A Year Without Rain [Deluxe Edition] [CD+DVD]

Selena Gomez and the Scene | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: CD+DVD
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B003Y66MTA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,439 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Round & Round

2. A Year Without Rain

3. Rock God

4. Off The Chain

5. Summer's Not Hot

6. Intuition

7. Spotlight

8. Ghost Of You

9. Sick Of You

10. Live Like There's No Tomorrow

11. BONUS TRACK: Round & Round (Dave Aude Radio Remix)

12. BONUS TRACK: A Year Without Rain (EK's Future Classic Remix - Radio Edit)

13. BONUS TRACK: A Year Without Rain (Spanish-language version)

Editorial Reviews

From the Artist

"I really wanted something that felt good to perform, but had a techno/dance vibe," Selena says. "I wanted something that had meaning and melody, and more empowering lyrics."

Product Description

What do you do after striking gold with your first solo album, wrapping your third season starring in a hit series and earning raves for your movie debut? If you're Selena Gomez, you dance. At least, you get the world on its feet with A Year Without Rain. A follow-up to Kiss & Tell, Selena and The Scene's gold-certified Hollywood Records debut CD, A Year Without Rain shows Selena and her band, The Scene, in a whole new light, this one pulsating, multicolored and ready for the mirrored ball.

Deluxe Edition of A Year Without Rain includes 3 additional tracks as well as a DVD with over 50 minutes of material including:
- Girl Meets World - Extended Edition: a Behind the Scenes look at Selena Gomez's life on the road and in Europe on tour
- Girl on Film - behind the scenes at a Selena Gomez photo shoot
- A Year Without Rain Video Shoot AND behind the scenes
- Round & Round music video
- Naturally music video

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Selena's Sophomore Album is Sensational, September 24, 2010

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A. Gooding - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Year Without Rain [Deluxe Edition] (Audio CD)

First off, I love Selena Gomez as an actress and as a role model. If you look at the likes of her contemporaries like Miley Cyrus or Emily Osment who are going a sexualized/edgy route with their music and movies, Selena stands out because she is simply NOT turning into a bona fide sellout.
You will not find a song on this album that talks about getting drunk and partying irresponsibly (like Katy Perry or Ke$ha), or being arrogant and promiscuous (like Miley Cyrus' "Can't Be Tamed"). And that's what I really like about her, this album is mature and fun at the same time. She is reaching for an older audience while still connecting with her younger audience.

I really enjoy all of these songs on this album. My absolute favorites are the soaring "A Year Without Rain", the effervescent song "Off The Chain", the feel-good dance hall jam "Spotlight", and the hauntingly beautiful ballad "Ghost of You". This album is so much better lyrically, vocally, and stylistically than her debut "Kiss & Tell". This album "A Year Without Rain" is strictly dance/techno pop and its very cohesive and calculated (in a good way). "Kiss & Tell" was too all over the place for me, but it was her learning album of where she want's to go with her music. It's obvious after "Naturally" that she chose the dance route because it suits her voice wonderfully.

Speaking of Selena's voice, I am throughly impressed and happy that her voice has matured so much. She seems to have more control and her high notes are so pretty, especially in the song "A Year Without Rain". The one thing I do miss from "Kiss & Tell" was how much more raw it was compared to this album. This album is so slick, shiny and processed to perfection. Which I don't necessarily have a problem with since this is a dance pop album.

Some of the complaints I have read on iTunes reviews are talking about how auto-tuned this album is and that the band is pretty much non-existent. Pop listeners need to remember that this is 2010 and the use of auto-tune is on almost every pop album out these days. It's the trend nowadays and it will pass, but for now this is what is "hot". Hollywood Records has an especially big liking to using auto-tune these days. Listen to Miley Cyrus' album "Can't Be Tamed" and you will hear that it's so overproduced and so auto-tuned you may not be able to hear the real Miley in the songs. At least with "A Year Without Rain" I can still distinguish this is Selena Gomez singing. It's not hardly as overproduced as Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment (like her new songs "Let's Be Friends" and "Lovesick") or Ke$ha so I'm thankful for that at least.

About the band also known as "The Scene", they are really just there to help her perform live. Just because they are a band doesn't mean that they have to take turns being the vocalists. This band is centered around Selena Gomez, we all now that. We didn't buy this CD solely to hear "The Scene" play some instruments, so come on people stop complaining about nothing.

Overall, this is a fantastic album if you love Selena Gomez and dance pop music. If you are looking for rock songs, this is the wrong album for you. Selena's voice has grown so much from "Kiss & Tell" and this album just marks the beginning of a successful, long career in acting, singing and designing fashion. I would recommend this CD to anyone looking for fun music by a talented, beautiful, wonderful role model: Selena Gomez.

33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bought this for my daughter, Selena is a great rolemodel!!, November 17, 2010

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D. Russell (Flushing, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Year Without Rain [Deluxe Edition] (Audio CD)

You could call me a strict parent - I am very picky about what I will allow my daughter to listen to or watch - and so far Selena Gomez has been great. You will find no Miley Cyrus or Justin Beiber at my house - but Selena Gomez comes off much more responsible and together. The extra DVD that came with this cd was so heartfelt and genuine and was a peek into what she is really like as a person. LOVED IT!! The music in my opinion is mostly for a younger audience - sort of bubblegum, but a couple tracks I do find myself singing along with my daughter. Overall, anything Selena gomez I think is a good choice!

20 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Live Like There's No Guitars, September 21, 2010

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This review is from: A Year Without Rain [Deluxe Edition] (Audio CD)

First, let me just say that Gomez has an incredible voice and is a wonderful actress. Her choice of notes and voice phrasing is pleasing to the ears. It's hard to come across triple-threats (especially for her age) that have a stage/on-screen appearance like she does. Definitely one of America's sweethearts, Gomez will no doubt go far with her time in the limelight.

However, her sophomore effort A Year Without Rain, was disappointing IMHO. I was excited to rush out today and pick up both pressings of AYWR (regular and deluxe), as I am an avid Gomez supporter. I won't go through each song picking out the meticulous details of why and how each song was blah blah blah. Just know that this album is incredibly devoid of guitars and any rock-esque edge her debut CD(Kiss & Tell) had. Granted, Gomez wanted more dance-oriented material with a hint of techno on this album. Even so, I found it very light and forgettable. I can't see dance/techno fans being drawn to this release for the music alone...considering the tons of other well established options out there. The only standout tracks for me were "Rock God" and "Live Like There's No Tomorrow". I found the use and somewhat mockery (towards another Disney star) of the phrase "Rock Mafia" in the former pretty funny. "Live Like There's No Tommorrow" is a saving grace...a beacon in the night if you will, for this play list. The rest of it sounds like the writing and composition was rushed and just demoed on a synthesizer. I am in no way criticizing her voice...just the music and writing itself. At least don't put the songs "Ghost OF YOU" and "Sick OF YOU" side-by-side. Even when I was opening up the mini poster inside of the Deluxe Edition, expecting rays of light and a goddess of demi-like proportions to jump out of the paper...I found myself looking at a mini calender with a banana-yellow Selena on stilts. Yep, I'm not joking.

She needs to stop doing any covers and bring Ethan, Joey and Greg back with full force. Gomez has a real chance to break away from the post-Disney cookie-cutter-curse. When I saw her for her homecoming show last year (Dallas, House of Blues)...she was THRASHING to the guitar solos. The performance was top-notch and she was rockin'. I just can't see that same type of energy being used on this new album. If she continues with this direction I have a feeling "The Scene" part of her title will disappear. Those guys will move on to some real bands. Again, she's a fantastic singer and one of the most beautiful girls on this planet, but for this album she needs to STOP & ERASE. I know it's blasphemy to say anything negative about everyone's fave wizard...but the music really just didn't measure up to Kiss & Tell. JMO. Peace.