El Tren de los Momentos

Alejandro Sanz

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2006)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Music Latina
• ASIN: B000IZJGKM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #19,039 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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This ambitious, 10-track CD by the Spanish vocalist/composer Alejandro Sanz translates into English as The Train of Moments. Sanz's Andalusian-aired, flamenco-flavored vocals are backed by co-producer Lulo Perez's evocative synth arrangements and urban beats--with the help of Mana drummer, Alex Gonzalez, and Ketama vocalist Antonio Carmona--and other hip collaborations. Sanz teams up with Shakira on the spare, Brazilianized track "Te lo Agradezco, Pero No" and mixes it up with the rap duo Calle 13 and guitarist Juanes on the hip-hop/reggaeton-friendly ode to female seduction "La Peleita." The martial and moody video single "A la Primera Persona" contrasts with the rock-ish "Se Molestan" and the jazz-tinged piano chords on "Donde Convergemos." Sanz has been a pan-Latino powerhouse for over 15 years, and this recording will no doubt solidify and expand his position in that pantheon. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

Product Description

Album includes collaborations with Shakira, Juanes, Calle 13, and Alex Gonzalez. Production contributions by Thom Russo (Audioslave, Macy Gray, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, and Mana).

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Authenticity, November 18, 2006

By	Luciana Sarra "Sarralucia" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

El Tren de los Momentos, as well as Alejandro Sanz's previous CD, No Es Lo Mismo, are great examples os a singer's ability to be authentic. Years go by, life changes, people change, and their way to see (and to sing) reality follow suit. The poetry, the energy, and the intentionally-hidden interpretations of Alejandro Sanz's work fascinate me once more. Different? Yes. But here lies the beauty of this newborn CD: El Tren de los Momentos pictures life in its forever changing state. My advice? Change with it! Just get on this train and enjoy the beauty of accepting change.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Una total decepcion., November 10, 2006

By	Sonia Pimentel "spimentel" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

¿Donde quedo el maravilloso poeta que nos regalaba intensas emociones en cada una de sus letras? Que nos regalaba sentimiento en cada cancion.

Este disco es una burla, se podrian rescatar 3 y media canciones: Enseñame tus manos, Se lo dices tu, A la primera persona y una parte de Te lo agradezco, pero no, porque aun esta ultima en sus estrofas finales es un desastre.

Las letras de casi todo el disco son realmente insoportables, indignas de Alejandro Sanz. ¿Donde esta el baladista romantico que nos enamoro? Creo que se lo trago la onda rap-reguetona en la que anda metido.

De hecho "La peleita" es la peor cancion de Sanz en su carrera: "Tu corazon pequeño como un limon" ¿Qué falta de respeto es esa? ¿Esa es una letra de un artista que se respete?

Y con "El tren de los momentos" uno se imagina una balada fuerte y sentida de esas que Sanz sabe escribir y muy bien. Pero resulta un desastre que no vale la pena oir dos veces, no solo porque no es una balada, sino porque tiene una música decepcionante.

Por mi parte voy a hacer como que este disco nunca existió... Es una involución, un retroceso, totalmente prescindible. Y que conste que estoy de acuerdo con la evolución del artista, pero el concepto musical que se maneja no respeta al Alejandro Sanz que admiramos.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great return to form from Sanz, November 30, 2006

By	Daniel Fernandez (Sydney, New South Wales Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After the mediocre last CD No Es Lo Mismo this is a true return to form Alejandro.

The only reason this didn't get a five is because 5 is what Mas and El Alma Al Aire got. As good as this CD is it's not as good as those ones.

What stands out is that Alejandro seems to be going back to his sound pre-No Es Lo Mismo (thank god for that). There is a nod to 3, Mas, and El Alma Al Aire in this CD.

The stand out tracks for me are "Ensename Tus Manos" and the duet with Shakira "Te Lo Agradezco Pero No" which is brilliant. I'm not a big Shakira fan but they've managed to tone down her voice enough to make her bearable and the song brilliant. Shakira is an original singer but her voice can be overpowering and isn't really made for ballads. Anyway, both those songs will be huge.

Other great tracks are "En La Planta De Tus Pies" which in singing style for Sanz... sounding awfully like Tiziano Ferrer. It works. "Te Quiero Te Amo" is another cahnge in direction for Sanz, a bluesy number which also works (think John Mayer's latest work). "A La Primera Persona" is also a great song which is all over radio.

Two complaints, one minor one major. The minor one is that the flamenco influence has been toned down considerably particularly musically but also slightly in his voice, in Mas and El Alma Al Aire his voice was filled with flamenco infections. I always loved those things about his music.

The major complaint is that Alejandro Sanz does not do rock or urban very well yet he continually tries to and it needs to stop. The worst songs on the album are all the ones where he delves into rock or urban such as "Se Molestan" (terrible) and also "Peleita" with Juanes & Calle 13. You wouild think with a line up like that it would be brilliant but it's just really bad.

Ni Es Lo Mismo was wasted money, this one is worth buying and everyone should.

Now, we'll see what he does with his impending English language album.