Juan Manuel [Enhanced]

Plastilina Mosh | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 17, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Astralwerks
• ASIN: B00004YLFG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #303,782 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars mi estereo es heroe nacional, January 2, 2001

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Alexandra Carbone "sophrosune" (San Juan, PR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Juan Manuel (Audio CD)

This is a really good album. I am constantly surprised that a band this amazing is virtually unknown in the States except in the rock en español circles. I love Beck and the Beastie Boys, but PMOSH, while similar, blows both of them out of the water for me. A bold statement, I know, but one I feel perfectly confident making. Juan Manuel is their second album, and while I think Aquamosh (their first album) is better as an album, having somewhat more continuity and being a fuller album in a way with a longer playing time, I was not disappointed in the least by Juan Manuel. This album made me want to shake my booty more than Aquamosh did, and it is more tongue in cheek. While they rock out in Aquamosh, they kid around more in Juan Manuel, but the music is just as eclectic and listenable. I love this album to death, I would recommend it to pretty much anyone.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frighteningly good second album, December 14, 2000

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Daniel Sutton "opwernby" (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Juan Manuel (Audio CD)

With a more laid back (in general) style than the first album, Aquamosh, this release shows a maturing of style as the band progresses. As in the first album, as many styles as possible have been virtually crammed into the tracks on this record, encompassing disco, rock, jazz, rap and as many others as possible; the band retains its retro sound but (and here's the really impressive part) manages to produce an album which sounds almost completely different from the first release, to the point that I, personally, find it difficult to say which album I prefer, or which is better.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Plastilina Mosh - Juan Manuel, December 3, 2000

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Felipe Cussen A. (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Juan Manuel (Audio CD)

Este disco es una excelente muestra de lo que puede convertirse el kitsch a nivel musical. A través de una variedad de ritmos (latino, disco, hip hop, dance, incluso medio rockero), logran conformar un conjunto de obras que podrían estar al borde del mal gusto pero que, en sus manos, se convierten en excelentes canciones, con una gran producción, delicadeza, y sentido estético. Para hacerlo se basan en diversos instrumentos: sampler, teclados antiguos, guitarras distorsionadas, scratch, baterías programadas, y ocupan muchas veces voces rapeadas o vocoder para enuncar textos completamente absurdos. Por eso mismo, siempre da la impresión de que estuvieran realizando una parodia de la música que han escuchado toda su vida. Pero esto no le quita calidad a lo que hacen sino que, al contrario le da una nueva dimensión, una profundidad adicional.