Music CD - Lhasa De Sela: La Llorona

	Music CD: La Llorona Artist: Lhasa De Sela List Price: $17.98 Our Price: $9.74 Your Save: $ 8.24 ( 46% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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Tracks: 1. De Cara A La Pared 2. Le Celestina 3. El Desierto 4. Por Eso Me Quedo 5. El Payande 6. Los Peces 7. Floricanto 8. Desdenosa 9. El Pajaro 10. Mi Vanidad 11. El Arbol Del Olvido
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075678312021 Label: Atlantic / Wea Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Atlantic / Wea Release Date: 1998-08-18 Studio: Atlantic / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Lhasa's La Llorona Comment: I can't get enough of this woman's music! I shout More, More,More! Customer Rating: Summary: SUPRISE, SORPRESA Comment: Este Cd ha sido mi sorpresa del año 2006 Puede ser un CD de música mejicana una obra maestra???. Si la respuesta es YES, entonces La Llorona="Obra maestra". Lhasa no tiene una voz de las que podríamos calificar de "bonita", pero sí que es carismática y tremendamente expresiva. Si a ello añadimos que las canciones presentan unas letras originales, con sentido y mensaje, unos ritmos que se meten en tu sangre y te acompañan allá adonde vayas, unos arreglos musicales "teatrales" en el mejor sentido del término y unos instrumentos musicales irreprochablemente bien tocados, el resultado dificilmente puede mejorarse. No tengo ni idea si Lhasa está arriba o abajo en el raking de las cantantes superventas. Pero si es lo primero....es lógico,y si es lo segundo...esperemos que tarde o temprano, LHASA, se haga justicia con tu forma de enteder la música. Customer Rating: Summary: Frida's more attractive soundtrack sister Comment: Utterly amazing and unique sound. Her voice is so powerful. Customer Rating: Summary: Almost perfect CD Comment: The only reason I am giving this CD 4 stars instead of 5, is because it is too short! Lhasa's voice is sultry, sad and powerful. The music is haunting yet airy. Perfection! Customer Rating: Summary: Felt like eating ice-cream in drizzling rain... Comment: Funny, i had no idea about this album nor the artist.. My mother was in Istanbul airport waiting to board the plane for New York and she was just strolling about in the last minute newspaper/souvenir stores. The music playing in the shop got her attention and she asked the owner at the cash register if she could purchase the cd. The store owner agreed and took it out of his CD player and gave it to her half price since it was used. (At least he included the outer cover and the booklet inside). I first listened to the album while i was chatting late night on the computer with my friends. I wasn't paying much attention to the lyrics or the songs, it was just intended to be background music. I finished the whole cd, i was still chatting, and i wanted to listen it again. I didn't understand the lyrics, but it sounded sad. I felt bad, it made me think that De Sela came from poverty and an unhappy childhood, i thought of South American kids running around in narrow streets.. I realized that i really loved these songs, i don't know what the lyrics are about, it just sounds that there is some pain and love in these songs.. In the 5th song "El Payande" it sounds like she is defying somebody/something and then gives in. And then the next song starts playing, it made me recall a summer in Barcelona.. Gaudi, colors, late nights a touch of Picasso somewhat Don Quixote... This cd is for people who are looking for a piece of imaginitive music, not intended to listen in the car or whilst jogging.. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Lhasa De Sela has distinguished herself as a singer and storyteller with her debut album, La Llorona. The 25-year-old Montreal resident, who grew up traveling through Mexico while living on a school bus, sings of her tortured heart with the accompaniment of guitarist-producer-arranger Yves Desrosiers and a cabaret-style band. Already compared to those of Edith Piaf and Billie Holiday, De Sela's haunting voice is memorable on each of the 11 songs (only 3 are nonoriginal) that range in inspiration from Mexican ranchera to Eastern European klezmer. --Cristina Del Sesto