Sale el Sol
| Shakira
Sale el Sol
Sale el Sol (English: The Sun Comes Out) is the ninth studio album by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira, released on 19 October 2010, by Epic Records. The album marks a musical return to Shakira's "roots" after the electropop record She Wolf (2009). The singer split the album into three "directions": a romantic side, a "rock and roll" side, and a "Latino, tropical" side.[The latter two "directions" experiment with rock and merengue music, respectively. As co-producer, Shakira enlisted collaborators including Josh Abraham, El Cata, Gustavo Cerati, John Hill, Lester Mendez, and Residente Calle 13.-Wikipedia
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Billboard
It's a mix of uptempo dance tracks based on traditional Latin rhythms like merengue, hard-kicking rock tracks and earthier rock ballads that all told are infinitely more memorable and unique than the singer's baffling 2009 set, "She Wolf."
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ALL MUSIC
. . . Sale el Sol never once sounds disparate or overworked -- it’s sunny and easy, its natural buoyancy disguising Shakira’s range and skill -- but listen closely and it becomes apparent that nobody makes better pop records in the new millennium than she does.
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Rolling Stone
Shakira largely produced the album herself, and she squeezes big emotions into ballads like “Devoción.” She’s not so crazy, this time — but you like it.
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The Harvard Crimson
On their own, the songs in “Sale el Sol” demonstrate Shakira’s diverse talents. However, her ambition to incorporate her many different styles into one album ultimately proves too distracting.
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The Stanford Daily
The sheer power of Shakira’s vocal chords is clearly the focus of the album, and that voice does not disappoint, calling on us to rock out, to make love, to feel deeply and above all, to rise up, our hips swaying and our hearts pulsing to a distinctly Latin tempo.
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U Wire
The album’s strongest feature is that the majority of it is in Shakira’s native tongue. She simply sounds smoother (and from an American perspective, sexier) when she opts for Spanish.
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Random Reviews
The tunes are full of melody and some are going to make you wanna dance.
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GENESTOUT
If Shakira hasn’t yet appeared in Seattle, maybe it’s because she hadn’t found the ideal venue. Judging by her largely Spanish-language new album, “Sale el Sol,” the problem is now solved.
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Entertainment
On last year’s zany She Wolf, Shakira made a move toward the American dance floor. This time she sticks closer to home, recruiting Puerto Rico’s Calle 13 and the Dominican rapper El Cata.
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laut.de
After the electronic wolf howl of the previous year, it should now go back to the roots, it said in advance. In fact, Shakira sings here mostly in Spanish through the bank's own songs, which she also produces herself.
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REPEATING ISLANDS
Sale el Sol reminds fans of Shakira’s talent for writing songs that leave a mark on their generation with her inspired lyrics and unforgettable style.
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THE OSWEGONIAN
"Sale Del Sol" will not disappoint music-goers, as it combines dance and folk genres into a collection of inquisitive music.
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Boston Globe
Overall, "Sale El Sol" is a truer representation of the Shakira who has excited Latin America and propelled her onto the world stage.
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Wordpress
Overall, this album received generally positive reviews and has been seen as one of Shakira’s many great works of musical art.
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