Como ama una mujer

by

Jennifer Lopez

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Wow! Some of these reviews are harsh. I speak Mandarin and English, I took high school Spanish for a year, I understand about a word here or there from her songs.

That being said, I know good music when I hear it. For an artist to make me like to her Spanish album is certainly no easy feat. No, I can't tell if her spanish is strained or unnatural sounding, but I can tell tell what shes singing sounds good and the music and beats are not bad either. I can't tell if the contents of her lyrics are worthy of a grammy, but from the lyrical translations I found, they don't seem that bad. Nearly all the songs on this album are worth listening to as well (definitely a rarity these days).

Anyway, I just had to write this review. Sometimes music just sounds good. Maybe it's not 5 star perfect, but sorry, I just had to give 5 stars for those of who giving 1 stars as if this album is trash.

A life's ambition realised? Or a cynical throw of the loaded Latin dice to consolidate the expansion of the J-Lo brand?

Acknowledged as the most influential Hispanic artist of our time, it is perhaps surprising it took so long for Jenny to show us the hacienda.

The single 'Que Hiciste' is a rump shaking dancefloor filler, but unrepresentative of what is an essentially easy, if classy, listening exercise. It does prove conclusively that Lopez can sing, and in relation to her acting career is definitely more "Out Of Sight" than "Gigli".

Her first album in Spanish includes ballads about pain and deliverance, but is often overproduced ( four tracks feature the strings of the London Symphony Orchestra ) and whiffs of the forgettably exotic.

The title track (which means "How a Woman Loves") might wow the diners on a Caribbean cruise and the single "Que Hiciste" is at least a lively moment among the tepid balladry, too often interrupted with clumsy guitar solos.