RBD - Rebels
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Free Music Review: It's ok
Hit: 3 Stars
I'm an RBD fan and I must say that this album is not as great as their Spanish albums. Yet there are some songs that I really enjoyed off this album that make me wanna dance. One thing that RBD did was take some of their Spanish album songs, and translated them into English Versions. A problem that I seemed to have with that was that they literally translated every single word from Spanish to English, and not everything that makes sense in Spanish makes sense in English. The heavy accents though didn't bother me too much, since English is obviously not their first language. The songs from their Spanish albums that you can find in this English album are:
Songs taken from "Rebelde":
Solo Quedate en Silencio = Keep it Low Down
Tenerte y Quererte = Connected
Salvame = Save Me
Songs taken from "Nuestro Amor":
Nuestro Amor(Es Asi) = This is Love
Feliz Cumpleanos = Happy Worst Day
Songs taken from "Celestial":
Dame = My Philosophy
These are probably the songs I like least from this album, although I love the Spanish versions. The songs all sound exactly like their Spanish Counterparts, with the exception of "Save Me" (Salvame), they improvised it with acoustic guitars, and it kind of sounds like a gospel song, which I just couldn't really get into.
Best Songs from this album are:
Tu Amor, their first English single very nice song sung by Cristian Chavez.
Wanna Play, fun danceable song with a Latin Rhythm.
Carino Mio, Has a fun Reggaeton beat, and I don't like Reggaeton, but I liked this.
Era La Musica, Another song filled with Spanish Rhythm & Beats ,and Spanish Guitars.
Overall, I enjoyed this record for their dance tracks, but their Spanish albums top this.
Free Music Review: It's good but better in spanish
Hit: 3 Stars
RBD really tried their best to do a good CD in English and they somewhat succeeded. I like listening to the CD and I eventually didn't notice their bad accents. If you are English speaking- you won't understand why RBD is so popular by listening to this CD. My adivice is to buy the spanish one. Even if you don't know Spanish, you'll love it. Then when you get to liking it you might want to buy the English one just to hear more from them. I remember when that song Drangostea Din Tei came out in Romanian, I don't know Romanian and I loved it. I know that if they sang in English I wouldn't enjoy it as much so just buy the Spanish CD and you'll eventually understand it. You can get their lyrics and put it through a translator website and you can somewhat get the meaning. They all sing MUCH better in spanish and their spanish songs are more "them" so you should definitely not judge them solely on this CD. Get the Spanish ones, the first or third and you will definitely love them. OO and i wanted to clear up why they're called Rebels. In the novela which they were in they were in they did not conform to all the rules and rose up against them to help other and for justice. So they literally are "Rebels" to the meaness and injustice of the world. They also were like typical teenagers and broke the rules they thought made no sense- all in goodness and innocence.Free Music Review: DON'T BUY THIS CD IF YOU LOVE RBD....
Hit: 2 Stars
...Because after hearing these songs you will start to hate them! The lyrics don't sound right at all! They couldn't have found somebody whose first language was English to translate for them? And Dulce's voice, which was only moderately annoying in Spanish, is grating in English. Especially with her heavy accent!As a matter of fact, everyone has an annoying accent (duh, 'cause their first language is Spanish). I can hardly understand what they're trying to say so I look up the lyrics and it's just a bunch of gobbledegook. The only reason why I'm giving them two stars is for trying. They tried, but they failed. I really do love RBD, I just love them in Spanish.Free Music Review: Release in English a little rough
Hit: 3 Stars
Rebels by R.B.D. was originally released Dec. 19, 2006 but it has taken me a month and a half to translate the whole album and write a review on it.
Okay, I jest. This album is in English (except for the last song) and has touches of Spanish intertwined for spice. A good deal of the songs are translated adaptations from their earlier albums, so fans of the group will notice some similar sounds. The lyrics on the other hand... I have not heard any of their other songs before, but I can tell you whoever translated those songs did their job. Unfortunately, they did it literally.
One that really bugs me is in My Philosophy. "Always lookin' for a minimal sign." How about "the smallest sign?" Same number of syllables and it sounds much better. Or what about "I can't stand sometimes the morning light" from Save Me. These small flaws make me wonder how English lyrics sound when translated into other languages.
For fans of nasal music artists, "Connected" features the singing of Dulce Maria. I hope it's just singing in English that makes her sound so bad. I have to rate the song at least one star less because of that. She also leads off in This Is Love, but thankfully gets pulled after the first stanza. I think the only saving grace for her is her decent looks. But again, I haven't heard her sing in Spanish so I won't write her off completely.
Two inclusions on Rebels make me question whether I received full value for the $9.99 I spent on the album. This album was released before Christmas, but remixing and slightly rewording Tu Amor, which is one of the good songs on the album, was a lazy thing to do. Don't get me wrong - it doesn't sound bad. The move brings back memories of Billy Mack in Love Actually though. The only way he made his song No. 1 was singing naked, a sight we don't want to see from R.B.D., unless it's only the female band members.
Celestial is just a sampler from their Spanish album of the same name. Two minutes of wasted disc space. You do get to hear 30 seconds of My Philosophy in Spanish though, and it seems better than the English version.
Rebels does have several redeeming qualities. The afore mentioned Tu Amor and I Wanna Be the Rain are two beautifully composed ballads that caught my attention on my initial listen through. Additionally, two reggaeton-ish songs, Wanna Play and Cari?o Mio, made me want to bring the dancer out of me. Salsa-sounding Era la M?sica did the same, but I didn't think it wise to dance while driving. Oddly enough, I liked Money Money, sung entirely in Spanish, a lot too. I still don't know what they're saying in the song though.
If you don't mind Spanish accents and a new taste to your music collection, try Rebels out. Just make sure you don't pay more than $10.
Free Music Review: very pleased
Hit: 5 Stars
ITS AMAZING THIS WASNT SUPPOSE TO MAKE IT FOR CHRISTMAS AND IT DID MY DAUGHTER JUST LOVES IT