Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual

Juan Luis Guerra

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 15, 1998)
• Original Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Karen
• ASIN: B00000GBYS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #102,063 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

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Beginning in 1989 with his breakthrough album Ojala Que Llueva Café, Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra shook the Latin pop world by writing music that was successful both artistically and commercially. Without losing sight of the dancers on the dance floor or of hook-driven radio, Guerra reworked Dominican merengue, and later the romantic, bolero-like bachata, with sophisticated jazz harmonies, poetic lyrics, and top-shelf pop-style production. He even made some astute connections between modern Caribbean and West African pop. But in 1994 he disappeared from view. Ni Es lo Mismo ni Es Igual shows an artist finding his way back, looking for the markers he left behind but not wanting to simply re-create the past. He has a couple of potential hits in "Mi PC," a catchy merengue in which Guerra romances using the imagery and language of our computer world, and "El Primo," a witty, crisp merengue about a cousin who "knows Michael Jordan and is an actor / Breathes underwater and is a painter / Is a sociologist and pilot planes...." The highlight of the disc is "El Niagara en Bicicleta," a merengue-rap that deals with the tragicomic miseries of health care in the contemporary Dominican Republic and shows Guerra at his very best: a devastating social critic with a fine-tuned pop sensibility. No Es lo Mismo is solid rather than impressive. But still, solid, for Guerra, is already better than most anything else on the Latin music charts. --Fernando Gonzalez

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars clasico de la musica danzable latina.., October 25, 1999

By A Customer

En un tiempo en que la musica latina ha caido en su momento de mayor inercia...albumes como el de Juan Luis son un oasis en medio de la aridez creativa de los artistas hispanos. "Ni es lo mismo ni es igual" es excelente en todos los aspectos: exquisitez y originalida en las letras, sofisticados arreglos que nunca caen en la repeticion y la sordidez, sonido de primera y concepto general del album con una secuencia logica. El problema de los cantantes latinos es que en su mayoria son solo interpretes y carecen de una vision musical solida. Juan Luis es un musico, pero de los buenos, quien nunca compromete la calidad y la honestidad artistica en aras de ser popularizado despiadadamente o buscando ser articulo de consumo que se venda por unas treinta monedas de plata...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He just CAN'T do a bad album - No sabe grabar un mal album, July 24, 2000

By	Manny Hernandez "Author of Ning For Dummies" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

After quite a while of being away from the recording studio, Juan Luis, the best Merengue composer of the world, came back to deliver, once again, an outstanding piece of poetry combined with moving dance music.

He just doesn't seem to be able to put out a record with material that's not going to make it. This one is no exception. You'll love it, just as much as any other Juan Luis Guerra algum you might already have. If you don't have any other albums by him, it can be an excellent album to start collecting his music.

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Despues de un tiempo de estar alejado del estudio de grabacion, Juan Luis Guerra, el mejor compositor de merengue del mundo, regreso con una grabacion fabulosa, que reune nuevamente su poesia y su sabor.

Pareciera no saber lanzar al mercado albumes que no sean perfectos. Este no es la excepcion. Te encantara tanto como cualquier otro album que tengas de el. Si no tienes ninguno, este puede ser un muy buen album para empezar tu coleccion de Juan Luis Guerra.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars O melhor álbum de JLG!, February 21, 2005

By	André Luís (Natal, RN Brasil) - See all my reviews

"Ni es lo Mismo, Ni es Igual" é, sem dúvida, o melhor álbum de Juan Luis Guerra. Cada uma das 11 faixas do CD prova o seu perfeccionismo quando ele faz música.
Os 4 merengues (1, 2, 5 e 9) são dos melhores que já compôs (destaque para "El Niágara en bicicleta"). A salsa "Quisiera" (faixa 4) é deliciosa (veja também a versão balada dela em "Colección Romantica" de 2001).
As bachatas aqui ("La hormiguita" e "Palomita blanca") são as melhores e mais românticas dele. Falando em romantismo, completam o CD as lindas faixas 7, 8 e 10 ("Testimonio", "Amapola" e "Sobremesa", respectivamente) e a última música, uma versão de "Amor de conuco", apenas violão e voz, ótima!
Juan Luis Guerra é um músico de primeira qualidade. Suas composições são harmoniosas, perfeitas e toca nossos corações profundamente - seja com merengues, bachatas, salsas, baladas... Não deixe de apreciar seus outros trabalhos ("Para Ti" de 2004, por exemplo, tem ótimos merengues), nos quais NÃO vejo músicas que pudesse descartar, jogar fora, ou seja, não tem música-lixo (e tem muuuuita música assim em nossos dias... em espanhol, português, inglês... arghh!).