Por Eso Gracias (Jewl)

Pandora | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 29, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony U.S. Latin
• ASIN: B0002CHJN2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,585 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Me Cuesta Tanto Olvidarte

2. Sin El

3. La Maldita Primavera

4. El Amor de Mi Vida

5. Jamas

6. Eres Tu

7. Hazme Olvidarlo

8. Que Ganas de No Verte Nunca Mas

9. El Me Mintio

10. Algo de Mi

11. Como Te Va Mi Amor

12. Mi Corazon Reclama

13. Se

14. Por Eso

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We will miss their angelic voices!, June 30, 2004

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Saul Pena "Romulan World" (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Por Eso Gracias (Jewl) (Audio CD)

This is by far the best cd Pandora has recorded, the song selection could have not been better, such classic songs in their voices and with new and crisp arrangements can only sound ear candy.
They even went to the extent of recording a new version of "Como te va mi amor" with the sweet voices of their offsprings as an intro.
14 songs to say goodbye to all of us fans, since this is their final recording.
Mecano, Marisela,Camilo Sesto, Valeria Lynch, Lupita D'Alessio, Yuri, Mocedades, Alvaro Torres and Amanda Miguel should be proud of the amazing vocal arrangements Pandora provided to their hits.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Honestly, don't bother thanking us!, August 5, 2004

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Rob Ez (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Por Eso Gracias (Jewl) (Audio CD)

I have always had a soft spot for Pandora. I consider myself quite the fan. I have always liked their "Abba"-esque harmonies and their ability to sell any song. As time has proven, Pandora continues to inspire Spanish music and their musical history is now deemed legendary. Take a look at the current reality show "La Academia" (Mexico) and you will note the less-than-bold assumption that in every episode, at least one Pandora song is performed or utilized in any given way.

That being said, I must express my dissapontment with what could have been a potentially masterful album. Marketed as their "goodbye" album, this is an album of covers from Spanish pop history, done in the "Pandora" style. They have chosen their favorite tracks and recorded them as a way to state that they feel they will join the lights of the classics they are interpreting, from Mocedades (Eres T?) to Mecano (Me Cuesta Tanto Olvidarte) to Amanda Miguel (El Me Mint?o). The performance for the latter alone is enough to give this album a -10. Hailed by many as a love classic, Pandora sings it in the same way one would read a grocery list. Monotonous and unenthused!!

The entire vibe of this album is missing. I would like to think that they set out to purposely keep it monotonous and low key, as a way for one to focus on the message and not be distracted by the musical arrangement, but even the word phrasing on this album is quite horrid, that even Pandora sound dissapointed! If Pandora were not enjoying the making of this CD, how can they expect for the rest of us to keep attention??

The album does have one sweet moment. The intro to their re-recording of their own classic "Como Te Va Mi Amor" was sung briefly by the women's children. It's a sweet corner stone where their blood meet their work. However, the re-recording sounds like back drop music to a car commercial. Music you're only meant to hear, but not necessarily feel.

Ultimately, I believe that only Pandora worshippers can tolerate this album. For music geeks like myself, we have come upon better. I know for a fact that Pandora is capable of doing great work. WHY would they want to lock themselves down and releasing such a misleading and dissapointing goodbye?? It almost makes me wish they would have not bothered at all, for I would have had a lasting impression of the once-great vocal group, Pandora.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Muy BUENO, aunque falto un poquito de mas emocion., July 7, 2004

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J. Torres (Bronx, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Por Eso Gracias (Jewl) (Audio CD)

Pandora es mi grupo latinoamericano preferido de todos los tiempos.

Pienso que este album esta muy bueno. Se me hace parecido al anterior (En Carne Viva) sobre todo en la manera tan simple de cantar, lo cual lo hace escuchar monotono. SIN EMBARGO, al igual que el otro CD, Uno tiene que escucharlo algunas veces y ahi uno empieza a coger la onda de este CD. EL CUAL ESTA MUY BIEN HECHO Y CANTADO.

YO se que le falta la chispa de emocion a sus voces. Ahi algo que no esta ahi, pero sin embargo las canciones estan super.

EN MI OPINION, la cancion ALGO DE MI es LA MEJOR CANCION.

La interpretacion de PANDORA en esa cancion es excepcional, no le tiene nada que envidiar a las canciones viejas de Pandora.

QUE GANAS DE NO VERTE NUNCA MAS es otra que esta super buena. Lupita D'alessio tiene que estar orgullosa que su clasica cancion ha sido cantada nuevamente y bien hecha (al igual que en Salsa con La India).

ME CUESTA TANTO OLVIDARTE es otra de las que mas me encanta.

La tuve que escuchar dos veces para que me empieze a gustar y me parecio MUY Creativa la manera de Cantar la ultima Parte de la cancion cuando dice " Y AUNQUE FUI YO quien decidio que ya no mas." Les quedo muy bien hecha.

Las otras canciones tambien estan buenas, sobre todo Sin El y La Maldita Primavera.

Muy buen trabajo, no le di 5 estrellas porque le falto mas emocion en algunas canciones, pero de ahi esta muy bueno. Comprenlo!

Fernando