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Fuerza Natural

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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.

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

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.

Cerati does it again with Fuerza Natural. It's a return to Bocanada, but not as ambient-type. I definitely left behind the electric guitars of Ahi Vamos, as the albums stays in mid-tempo throughout. There's plenty of good songs here, such as Fuerza Natural, Deja Vu and Desastre. If you like Cerati/Soda Stereo, this is more than recommended.

Me encanta este disco porque tiene canciones que seran sin duda clasicos. Ojala Cerati despierte y siga su legado musical.

Este album para ser realmente apreciado debes escucharlo tres o cuatro veces. Al inicio no da la impresion pero es uno de los top 3 albumes de Ceratti en cuanto a calidad. Es facil identificar el estilo puro de Ceratti en algunas de sus canciones.
Si bien prefiero Bocanada, este no esta lejos de ser uno de sus mejores trabajos.

El vinilo se escucha de lo mejor, disco doble con muy buen arte, incluye las letras de las canciones, un poco caro pero vale la pena.
No incluye descarga digital.

Not only a Grammy album, but the best album of Cerati's carreer.
Fuerza Natural sounds great and shows Gustavo Cerati at his best performance, very nice voice, compositions, arrangements, etc.
It's a very nice production, well recorded, mixed and mastered.
No doubt, I'll recomend it.

Another piece of sound construction mastership by Cerati in a fun and flowing way, its a delight to listen, with a bit of more rock vibe than most of his solo albums.

Sad but true, this can't be considered the best or even it can't be leveled amongst any of Cerati's best works... As time goes by it will get to the place it deserves: on a second or even third row behind previous works by Cerati and far away from what he did before with Soda Stereo. It lacks colour on instrumentation and voices, a very few exciting melodies and no profound lyrics, although it sounds very well crafted just as if it were recorded with a great dedication and honesty.

A couple pop gems can be found anyway, fitting into classic Gustavo Cerati's style, worth watching for and which may satisfy the commited fan but, perhaps, may not result convincing enough for the newcomers...

The advise would be that if you are new to Cerati, then you might consider better looking after "Amor Amarillo", "Ahí Vamos", "Bocanada", "Siempre Es Hoy" or even "Colores Santos" before grabbing "Fuerza Natural". On the other hand, if you're used to listening at Cerati's music, you may feel somewhat disappointed the first time you give it a try, and then a bit better the more you listen to it, but never will feel the same as with previous Cerati's works.

On a side note, after listening the whole album a few times, it results somewhat puzzling and inevitable to question about the more than obvious similarities between "Amor Sin Rodeos" and "Can't Find My Way Home" (Blind Faith, 1969, Blind Faith), or between "Cactus" and "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" (Fleet Foxes, 2008, Fleet Foxes), or between "Fuerza Natural" and "John Barleycorn Must Die" (Traffic, 1970, John Barleycorn Must Die), or between "Déjà Vu" and "Tell Me It's Not Over" (Starsailor, 2009, All the Plans), or between "Magia" and "Falling Away" (Marion Raven, 2006, Set Me Free)... curious.