Product Description

Refusing to play the Latin pop crossover game, Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes returns with UN DIA NORMAL, a second solo album sung entirely in Spanish that manages to kick theidea of sophomore jinx square in the jewels. Teaming up with Rock En Espanol production kingpin Gustavo Santaolalla, the former Ekhymosis frontman delivers a pleasing fusion of folkloric and contemporary pop-rock nuances ranging from the jangly nugget "Desde Que Despierto" and rock steady cadence of "La Paga" to the crisply delivered vallenato "Luna". Otherhighlights include the crisp shuffle "Luna", bossa-nova-kissed "Es Por Ti", and infectious cumbia-infused "A Dios Le Pido" (which earned Juanes a Latin Grammy for Best Rock Song).
About the only concession Juanes makes to courting crossover success is "Fotografia", a ballad with Nelly Furtado, anative Portuguese speaker who does well in switching gears to sing in Spanish. With Juanes drawing from such a broad palette of music, UN DIA NORMAL expands the boundaries of RockEn Espanol to the point where these kinds of varied approaches will hopefully someday be the norm.

Track Listing

1. A Dios Le Pido
2. Es Por Ti
3. Un Dia Normal
4. La Paga
5. La Unica
6. Luna
7. Dia Lejano
8. Mala Gente
9. Fotografia
10. Desde Que Despierto
11. La Historia De Juan
12. La Noche

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19352 in Music
• Released on: 2004-03-01
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

I love this album!
I ordered it after buying and liking Mi Sangre and found 'Un Dia Normal' just as good. I'd heard some of the songs (A Dios Le Pido, Es Por Ti, La Paga, Fotografia) as bonus tracks on Mi Sangre which helped. Those four are all favourites along with Mala Gente (gorgeously venomous), La Historia de Juan (Lyrically heartbreaking) and La Noche (Can't stop dancing to it). Those are favourites, but I can't really say there's a bad track on here. Plus translating the songs has expanded my vocab and helped on my Spanish course!!
I really recommend it to anyone, whether you understand Spanish or not, if you like great music, you'll love this album.

¡Guay!
You've probably heard this album without realising whilst on holiday in Spain, where Juanes is huge. Sadly Latino music has yet to catch on over here, and perhaps it never will, which is so sad. A song's lyrics may be totally inane, but for us Brits they have to be in English, so we miss out on so many great Latino artistes like Café Tacuba, Diego Torres and Juanes, a brilliant Columbian singer / songwriter who has now broken into the German and French markets. Produced by Gustavo
Santaolalla, who did the music for 'Motorcycle Diaries' and 'Amores Perros', Juanes writes catchy tunes with meaningful lyrics. Students of Spanish may be interested to learn that the lyrics of the first track 'A dios le pido' are an excellent example of the subjunctive in action!

This is a splendid album and a superb introduction to Latino pop music, which is just as good as the Anglo-Saxon version; some might say better.

Catchy latin tunes for first times
Looking for an alternative to my usual Enrique Iglesias and Italian music I stumbled on this, I'm so glad I did. Apparently, Juanes is big in South America and is I believe Columbian, he starts off with the very catchy and toe tapping 'Adios Le Pido' and it just keeps on coming. How come the Spanish language songs sound just so upbeat and full of life, love, laughter etc and the Brit stuff we get forced on us here in the UK (Coldplay, David Gray et al) is so well... miserable? Why? What's the excuse, after all Columbia has plenty of problems but at least they know how to enjoy music. So do yourself a favour and give this a spin, you'll soon be hunting around for more Juanes and his type and won't look at boring Brit music the same again.