El Concierto
Artist: Luis Miguel
Community Score: 9.20

El Concierto is a double disc set of Luis Miguel's greatest hits performed live in concert. Miguel throws in a couple of Mexican and mariachi standards that haven't appeared on his album, making the package a necessity for fans. In fact, El Concierto works as a good introduction to the singer, since it features his biggest hits and he gives a... Read More

De Corazón
Artist: Gilberto Santa Rosa
Community Score: 4.00

Santa Rosa continues with more fireworks in another diverse production. Not as eclectic as the preceding Esencia,and more inclined toward his familiar romantic style, but interesting effort, nonetheless. A treat for Santa Rosaphiles. ~ José A. Estévez, Jr., All Music Guide Read More

Amor a la Mexicana
Artist: Thalía
Community Score: 6.00

Essentially, Amor a la Mexicana is a more fully fledged version of Thalía's previous album, En Extasis, which was her EMI debut and her first noteworthy, internationally successful release. The highlights of that album were the ones written and produced by hitmakers, namely songwriter Kike Santander and producer Emilio Estefan, Jr., the duo... Read More

Llévame Contigo
Artist: Olga Tañón
Community Score: 10.00

After a rash of consecutive hits throughout 1994 and 1995, the reigning Queen of Merengue, Olga Tañón, took a break from tropical music, releasing an album of Marco Antonio Solís songs, Nuevos Senderos. This puzzled hardcore fans, no doubt, even if her off album was a good one, albeit subdued and strongly Mexican in character. So when she... Read More

Esencia
Artist: Gilberto Santa Rosa

After the breakup of his regular band, Santa Rosa still maintained his usual, traditional-cum-romantic style. Esencia, however, is peppered with electronic music to spare, string accompaniments, and a superb ballad ("Para Vivir" by the legendary Cuban composer Pablo Milanes); even rap is thrown into the mix ("...Y Eso Duele," with help of... Read More

Nada Es Igual
Artist: Luis Miguel
Community Score: 0.50

Luis Miguel's 1996 album Nada Es Igual was the follow-up to his hugely successful live album El Concierto, and his first pop album since 1993's Aries. The album, albeit a pop album, has a definite jazz feel to it, evident on some of the more upbeat numbers such as "Si Te Vas" and "Todo Por Su Amor," which utilize ample amounts of horns. There... Read More

Punto De Partida
Artist: Amparo Sandino
Donde Hay Musica
Artist: Eros Ramazzotti

Eros Ramazzotti stretches his wings and covers a wider variety of styles on his 1996 album Donde Hay Musica. This outing is much less rock-oriented than the previous Todo Historias. The album opens with the pop feel of the title track and never really ventures into the guitar-laden territory that dominated his previous effort. Standout cuts... Read More

Nuevos Senderos
Artist: Olga Tañón
Community Score: 10.00

Although Olga Tañón is best known for merengue, she was never a merengue purist -- salsa, Cumbia, and Latin pop have all influenced the well-known singer. Nuevos Senderos, in fact, has nothing to do with merengue -- full of ballads, this 1996 release is primarily a collection of romantic Latin pop. And Nuevos Senderos isn't salsa romantica... Read More

Grandes Exitos: The Latin Stars Series
Artist: Emmanuel