Shakira Album: “Grandes Exitos”

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This includes a bonus DVD disc. Personnel includes: Shakira (vocals, guitar). Producers include: Shakira, Luis Fernando Ochoa, Lester Mendez, Tim Mitchell, Pablo Florez. Compilation producer: Tim Mitchell. Recorded between 1995 & 2001. Includes liner notes by Leila Cobo. For this Latin pop superstar, a greatest hits album offers a chance to taste some of the sweetest fruits from the healthy vine that is the Shakira catalog of albums. Things kick off appropriately enough with "Estoy Aqui," which also opens Shakira's 1996 album PIES DESCALZOS. It's a powerful opener, and its mix of acoustic guitars, pop chorus, and prominent dance beat speaks volumes about the nature of the singer's work. Another important aspect of Shakira's sound is represented strongly by "Si Te Vas" from DONDE ESTAN LOS LADRONES? Redolent of Alanis Morissette with its vocal swoops and pointed rock rhythms, it showcases the angry-young-woman side of Shakira. Of course, the monster 2001 hit "Whenever, Wherever" from LAUNDRY SERVICE would render any Shakira compilation incomplete by its absence, but this disc isn't just about the hits; it lets listeners experience all the shadings of which this multi-faceted artist is capable.

Shakira, half Lebanese and half Columbian, is a talented songstress who has put out a gem of music with this CD. It's entirely in Spanish, and even if you don't understand Spanish completely, it's absolutely wonderful to listen to, especially if you like Shakira's vocal style. The tempo is upbeat for most of the songs on the CD. Musically, the CD is a really rich mixture of half-Latin and half Lebanese/Middle Eastern flavor.

This is a perfect CD to have Shakira's hits collection.. i have been a huge fans of shakira since oral fixations era, so i started to seek her previous hits and I got this album and it is really gerat all songs are gerat.. but I prefer you to get the Live&Off the Record which is her live version of hits collection (she sang more beautiful there) but if u dont want the live version, this is a perfect CD for you. Go get this CD now, especially if you are a Shakira fans .

BY FAR THE BEST COLLECTION OF HER SONGS IN SPANISH. HER VOCAL RANGE SEEMS TO ME HITS A BETTER NOTE IN HER (AND MINES) NATIVE TONGUE. A BIT MESSY AT TIMES IN ENGLISH STILL ENJOYABLE. EVERYTHING THAT US LATIN AMERICANS LOVE ABOUT HER IS IN THIS COLLECTION. NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED OR MISSED HER EMOTION, HER SONGWRITING, JUST HER PERIOD.