinion.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing sound and music....para volar, May 2, 2010

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Jose A. Crespo "Pepesoda" (California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fuerza Natural (Audio CD)

Gustavo Cerati is a wonderful musician all the new songs show the talet that he has everytime a new CD comes out.
GRANDE MAESTRO FUERZA

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4.0 out of 5 stars A career consolidated, December 2, 2009

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R.Suarez "R-Suarez-" (Mc Allen, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fuerza Natural (Audio CD)

3 years after the incredible Ahí Vamos and with the reunion of Soda Stereo in between, Gustavo Cerati returns to his solo career with 'Fuerza Natural', an album produced by him and Tweety Gonzalez (they previously produced together 'Ahi vamos'). Graphic design of the album is, as usual, excellent. From the masked rider in the cover to the suggestive photographs in the booklet, it has been carefully designed to be consistent with the concept of the album.

The opening track 'Fuerza natural', presents Cerati's typical pop song with great lyrics and sets the mood as to how the rest of the album will sound. The whole album sounds to all his different influences of the past, if "Ahi vamos" was an album filled with guitars and Siempre Es Hoy was electronic, 'Fuerza Natural' is a combination of everything, influences from his times with Melero to the latest tour with Soda Stereo in 2007 can be heard.

The first single, 'Déjà vu' is a song that I never got to like completely, but listening to it live, it became a powerful song, if not one of the best in the complete concert setlist; the lyrics, sound autobiographical, a trait not unusual in Gustavo's songs (in the same line of 'Naci para esto' from "Siempre es hoy") the same notes would apply for 'Magia' ("No trates de persuadirme, voy a seguir en esto...") 'Amor sin rodeos' is without a doubt one of the best tracks in the album and a personal favorite of mine, with its country-like guitars. I have mixed feelings about 'Traccion a sangre', while I do like the lyrics and the music (specially in the chorus) is great, Cerati's singing style sounds awkward at times, which is not a bad thing but I found it to be distracting (like for example when he sings "hasta la palabra vacio, me lleno") not sure what it is, it just sounds off. 'Desastre' and 'Rapto' follow the same line of pop-rock songs that may become singles in the future; specially in 'Rapto', you can clearly listen what a great voice Gustavo has, the song feels fresh, rocker and you can tell he enjoys singing this piece. 'Cactus', which could have been named 'Sulky pt 2', is another attempt from Gustavo to add the south American folk rhythms to his music, the result is particularly good but it will remind fans of the previously mentioned song. 'Naturaleza muerta', with a haunting voice of a girl in the chorus and some powerful drums, has become a personal favorite of mine as well. The influence of The Police can be heard in 'Domino', which may also remind of Soda Stereo. 'Sal' could be defined as a power ballad, the piano is just incredible and the way the drums re-enter in the middle of the song is awesome. One of the best tracks in the album. 'Convoy' caused me a little bit of a conflict, the music in the chorus sounds exactly as the one in 'Naturaleza muerta', I am not sure if this was intentional or not, but I have found myself trying to sing the chorus from the opposite song in this one. Finally, 'The Beatles' influence is to be found in 'He visto a Lucy', the title is a clear reference to 'Lucy in the sky...'; this song is a great way to close another impeccable album from Gustavo... or is it? As a hidden track after this one ends wait for '#13', in which Gustavo counts to thirteen creating phrases with each number, an interesting experiment and an always welcomed bonus track

All lyrics are included in the booklet as well as the names of the participant musicians involved in each of the tracks of the album. I had to listen to this album a few times for it to grow on me and, as an added note, the songs performed live acquire another sound, they may not sound extraordinary in the CD but live they just make sense as a whole, they are improved. I have to confess this was my least favorite album until I listened to these songs during a concert in my city.

My personal observations aside, it cannot be denied that this is another impeccable release from one of Latin America's greatest artists.