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Hellville De Luxe

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It is a little bit odd to consider "Helville DeLuxe" as the return of Enrique Bunbury. Three years ago in 2005, he dismembered his band (El huracan ambulante) and apparently decided to retire from the stage for a while. I consider this period in which he supposedly "retired", one of the most brilliant and productive of his career. He recorded both a studio and live album with Nacho Vegas ("El tiempo de las cerezas" & "Liceu BCN"), toured with "Heroes del Silencio" and released a CD/DVD from that tour, wrote songs for Spanish artist Raphael and recorded several duets (studio and live) with many of his friends, Shuarma, Cabas, Aurora Beltran, Lila Downs, Mikel Erentxun, Jaime Urrutia. Four years after his last solo studio album (the awful "El viaje a ninguna parte"), Enrique delivers "Hellville DeLuxe"

And what an incredible album it is...

Without intending to catalog the album I find it to be more rock and roll oriented, there are little bits and pieces reminiscent of the multicultural-cabaret style he carried in his previous works, yet this album sounds different, powerful and more mature ("Si no fuera por ti" and "Bujias para el dolor" are two examples of what I mean) I never thought I would not miss the "Huracan ambulante" at all, the band that accompanies him on this album are the perfect complement for Enrique's new songs and themes. If "Flamingos" had the clear influences from David Bowie, I would dare to say "Hellville Deluxe" is a Leonard Cohen-esque work, take for instance "Todos lo haremos mejor en el futuro"

As a lyricist, it is obvious he's evolved too, after writing some of what I consider his worst lyrics for "El viaje...", "Helville DeLuxe" is a superb follow up to what he did with Nacho Vegas in "El tiempo de las cerezas", the lyrics are deep, mature and highly autobiographical (take for example "Hay muy poca gente" or "El hombre Delgado..."), which may not be as surprising from the moment the whole album is dedicated to his partner JoseGirl. All those ridiculous accusations of plagiarism did nothing but increase the expectation for the album release, yes, he uses phrases written by other people in some songs (as he's always done, not sure why until now someone decided to bring that up) but he uses those to create new songs, so do many other artists who don't have to endure accusations from the media of something they aren't doing (as Enrique stated on his website "plagiarism is a perfectly defined word")

A great work and an incredible follow up to "El tiempo de las cerezas", we have yet to see how these songs perform live and what new arrangements will the band have for the songs written prior to this album. This is being released in America as a standard CD version with 11 tracks, in Spain there was a separate release on vinyl format that included the 11 tracks from the CD plus 4 extra tracks ("La herida secreta", "Bobby Peru", "Esto se hace" and the originally written for Raphael "Ven y camina conmigo), hopefully those will be released sometime in the future. I had the opportunity to listen to those and while they are very good tracks and an interesting remake of "Ven y camina conmigo", somehow they don't seem to fit well with the rest of the album.

Another impeccable release from Enrique, highly recommended.

Aunque soy muy fan de Enrique, no he comprado un disco suyo desde Pequeño Cabaret Ambulante (que me fascina!). Me decidí a comprar este, considerando las buenas críticas que leí. Y no estoy arrepentida... que disco más bueno! Enrique vuelve a sus raíces rockanroleras que a él tanto le gusta mencionar y este trabajo le salió de maravilla. No hay canción mala, a mí me gustaron todas. Altamente recomendado!!!

So I played this for a month straight. Great CD!
Classec Bunbury songs and lyrics, you wont be dissapointed with this Spanish Rock Legend

This is one of the best albums I've heard all year. There's not a weak track on it.

EL DISCO MAS ESPERADO POR TODO LOS FANS DE ENRIQUE DESPUES DE LA VUELTA DE HEROES, VALIO LA PENA UN CAMBIO TOTAL DE RUMBO, VOLVIO A SUS PRINCIPIOS ROCKANROLEROS DE UNA MANERA NOTABLE, DEMOSTRANDO UNA VES MAS QUIEN ES EL MERO MERO EN EL ROCK N ROLL EN ESPANOL, SIN DEJAR ATRAS SUS DISCOS ANTERIORES QUE ESTUVIERON DE P.. MADRE TAMBIEN.

If you are a fan of Enrique Bunbury, you will, most likely, enjoy this cd.

Enrique NO necesita de premios basura (lo nuestro, grammys, etc), El es un gra musico de nuestro tiempo, este trabajo es Magnifico, un Gran trabajo de un artista de culto , en vivo es extremadamente mejor, no hay palabras que pueda decir, solo. Gracias Bunbury por llenar este vacio (de musica mediocre) con tu excelente propuesta,,

To anyone who knows about Heroes del Silencio, this is not new. Enrique Bunbury rock's!!! I was very surprised with this new solo release of Bunbury. I want to say he got back to basics and did what he's known for... good music. Great album, I just wished he would have chosen a better guitar player for the tracks, someone who would have given the tracks more edge. don't get me wrong I liked the tempo of the album but the guitar playing left something to desire. Other than than that, it is what it is, an Enrique Bunbury experience.

Enrique Bunbury es lo mejor cantante en todo el mundo. Bunbury tiene un voz único. Nadie tiene un voz como Enrique. Aún me gusta tanto Los Heroes Del Silencio , pienso que Enrique tiene mucho talento en su carrera solista. Soy Americana, y hablo español. Es una joya a escuchar Enrique. Cuando el viene a EE.
UU por la gira Hellville De Luxe 2008-2009 me voy al concierto con mis amigas.