La Vida... Es un Ratico | 
| Artist: Juanes
Label: Universal Latino
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 3982
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 001015902
UPC: 602517473928
EAN: 0602517473928
ASIN: B000VXRCFM
Release Date: October 23, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | No Creo En El Jamas | | • | Clase De Amor | | • | Me Enamora | | • | Hoy Me Voy | | • | La Vida Es Un Ratico | | • | Gotas De Agua Dulce | | • | La Mejor Parte De Mi | | • | Minas Piedras | | • | Tu Y Yo | | • | Bailala | | • | Dificil | | • | Tres | | • | Bandera De Manos | | • | Bandera De Manos |
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People en Español
The career of this singer/songwriter has made huge strides in the last five years, and it shouldn't surprise anyone that the Colombian singer's style has become unique. If this were his first CD, Juanes could be labeled as genial, because no sound can even get close to what we hear here. But this is his fourth album, and it sounds exactly as the previous ones. Produced by Gustavo Santaolalla, La vida has a fantastic sound and an impeccable production. Yet originality is not precisely its mark. --Ernesto Sanchez (People en Espanol  ) La carrera de este cantautor ha crecido a pasos agigantados en los ultimos cinco anos y no es como para extranar a nadie, el colombiano tiene un estilo que lo hace unico. Si este fuera el primer disco de Juanes se podria catalogar como genial, porque no hay nada que suene parecido, pero este es el cuarto album del colombiano y suena exactamente igual que los anteriores. Hay que decir que el disco, que es una produccion de Gustavo Santaolalla, tiene un sonido fantastico y una produccion impecable. Pero la originalidad no es precisamente su sello. --Ernesto Sanchez (People en Espanol )
Amazon.com
La Vida...Es un Ratico (Life is a moment) is the follow up to Juanes' globally multi-platinum release Mi Sangre. In La Vida...Es un Ratico, Juanes once again teams up with co-producer Gustavo Santaolalla, Double-Oscar/Grammy winner. In his first single "Me Enamora," Juanes shows us his intimate personal thoughts on love and relationships. In songs like "Minas Piedras" and Bandera de Manos" he tackles themes of both the hope for peace and social change. With this release, Juanes works to continue to perfect his distinctive fusion of rock with traditional Colombian rhythms and other international styles. Despues del exito de "Mi Sangre", Juanes nos presenta "Me Enamora" el primer sencillo de su tan esperado nuevo lanzamiento "La Vida...Es un Ratico. "La Vida...Es un Ratico" fue producido nuevamente por Juanes y Gustavo Santaolalla, ganador de dos premios Oscar y multiples Grammy's. Juanes escribio letra y musica de todos los temas durante los dos ultimos anos, entre la etapa final de la gira de "Mi Sangre" y un periodo sabatico en el que se concentro en la composicion de "La Vida...Es un Ratico". En "La Vida...Es un Ratico" hay canciones que hablan de temas sociales como "Minas Piedras" y "Bandera de Manos" y otras como el primer sencillo "Me Enamora" relacionadas a temas personales y del amor. En este lanzamiento Juanes consolida sin duda alguna su idea musical de fusionar rock con ritmos Colombianos, y ritmos internacionales. Juanes Photos More from Juanes 
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
Juanes' melodious and evocative musical return...... October 29, 2007
D. Pawl (Seattle)
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
For those of you unfamiliar with Juanes [as well as longtime fans], LA VIDA ES UN RATICO (Life is a Brief Moment) is quite possibly his best and strongest album to date. This beautiful CD is filled with tunes that combine infectious rock hooks with traditional Colombian rhythms and melodies. Juanes has had a gift for blending those two musical worlds together for as long as he has been making music, and his 2007 release is no exception. It starts on a determined and uplifting note with "No Creo en el Jamas" ("I Don't Believe in Never"). Many of the songs were inspired by his brief break-up with wife (and model) Karen Martinez. We can hear Juanes' tenderness (as well his pain) in his music and it truly speaks to you, whether you are fluent in Spanish or only in the language of music (a universal form of communication that all of us share). We hear the uptempo cumbia, emotional ballads, African-inspired beats (particularly on the irrerepressible "Bailala") and even a duet with fellow rocker Campino that starts out in Spanish and then is intermixed with verses in German.
If you buy one CD this year, it should be LA VIDA ES UN RATICO. I guarantee if you hear this album it will change the way you hear music (not just Latin Rock--a category that claims Juanes as his own). The language of music has never been expressed in a more beautiful (or personal) way.
Juanes comes back big with a message! October 24, 2007
Daniel Fernandez (Sydney, New South Wales Australia)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Mi Sangre was a great album, Un Dia Normal was his masterpiece and one of the greatest rock/pop albums in any language of all time.
How good is this album? Better than Mi Sangre and may just be as good as Un Dia Normal, that's how good this album is.
One of the things I first noticed was his voice. He is singing better than he ever has... His voice has more range than it ever has and he has worried much more about phrasing this time around.
Lyrically this album is closer to 1st album Fijate Bien than anything. It is full of message songs. He touches on topics such as terrorism, peace, making a difference, poverty, unity, etc. It is just amazing lyrically this album. I guess he decided that he'd done two albums on love and it was time to bring on the social message again. Thank god he did!!!
The other thing I noticed was the guitar solo is back this time around! Remember back in the 80's just about every song had a guitar solo. Juanes wants to bring it back, this album is full of them and they are all fantastic to listen to. He flexes his guitar playing muscles and does a great job.
The other amazing thing is the absolute diversity of the tracks, probably his most diverse album musically. But the diversity is heard in the chords he is playing rather than in the instruments themselved. Instrument wise it's the same Juanes, mainly guitar-drum-bass setup. But listen to the chords he is playing and he is playing blues, bossa nova, country, as well as his normal Columbian infused rhythm, etc. It is just fantastic. You'll also hear the odd hammon organ, slide guitar, and accordion throughout the album in subtle ways to compliment rather than overpower.
Alot of people no doubt want to know if there is another Camisa Negra or A Dios Lo Pido... there are... Me Enamora, Tres (which is as vallenato as Juanes will ever get), Clase de Amor.
As much as I love those songs (and they will be played all over the place) it's his quieter tunes that really linger in your head...
- The gorgeous bossanova rhythm'd Hoy Me Voy.
- The grandiose message song La Vida Es Un Ratico with a haunting piano arrangement.
- Another message song in Minas Piedras with a beautiful slide guitar, banjo, and violin arrangements.
- Bandera de Manos, yet another message song... with a faster rhythm behind it.
Go out and buy this. If you don't understand Spanish, buy it because of the musical brilliance. Si hablas Espanol compralo porque es el mejor disco del ano. Tenemos que dar apoyo a artistas latinos como Juanes que estan sacando discos de tan gran calidad.
BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!!
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Roberto Antonacci (Miami, Florida USA)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Si este fuera el primer disco que escuchas de Juanes, dirias que es brillante y original. Pero si conoces su material anterior, esta claro que el colombiano se repite en exceso. Por eso le doy solo 3 estrellas. Son, en gran parte, las mismas formulas probadas, los mismos caminos que ha recorrido una y otra vez. No es del todo su culpa, porque cuando el publico hace un idolo, quiere en gran medida seguir escuchando mas de lo mismo. A persar de todo, La Vida es un Ratico es un disco indispensable en la coleccion de quienes gustamos de estar al dia en los avances (retrocesos o estancamientos) de la musica latina.
Excellent! October 25, 2007
Sui Generis (San Francisco, CA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It's easy to see that Juanes will be on Latin rock scene for a long, long time. Continuing the emergence of the "Colombian Renaissance" of big-name music acts (check out Cabas and Carlos Vives for other genres), Juanes does not disappoint in the least with this latest effort.
Personally, I wanted a CD that was similarly driven as the powerhouse "Mi Sangre," but at the same time it is fantastic to see an artist evolve and grow, and this CD provides musical and vocal innovations that delight. The lead singer's voice has matured quite a bit over the last two CD's, though on this CD there's one tiny vocal misfire (the falsetto attempts on the -ando verbs in "Tres").
If you are new to Juanes, don't start with this CD, IMO. I'd start with something like "Un Dia Normal," then continue with "Mi Sangre' before listening to this one. That way, you can appreciate Juanes' artistic evolution as we all do.
A solid album that's worth the money.
Catchy rhythms and beautiful lyrics make this one yet another winner October 27, 2007
T. Neal (Austin, Texas, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Buy Juanes' latest for Me Enamora, but fall in love with it for the other songs that will also surely top the charts. Not to be missed are "No Creo En El Jamas", "La Vida Es Un Ratico", and "Hoy Me Voy". This album represents the full maturity of Juanes' development as an artist, as both the lyrics and rhythms are well written and, frankly, at times breathtaking. For music to be more than just entertainment, it needs to touch our souls, and this one does perhaps more than any of his previous albums. La Vida Es Un Ratico carries a message of the importance of love, friends, family and maintaining faith in ourselves. Like all of his work, this album also well represents his Latin American roots both in the thematic material and in the well blended rhythms of modern pop/rock with more traditional Colombian styles. I agree with a previous reviewer that if you are new to Juanes, you should start with A Dios Le Pido, then listen to Mi Sangre, and finally this album so that you can appreciate his development as an artist. How could anyone not love his work?
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