Shakira: MTV Unplugged
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Description: The 23-year-old Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira has become an international star thanks to her rich, emotive voice and thoughtful songs. Her albums
Pies Descalzos and
Dónde Están Los Ladrones? are platinum in the U.S.; now, as something of a taster before the release of an English-language disc, comes this recording of an acoustic performance for MTV. Shakira's songs translate well to the format; in some ways
Unplugged is her most muscular music yet. The opening "Octava Dia" gains punch from its dramatic arrangement, while the elements of traditional music in "Ciega, Sordomuda" are applied with wit and charm. Fans of Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette who haven't caught on to Shakira yet are in for a pleasant surprise when they hear this.
--Rickey Wright
Tracklist of Shakira: MTV Unplugged
Reviews:
Not Her Best
I am a huge fan of Shakira, but I have to say this album isn't her greatest by far. The only songs on here that sound good are Octavo Dia,Moscas en la casa,Donde estan los ladrones,No creo and Ojos asi. The majority of the other songs aren't sung very well, and are somewhat incoherent because of backup singers and Shakiras weird way of singing on this album,like in Estoy Aqui on this album.
Terrible. The worst unplugged ever.
I don't know what happened with this production. It could have been very good but the result was a complete mistake.
Ok I know that all her fans are going to be ungry and say that this review is not good at all but come on, let's face it. She sings 11 song. 10 of this song are from her album "Donde estan los ladrones" and the other one is from "Pies descalzos". What?, who can understand this when "Pies descalzos" gave her the oportunity to be where she is and brought her several hits (some of them bigger than the ones from "Donde estas los ladrones"). Also there are no new songs (every unplugged has new songs or at least covers, here NOTHING). The cd only has 11 songs, every unplugged has more than that. So do you think that this is a good production?.
This is NOT a copy
Those saying that this is a copy of DELD are wrong. This is the best of Shakira's songs at the time of making. The purpose of this CD was not to produce a greatest hits album, but to show Shakira's varied style of singing and songwriting.
I found a lot of these songs to be an improvement on the studio versions (espically the slow numbers).
Buy this if you liked Shakira on tour, or want to hear some variety in style. Here's a little tip; the more you listen to it the more it grows on you