Product Description

'Laundry Service' is Shakira's fifth studio album and her debut English language release. Born in Columbia, Shakira takes the sound of latin music and fuses it with modern rock and pop. The single 'Whenever Wherever', which was co-written by Gloria Estefan, is also included.

Track Listing

1. Objection (Tango)
2. Underneath Your Clothes
3. Whenever, Wherever
4. Rules
5. The One
6. Ready For The Good Times
7. Fool
8. Te Dejo Madrid
9. Poem To A Horse
10. Que Me Quedes Tu
11. Eyes Like Yours
12. Suerte
13. Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1911 in Music
• Released on: 2002-10-31
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Colombian superstar Shakira's first English-language disc, Laundry Service, carries the pointed credit "Entire Album Produced by Shakira". That might be a signal to US fans who helped two of her previous discs go platinum under the media radar--a sign that this planned breakthrough has more to offer than the input of a score of image makers and outside writers. And it does; even the occasional clunky lyric comes directly from her overflowing heart. Laundry Service's meld of danceable pop and rockier ideas and textures follows the similar path of the singer-songwriter's previous work. Indeed, for all its high-end production values, the record is ultimately one of the least glossy crossover vehicles imaginable. Despite an occasional lean toward Celine Dion territory ("Underneath Your Clothes"), it has a freshness that's sure to win over new listeners even after the first single, the sly "Whenever, Wherever", has reached the saturation point. While still not fully formed as an artist, she's getting close to something of her own--something that may flower after she dumps the vocal Alanis-isms. For now, it's still a pleasure to watch her grow. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

PODEROSA EN AMBOS IDIOMAS!!!
Shakira siempre fue mi artista latina favorita; es increible lo que alguien con gran talento puede hacer cuando tiene una gran confianza en si mismo y gente que lo apoye y crea en el; este es para mi el mejor disco de Shakira, donde ella lo ha entregado practicamente todo; canciones como TANGO, SUERTE (WHENEVER) y TE DEJO MADRID son autenticos bombazos de puro rock; lindas baladas como UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES, YOU'RE THE ONE, melodias pop impresionantes como FOOL, QUE ME QUEDES TU, en total, y hasta musica al puro estilo hindu como EYES LIKE YOURS; este disco es indispensable para no solo los fans de Shakira, sino para todo fan del pop en general (por cierto, que bien pronuncia el idioma ingles).

a few lively and catchy tracks
I didn't rush to buy this cd when it came out a few years ago because, having heard the single Underneath Your Clothes,and not thinking it was particularly good,I wasn't expecting the cd as a whole to be good.
There are lively and catchy tracks in english and spanish here but if you're used to listening to Shakira singing in spanish alone then the mix doesn't sound right.But even taken on their own,the songs in english on Laundry Service are not as pleasing to the ear as her songs usually are - she definitely doesn't sing as well in english and the songs that have been translated from spanish into english have also had
the poetry taken out of them - they just don't rhyme the same and they have definitley lost something in the translation.I would recommend to any Shakira fan to listen to Shakira's album Pies Descalzos (naked feet) and you will hear the difference between the quality of her songs and singing on this all spanish album and the quality of what is on Laundry Service.

Great fun
Great sound. A fun mix of pop rock latin sounds with some great fun songs. Tango is a highlight but the best by far is Wherever Whenever. Recommended.