Mana - Amar Es Combatir
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Free Music Review: Wonderful Music, Plain and Simple
Hit: 5 Stars
O.k. I must admit I am a longtime fan but this may be their best ever. You will enjoy every song.Free Music Review: More like a romantic album
Hit: 5 Stars
A like all songs on this album but they all talk about love and hugs and kisses....still good!!Free Music Review: Great album
Hit: 5 Stars
this album is awesome, just as good if not better than Mana's older stuff. i love it!Free Music Review: Ama el Amor, Love the love
Hit: 4 Stars
I've been awaiting this album for years. Mana is my favorite band in the whole world and this album, while it wasn't the mind-blowing CD I had built up in my mind, is still a great album that was worth the wait. Yes, 85 percent of the album is all about having loved and lost and loved and lost again, but really, isn't that why we love these guys? They fill their music with real emotion that anyone who's ever been in love can identify with.
What I liked about this album -- solid production -- I vote they keep recording in Miami! -- strong, incredibly well-crafted lyrics full of real feeling and the further evolution of the band's sound while still retaining its style. When you hear a Mana song, you know it, and yet it keeps developing into a higher level. What I didn't like -- I agree with the reviewer who said they couldn't find a solid cohesive theme on this one like in past albums. Maybe it's because we have three prolific songwriters now instead of just the two, but there's a greater mix of music style and lyric themes, which can be good but it makes me a little nostalgic for the work they did on Suenos Liquidos (my favorite)and Cuando Los Angeles Lloran. I also miss the socially and environmentally conscious songs on past albums such as Me Voy a Convertir en Un Ave and Selva Negra. Even Revolucion de Amor, which was heavy on the love and light on the revolution, had Pobre Juan and Angel del Amor. The two songs on Amar Es Combatir that stray from the love-loss-love, Combatiente and Relax, are great, but they're more along the lines of Nada Que Perder than they are Donde Jugaran Los Ninos. I miss that and hope they return with a few more like that on the next one.
In the mean time, I'm going to keep enjoying Amar Es Combatir, because it is a good album, very listenable, with enough tunes taht really make you rock out and dance, preferably with someone you love.
My favorites:
Labios Compartidos -- a Mana song through and through, very well crafted.
Ojala pudiera borrarte -- very bittersweet song that'll make you cry even if you don't understand a word of Spanish. It's really beautiful and anyone who's ever had a bad breakup would identify with this one.
Bendita La Luz -- another lovely song with Juan Luis Guerra, beautiful guitar work by Sergio and filled with lovely metaphor and sentiment.
El Rey Tiburon -- a guaranteed hip-shaker, this one had me dancing from the first listen. Yeah, it's silly, but it's also a lot of fun.
Somos Mar y Arena -- this one's very poppy but still a lot of fun and good to the ear.
Combatiente -- I like the lyrics and the thought behind this song more than I like the music, which is the first Mana song I've ever heard that sounded kind of repeated. But it's still good.
Relax -- Powerhouse desperation, great and strong.
Tengo Muchas Alas -- I don't love this song for the music because it's very much adult contemporary sounding, but the lyrics are really inspiring and uplifting.
Arrancame el Corazon -- I always like it when Fher and Alex work together with such great results, and this is a good, hard-rocking song. It's the angry breakup song. Ouch.
But it's all good. I highly recommend it.
Free Music Review: Maná + Already Proven formula = Their best recording since "Donde Jugaran los Niños"
Hit: 4 Stars
Ok... first of all the only reason "Amar es Combatir" does not get a 5 star rating from me is because the over-statement made by Fher (vocalist) on a recent Mexico TV interview when he adressed "Amar es combatir is a kind of NEW and EXPERIMENTAL mix of sounds (bachata, regaee, cumbia) from Mana, put it all together on a all LOVE-oriented album".
I am ok with the love piece, but I strongly disagree withe the "new" and experimental statement.
For those U.S. and 20-something spanish/mexican readers, MANA is the "upgraded" version of "Sombrero Verde" the ORIGINAL band form by Fher, Ulises and Juan (and sorry for the forgotten original drummer's name) back in the early 80's in Guadalajara, Jalico.
Their recordings back in the day has a full influencies of regaee sounds and Police (the band) influencies...but put that aside, lets focus on AEC.
I agree on most of the commentaries done before...this is a great album, however if you're NEW to Maná I will not put this recording as your first pick to knew the band (catch my drift?)
The Juan Luis Guerra colaboration on "Bendita tu Luz" for me is the BEST track of the album, lyrical and musical speaking..they really deliver!!!
As some other posting comment, if you're an old Maná fan, you can easily recognize those tracks written by Alex.
My final though being the "it-could-be-the-Clavado en un bar- track of the album" goes to "Arrancame el corazon"... I mean the track has EVERYTHING... tempo, power cords, great instrumentation, however, the LYRICS just don't stay put at the same level, and please , ANY OBJECTIVE REAL MANA FAN would really can feel it the same way after hearing the first minute of such track.
A great album, by a great Mexican band... I am really not complaining and still will be enjoying it for a very long time!