No Es Lo Mismo (Special Edition) [Remaster] (CD - 2003)

Descripción del Album: Personnel includes: Alejandro Sanz (vocals, Flamenco guitar, tres); Lulo Perez (various instruments); Michael Landau (acoustic & electric guitar); Jose Antonio Rodriguez (Flamenco guitar); P.... Leer Más

Descripción del Album: Personnel includes: Alejandro Sanz (vocals, Flamenco guitar, tres); Lulo Perez (various instruments); Michael Landau (acoustic & electric guitar); Jose Antonio Rodriguez (Flamenco guitar); Paco De Lucia (Spanish guitar); Hamadi Bayard (tenor saxophone); Carlos Martin (trombone); Anthony Jackson (bass); Vinnie Colauita, Horacio Hernandez (drums); Luis Conte (percussion); Raul Midon, Javier Valverde, Lena Perez, Maria Antonia (background vocals).

Recorded at The Hit Factory, Miami, Florida; Glenwood Place, Los Angeles, California; Sintonia, Madrid, Spain.

NO ES LO MISMO won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album.

This release includes a bonus DVD featuring music videos, live performance footage, and an electronic press kit.

Personnel: Alejandro Sanz (vocals, flamenco guitar, tres); Dan Warner (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon-string guitar); Michael Landau (electric guitar); José Antonio Rodríguez (flamenco guitar); Hamadi Bayard (tenor saxophone); Lulo Perez (trumpet, piano, keyboards, programming); Carlos Martins (trombone); Anthony Jackson (bass guitar); Horacio "El Negro" Hernández, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Tomás Cruz (congas); Luis Conte (percussion); Raul Midón, María Antonia Nogaredo, Irene Vázquez (background vocals).

Alejandro Sanz, one of Spain's biggest musical stars, expanded his stylistic palette with NO ES LO MISMO. The title ("It's Not the Same") hints that Sanz will be mixing it up here, and that's exactly what he does. In addition to his usual concoction of flamenco-infused Latin pop, Sanz adds rock, hip-hop, bolero, and son, among other styles. Among the love ballads the artist is known for, there are also songs that address social issues, and production from Cuban musician Lulo Perez gives the album a sharp appealing sheen.

There's a bigger beat to Alejandro Sanz's seventh studio album, but that beat isn't rock & roll, or Ricky Martin-type disco, either. The title track says it all--"It's Not the Same." And in case there was any mistake, Sanz throws us curveballs such as "Sandy," a title that on another singer's album would probably mean a run-of-the-mill love song. Instead, it's about 2003's catastrophic oil spill on Spain's Costa De La Muerte.

NO ES LO MISMO is perhaps the most European of Sanz's releases thus far in its confident melding of Latin and pop rhythms. His signature flamenco style is well represented here, as well as bossa nova and son, all set against a backdrop of blues, jazz, and a hint of disco. But to reduce Sanz's oeuvre to its component parts is to do the man a disservice. What is most compelling about NO ES LO MISMO is the way Sanz and his co-producer, the Cuban musician Lulo Sanchez, have synthesized these separate yet complementary elements into one purely individual style. In NO ES LO MISMO Sanz has crafted an album that, while it hews to his Spanish roots, has its eyes set firmly on the US charts. Reducir