Enrique Iglesias - Euphoria (album review 2) (original) (raw)
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Release Date: 2010 | Tracklist Review Summary: You would stand by me forever Enrique, but I don't think I can stand you anymore.Enrique Iglesias, the Spanish heart-throb that has taken ‘your breath away’ many times before with his gorgeous looks, those steamy music videos and of course that voice has decidedly adventured out of the norm and released his first Spanish spoken album – well, half in English and half in Spanish – Euphoria. Enrique explained that this was a great idea seeing as, “The US is now the biggest market for Spanish songs, so this is an experiment.” Enrique has always featured the Spanish language in his music i.e. “Bailamos” yet, having whole songs in Spanish will most likely deter some listeners and turn them away. It can get quite frustrating when stumbling across the Spanish spoken songs-- and this is a sentiment for the Euphoria as a whole. It’s just so gosh darn frustrating. The first single from the album ‘I Like It’ is a poppy rave, that is more of a dance anthem than anything Spanish. The sound is unmistakably the trademark up tempo Iglesias sound, yet still manages to sneak in a sample of Lionel Ritchie’s ‘All Night Long,’ which must be said, is no mean feat, yet completely destroys the vibe of the song. As Euphoria flows on the tracks float in between the ‘Hero’ era Enrique, the modern up-tempo Spanish sound of ‘Bailamos’ Enrique and the new “I’m a down with the cool kids” rave Enrique. This mixing and matching of songs really doesn’t fit the criteria of the way a pop record should run, especially when half of the tracks can’t be understood – if you can’t speak Spanish. The constant mixing and matching of tempo’s like on “Heartbeat” makes it sound like it’s been through a blender. Changing from slow piano ballad to a hideous sounding dance tune, “Heartbeat” does everything wrong, in a sense that the hook of the song is probably the least catchy part of it and Enrique vocals are completely bland, coming off monotone. Lyrically things haven’t changed over the years, with the basis of the lyrics focussing on heartbreak or love, which is shown in “Why Not Me”: _“Why oh why tell me why not meWhy oh why we were meant to beBaby I know I could be all you needWhy oh why oh whyI wanna love youIf you only knew how much i love youSo why not me”_Who would have thought? Enrique can’t get any! Euphoria is really a mixed bag of a record that tries a little too hard at being something different, tries a little too hard at recapturing the glory of the past and tries a little too hard capturing a new fan base. All this is too hard to garner in one single record. In essence, Enrique’s experimentation for writing an album that is that little bit different is an utter failure, yet the guest spots such as Usher’s on “Dirty Dancer” gives the album some highlights as the mix of rave like dance beats, a decent hook in the chorus and some lovely vocal work from Usher make it worth listening to again. Euphoria is just to samey, just to tiresome and just too boring. Instead of trying to create an album that will ‘wow’ a new audience - that obvious fails in that aspect - Enrique should go right back to focussing on getting Jennifer Love Hewitt back in bed. other reviews of this albumAtavanHalen (2)A string of hits trails off into a Latin pop wasteland. Muy mal, en verdad.... | |
| DouglasJuly 15th 20109303 CommentsAlbum Rating: 2.0Ok, first things first.- Really quick write up - this is for Enrique/ Bailar11 to spam all he wants.- Please pick up errors, since there will be heaps. - Probably my most laziest review in along time.Ha, this is really a dreadful album. FugueJuly 15th 2010
7371 CommentsStill think Enrique should review it himself.DunpealJuly 15th 2010
4453 Commentspos'd for summary alonelolIreJuly 15th 2010
41944 Commentsreturn to formShadowRemainsJuly 15th 2010
28032 CommentsInstead of trying to create an album that will ‘wow’ a new audience - that obvious fails in that aspect - Enrique should go right back to focussing on getting Jennifer Love Hewitt back in bed.lmaonice workIAJPJuly 15th 2010
378 Commentsi like it is fucking insanely and annoyingly catchy DouglasJuly 15th 2010
9303 CommentsAlbum Rating: 2.0I'm glad Enrique approves. And yes Bloc this is terrible. BitchforkJuly 16th 2010
7581 CommentsEnrique has always featured the Spanish language in his music i.e. “Bailamos” yet, having whole songs in the language, it will most likely turn some listeners away as only being able to understand the English speaking Enrique, as it can get quite frustrating when stumbling across the Spanish spoken songs, and this is a sentiment for the Euphoria as a whole.Sentence is totally fucked up.DouglasJuly 16th 2010
9303 CommentsAlbum Rating: 2.0holy shit, dunno how i missed that. BitchforkJuly 16th 2010
7581 CommentsYeah there are a few more like that strewn about, but that was easily the worst offender.ProlapseJuly 16th 2010
4374 CommentsI'm writing a review for this, but it's taking me foreverBitchforkJuly 16th 2010
7581 CommentsIt's always so hard to capture the genius of Enrique.youresocuteJuly 17th 2010
40 Commentsan enrique review on sputnik? is this a jokeProlapseJuly 17th 2010
4374 CommentsloltombitsJuly 19th 2010
3582 CommentsI lol'd heartily at this Dougie, love it.DouglasJuly 31st 2010
9303 CommentsAlbum Rating: 2.0supPrince1993August 29th 2010
553 CommentsAlbum Rating: 3.5I fuckin love this album.It makes my ear oragsm. LolcouldwinarabbitMarch 7th 2011
6996 Commentsrulez hard.FuneralopolisDecember 4th 2012
14586 Commentsremember that Bailier guy who had like 500 enrique englaises alts?RIPDouglasDecember 4th 2012
9303 CommentsAlbum Rating: 2.0rip indeed 1 2 Next | |