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Post by Carlitoz on Sept 7, 2011 15:25:47 GMT -5
NEW ALBUM MISS LITTLE HAVANA SEPTEMBER 27  |
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Post by Carlitoz on Sept 7, 2011 15:34:50 GMT -5
Don't like the first single at all and don't like the album cover either. Fun idea, but horribly executed. It looks like a bad photoshop job. The face doesn't fit well with the rest of the head, bad face expression and even the wig looks almost as if they used the picture from her previous dance album Gloria! and reused it here replacing the face and the flower.  I'm a big fan so I'm still buying it and hope I will like all her album except Wepa of course. |
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Sept 7, 2011 19:15:02 GMT -5
Simply awful - especially since she looks so great on the cover art of that annoying single that shall remain nameless. Hopefully, there will be some good tunes.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Sept 7, 2011 20:01:52 GMT -5
I see she dug out that wig from the "Don't Let This Moment End" video and Gloria! eras.
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Post by horchata on Sept 8, 2011 14:45:25 GMT -5
I don't really care how bad the album cover is, but I am looking forward to this.
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Post by Carlitoz on Sept 11, 2011 22:56:00 GMT -5
One more track released from the album. Very 80s or is it too 80s? Not really feeling it yet. :(
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Sept 12, 2011 0:23:53 GMT -5
One more track released from the album. Very 80s or is it too 80s? Not really feeling it yet. :( It sounds like a mid to late 80's song. It feels like it could have been on the Primitive Love or Let It Loose albums. I keep waiting for the obligatory extended Shep Pettibone dance break to come in. If the production were a little more modern, it feels like the kind of song Jennifer Lopez would come out with now. I think if it were to get remixed by Rosabel (Ralphi Rosario & Abel Aguilera), this could sound better. But this one is just not single-worthy at all. |
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Post by beebee on Sept 13, 2011 18:36:11 GMT -5
Why did they have to use a pic from the 1998 "Gloria" album ? I know she's not that fit anymore as she was in this era but still her and the label should have made some effort.
This era is a mess, so sad.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Sept 13, 2011 20:04:41 GMT -5
Why did they have to use a pic from the 1998 "Gloria" album ? I know she's not that fit anymore as she was in this era but still her and the label should have made some effort. This era is a mess, so sad. I think that she still looks pretty good. They could have just used a head shot for the cover. It's ridiculous. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2011 23:32:56 GMT -5
I loved Wepa! But this new song sucks a bit. And the cover! Ugh! She really didn't bother to give a quality material, if the presentation card is that thing for cover. So sad.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Sept 16, 2011 1:17:07 GMT -5
Listening to this new song makes me really sad at the state of what her musical direction is now. I was listening to her Gloria! album during the week and that made me long for the creativity, artistry, and fun of that record. I preferred the songs that had been produced by Tony Moran. Those were the highlights for me. I wonder if she would ever work with him again in that sort of capacity again. Back to the cover for a moment. One thing I noticed when doing some research for someone else was that certain countries actually got the same head shot of Gloria from the new CD cover for her 1998 Gloria! album too.  |
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Post by esoteric76 on Sept 16, 2011 15:13:32 GMT -5
The cover artwork is sad. Just take a look at the brilliant cover for Alma Caribena (2000). Just gorgeous.
This is the best they could do?
I love this woman, so obviously I want it to be brilliant.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2011 17:30:30 GMT -5
Not too discredit the original poster's post, but, are we sure that's the official cover? It's SO lame, shouldn't be real :(
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Sept 16, 2011 18:15:41 GMT -5
I'm gonna be a contrarian here but I like the album cover... and I think Gloria looks great and very fit for 54.
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Post by Carlitoz on Sept 19, 2011 8:25:15 GMT -5
The cover artwork is sad. Just take a look at the brilliant cover for Alma Caribena (2000). Just gorgeous. This is was the best they could do? I love this woman, so obviously I want it to be brilliant.  |
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Post by Carlitoz on Sept 19, 2011 8:28:28 GMT -5
Not too discredit the original poster's post, but, are we sure that's the official cover? It's SO lame, shouldn't be real :( Hey, xfer. Don't worry, you're not discrediting me at all. ;) I wish that was not the cover, but at this point I would say it is. Gloria was recently at the Chelsea Handler show and she gave Chelsea a copy of the CD and it had that cover.... I think the album cover is a cool idea with a lot of potential, but poorly executed.  |
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Post by Carlitoz on Sept 19, 2011 8:35:09 GMT -5
Online I found a short article and comments about the album, pretty much what we've been talking about or criticizing. www.cromosomax.com/6523-gloria-estefan-revive-gloria-en-la-portada-de-little-miss-havana What I didn't know that apparently Gloria has already said that it is a collage of many previous Glorias. It was pretty obvious, but now it seems that was the purpose. I guess that's the style of the Miami artist who created the cover.... |
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Post by Carlitoz on Sept 19, 2011 8:44:17 GMT -5
The artist is David Lebatard A.K.A LEBO.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Sept 19, 2011 17:01:22 GMT -5
A literal collage with images of her from throughout her career would have captured that better.
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Post by Carlitoz on Sept 20, 2011 10:37:12 GMT -5
A literal collage with images of her from throughout her career would have captured that better. I agree. |
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Sept 27, 2011 14:57:22 GMT -5
Anyone pick this up? I really like a few of the tracks. It's a pretty good album.
Might like the Pitbull remix of Wepa better than original.
And it's cool that she put Let's Get Loud on the album.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Sept 28, 2011 3:59:44 GMT -5
Despite the subpar choice as the first single and second song previewed, the album is actually pretty good. It feels like a second-rate followup to Gloria!. Her vocals are still pretty good (surprisingly). The lyrics on some of the songs are absolutely cringe-worthy. I had the same sort of reaction to some of the songs on Hard Candy. Her attempts at being sexual/sexy feel so weird and out of place. I was absolutely shocked back in the day when she came out with "Love Toy" and "Sex In The 90s" which just felt so pedestrian within the context of the albums. |
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Post by Carlitoz on Sept 28, 2011 13:01:30 GMT -5
I'm buying my copy toda :) She's one of the very few artists from whom I bought still physical albums for my collection. I usually buy just the mp3.
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Post by esoteric76 on Sept 30, 2011 11:33:27 GMT -5
I loved Unwrapped, but Little Miss Havana seems like a huge step down from that one. The songs are not sticking with me. I was really looking forward to this, but I'm not loving it.
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Post by Carlitoz on Sept 30, 2011 12:22:07 GMT -5
I loved Unwrapped, but Little Miss Havana seems like a huge step down from that one. The songs are not sticking with me. I was really looking forward to this, but I'm not loving it. Yesterday I bought my album and after listening to it one time, I'm feeling the same way you do and I'm a big fan of hers... It sounds so dated to me. As if I'm listening to one of her records from the 80s, but not exactly because I like her songs from back then. We'll see. I'll listen to it more. I may change my mind eventually. It took me many weeks with Wepa to go from I HATE THIS to IT'S OK.... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2011 20:05:13 GMT -5
At first listen I liked like 3 or so songs. But I listened to it later while my niece was using the computer, and i liked a few more. It's not better than my all time favorite Gloria album: Alma Caribeña, but it's pretty decent.
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Post by Carlitoz on Oct 2, 2011 12:58:29 GMT -5
Rompiendo Puertas Alma Caribeña and Mi Tierra are untouchable classics, master pieces in my opinion. This one is far far far far from that.
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Post by ashley on Oct 2, 2011 16:31:49 GMT -5
I think this is one of my favourite albums of the year.
The best songs IMO:
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Wepa
Make Me Say Yes
Heat
The hook on Make Me Say Yes is ridiculously good - "Somebody else's lover" just gets stuck in my head immediately.
Pharrell's production is amazing and Gloria bringing the live horns creates such a great sound.
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Oct 2, 2011 17:53:42 GMT -5
Hmmm... I don't know about this album... I'll have to listen to it some more...
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Oct 3, 2011 14:22:59 GMT -5
I have listened a few times and I think this is one of my favorite albums from her.
The Emilio songs are far superior to the Pharrell productions, I would say.
Hotel Nacional
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Make My Heart Go
Say Ay
Wepa
"Make My Heart Go" makes me crazy.
The "na na na na na na na na" part is catchy as hell!!!
This is a really good album. (Make Me Say Yes, though, is an obvious rip-off of Gimme More. HUGE rip-off, I think. And I wont be surprised to see a lawsuit.)
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