Customer Reviews

XXX (Spanish)

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I first encountered this CD in 1994, hearing the cut, NEW TRACKS IN THE DUST on Chicago's smooth Jazz station, WNUA. In Chicago, for several decades, there has existed the phenomena called "Stepping", formerly known as "Bopping". This is a dance style, cool, slick, and reminescent of a slower, less frenetic style of jitterbugging. NEW TRACKS IN THE DUST is a perfect stepping cut.

I then went out and bought the CD. I was immediately captivated by the cut, MY PERFECT LOVER, with its haunting melody, and deep piercing synthesizer backgrounds. Miguel Bose has a good voice, and excellent background vocals, giving latin rhythmn its rightful place in the annals of cool.

THE HURT PARTY is a rockers tune, seemingly playing for teenagers, but with lyrics far too mature for young people. Miguel sings, "we would box so unclever, ducking and weaving, a TKO...", describing the actions of two former lovers, one who has recently dumped the other, and the other pleading for a second chance. The music is frenetic, and the rhythm is superbly blended into the lyrics.

A good CD for listening and dancing.

In mid-1988, just after this album was released, the New Age station in Buffalo played "Big City", but never said who it was by or what it was called.

FINALLY I have found the song, which is just as haunting as I remember it, and have discovered an entire CD-worth of diverse, yet just as haunting, music the likes of which I have never heard before.

Miguel Bose may not be a native speaker of English, but his command of the language in song is impeccable. While the English lyrics may not do justice to the original Spanish, they fit better than one would expect.

If you weren't a fan before hearing this CD, you will be once you do.

As the English version, this CD worths a lot. The music from mid '80s makes me remember when I was a teen. Anyway, if you listen to Miguel Bosè one time, you have to turn into a fan! Buy it, if you can!!

In the 80's Miguel Bose released a trio of superb albums (bandido, salamandra, XXX) that were made in the new wave aesthetic, later in the 90's he would move into adult contemporary territory. XXX is the peak of that period and tough Salamandra had the best singles, XXX as a whole album is the best of the three. The album is primarily electronic, made of progammed sequences and synth riffs, with some sax and trumpet used very elegantly on a few songs. The two singles are classics (como un lobo, duende). The music is superb very well produced by Tony Mansfield (a-ha). Regarding the lyrics he uses a lot of metaphors and abstract writing as with all of his albums of that period. The only song that is really straight and simple is the one in english (over my head), he didn't write it. with this album Bose ends, a trilogy maybe? and surely the best period of his career. I recommend this album to fans of rock & pop in spanish, synth pop fans, and of course Bose fans.

El pop que estaba saliendo de España en los ochentas suena casi contemporaneo. Especialmente Bose. Es el 2006 y todavia me parece que estoy escuchando este disco apenas hace dos años. XXX contiene de las mejores canciones que Bose ha compuesto. Me parece haber leido uno de los reviews que dice que "corazon infame" es uno de los numeros debiles del album. Pienso todo lo contrario. Corazon Infame es una de las mejores canciones del album, con un sonido tan intemporal que podria haber salido este año al mercado. Otra joya es "que no hay", la letra de ambas es poetica mas no cliche, tipica de la forma en que Bose escribe sus canciones. Un "must" en cualquier coleccion discografica.
j f 2006

I was first introduced to Miguel Bose from the beautiful song, "New Tracks in the Dust". Chicago's WNUA use to play it in the early nineties. Thank God for snippets or streamings, because I am sorry, but $50.00 is overpriced for this cd. I cannot speak Spanish, and clearly there is no doubt in my mind that Mr. Bose has talent, but I am disturbed that whenever I try to do research on his website it is in Spanish. In fact most of his music his in Spanish. I find that to be quite selfish. Upon hearing XXX, the songs sounded mediocre and retro 80's. My favorite single is "New Tracks in the Dust", which, by the way is not available on MP3, only the Spanish version. Until this cd is marked down, I will not purchase it. Hopefully, "New Tracks in the Dust" will be available for 0.99$ on MP3. Until then...

For years, I looked high and low for a particular song on this CD and just happened to come across it on Amazon. The song and the rest of the CD is just what I thought it would be......absolutely great. The CD was just like new and was mailed out promptly after I purchased it....very happy with my purchase and the seller.

Great singer and album. One of my favorite singers. About 4 bad borring tracks only. The product was delivered new, undamage and fast. Thank you amazon.

I have been trying to purchase this CD for years and I never could locate it anywhere. Thanks Amazon, I don't know why it took me so long considering you. I know where to purchase now!

TRACK LISTING:

01 - Big City (Confians)
02 - The Eighth Wonder
03 - Lay Down on Me
04 - Big Fun
05 - New Tracks in the Dust
06 - Want You More
07 - My Perfect Lover
08 - Seems Like It's Midnight Forever
09 - Over My Head
10 - The Hurt Party
11 - Living On The Wire (Bonus Track)