Shakira Deluxe Version

I’m in love with this album—it’s my favorite from Shakira. The cover is stunning, and the pink translucent vinyls are just wow. Everything about it feels special, both visually and sonically.

A surprisingly great album. I say that as I didn't have high hopes for it as I wasn't that big of a fan of Shakira's effort for, "She Wolf". This is a great album. It's fun, upbeat, and melodic. Almost every track is great. One of the best songs on the album is "Chasing Shadows", which I later realized was on my deluxe version of this album. I didn't know that it's not part of the regular album, which is hard to believe as it's one of the best tracks on the album. Then I later discovered the song was written by Sia who had apparently written three songs for Shakira, who only chose to record one, but for the deluxe version of this album. The other track, Sia chose to put it on her own album, "Move Your Body", which you should listen to if you haven't as it sounds very much like a Shakira track, not sure why she chose not to record it as it could've replaced one of the others on this album. Regardless, of all that is a great album with awesome tracks such as "Can't Remember to Forget You", "Empire", "You Don't Care About Me", "Cut Me Deep", "The One Thing", "23", and "Dare".

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I was in the midst of giving this a five star review, as I was listening to it; unfortunately Side D has some scratch or aberration causing the beginning of the first song on that side to skip. That prevents a 5 star rating, but other than that, it sounds amazing! Admittedly, I did clean it before listening to it, as I do all my records, but I have used that cleaning method on other records and they still sound poor, but this one was clearly made with care. I think only once did I detect pops or static in the silent passages throughout all 4 sides, and even that was minimal. I also didn't pay attention to the description, therefore not realizing the records were pink until pulling them out of the case, which was a fun surprise! The scratch is a shame, but not bad enough to return the album, and overall this is a wonderful purchase for any Shakira fan!

I’m glad I bought this amazing album.

This is my lazy, short and sweet review in order to record my 5 star rating. The album is quite diverse in terms on song style. The are Latin, country, pop, "electronica" and other styles. Shakira sings beautifully as usual with her unique voice. I enjoy listening to her music and keep this CD in my Silverado to listen as I travel. I've probably played it through 15-20 times now and no where near being bored with any of the songs. I don't find myself skipping through songs on this CD as I do with other albums after I've listened to them a few times. It's not her best work to date in my opinion, but if you are a Shakira fan, you won't be disappointed.

Her lyrics are so engaging and I actually felt a connection to them in several of her new songs. Great beat and a very powerful and unique voice. I especially liked Empire which is all I was going to buy but after listening to the samples of each song I decided to buy the whole album. There are several songs with a country flair and one of those done with Blake Sheldon which was super good. Overall, a great release showing Shakira's cross-genre versatility and a utterly beautiful voice. It certainly doesn't hurt that she is stunningly beautiful!!

I love Shakira's originality in vocal tone. The album employs great melodies and nice production. Overall most of the songs fall short of Shakira's former glory. But the mix of genres is cool. She glides effortlessly between pop-rock, EDM, reggae and pop. It's a a totally fine album to have something to listen to mindlessly in the car or mix into a playlist at a party.

Molti siti europei stanno mettendo come descrizione che il colore dei vinili è rosa traslucido (uscito soltanto in USA). Invece il colore che arriva è Rosa e viola

super cd envoi impeccable et soigné à recommander;

Hallo, ich empfinde 'Shakira.' zunächst mal als neuerliche Bereicherung der Sammlung - und das will was heißen. Shakira schafft es immer wieder, ein Album zu (er)schaffen, dass sich von den Vorgängern unterscheidet. Das mag manchmal für den ein oder anderen ein wenig daneben gehen (vielleicht zum Beispiel bei She Wolf), dann klappt es wieder ganz ausgezeichnet, wie bei diesem Album hier. Auf dem Cover sitzt bzw. steht sie mit einer Acoustic-Gitarre und eine wunderschöne akustische Ballade befindet sich auf dem Album, nämlich '23'. Auch Acoustic, aber faktisch nur Klavierbegleitung bei der wunderbaren Ballade 'That Way' - auch das beherrscht sie perfekt. 'Cut me deep' kommt im Reggae-Stil daher., 'Dare' (bzw. die spanische Fassung 'La-La-La') ist eine typische 'Party-Mucke' (wer hätte es gedacht bei dem Titel :-) vielleicht a la Loca oder Waka-Waka ... und Shakira kann sich anscheinend auch nicht dem Dub-Step entziehen, verbindet diesen aber ganz prima mit ihren so typisch leichtfüßigen Latin-Elementen. Das Duett mit Blake Shelton 'Medicine' hätte auch gut und gerne auf eine Country-Scheibe von Lady Antebellum gepasst. Nach dem Überraschungstitel mit Rihanna 'Can't Remember To Forget You' und ihrer wunderbar bombastischen Liebeshymne 'Empire' (... and the stars make love to the universe ...) bleibt für mich als nächste Auskopplung eigentlich nur 'You don't Care about me', ein leicht verspielter Song mit Kling-Klang-Elementen zu beginn, sehr rhythmisch (höre ich Kastagnetten im Hintergrund?), fast abgehackt und dennoch durchsetzt mit ihren prägnanten Stimmläufen. Na, ja - langweilig wird's ganz bestimmt nicht. Die Scheibe ist erst recht als Deluxe-Edition empfehlenswert weil abwechslungsreich. Vielleicht das beste englischsprachige Album bisher, hmmm... nach der Laundry Service :-) Zusatz: Wer wie ich die CD kauft (15 Titel Deluxe Edition) hat in Wirklichkeit 2 Titel mehr, da auf der CD von La La La die Brazil 2014 (Fußballweltmeisterschaft) drauf ist, dafür auf dem Download die normale spanische Version und auf dem Download gibt's den Titel Boig per tu zusätzlich (schöne Ballade). Viel Spaß damit. Gruß, Rounder6

So our favourite hip wiggling Colombian is back,with her best work for some time. I haven't disliked anything she's released,but can understand why the last 2 offering didn't please many fans. Beside their occasional gems,not a lot of the tracks really added to her appeal. But now we have this,an album which is mostly English and has many gems that will no doubt become loved by many that play it. I like that she tries different ideas out and has the talent to do so,she doesn't shy away from keeping her style aswell as mix it up a little,throwing in some interesting surprises. A lot of it is clearly Shakira,whilst some of it is done in a style that might well have some asking "who is this,it's great?" Not one track on here bored me or left me disappointed. I can't deny SHE WOLF was an idea that just didn't quite pay off,then there was another release that was going to annoy many fans with the lack of English tracks.But this should appease anyone who just didn't quite get what she was doing with those 2 albums. From an energetic start,she takes us on a great ride.sometimes smooth and sometime fast and furious,but always enjoyable. Chances are,you'll be hopping right back in for another go. Shakira still has it...and more.