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 First time Mana album purchase March 26, 2000
Rick LaTurner (USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
"Supernatural"'s Corazon Espinado was the first time I heard of Mana. I loved that song, especially the vocals of Fher Olvera. I purchased "Unplugged" based on that song. I can't stop listening to it. It lifts my spirits, even though some of the themes are quite serious. By the way, you don't have to understand Spanish to enjoy this CD.
MANA MTV UNPLUGGED December 9, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This CD is great. Alot of old songs but they sound even better on this CD. If you are going to purchase a Mana CD this is the one to buy!
Outstanding CD February 15, 2005
Kevin T. Quinn (Akron, OH)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I don't speak a lick of Spanish, but when my Spanish-fluent girlfriend wanted to introduce me to Spanish-language music, this CD was the first place she turned. All of the songs are quite listenable, the performance is fantastic, and the live setting adds quite a lot of energy to the mix. The music is fairly standard pop/rock, with lots of guitars, and a few horns. Except for the lyrics it sounds like anything you might hear on any radio station in the Midwest US. But the vocals and the energy really raise it above most Top 40. I still don't speak any Spanish, but I can sing every song on this album.
One of the most beautiful pop records ever made April 4, 2006
Adam J. Jones (New Haven, CT USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm listening to this disc as I write. I remember the first time I heard/saw it: wandering through a Sanborn's store in Mexico City -- I stopped cold and viewed the DVD on an instore TV for ten or fifteen minutes, absolutely captivated. Shortly thereafter, it was mine, as was the DVD (which adds a whole other dimension). I would put "Mana Unplugged" in my top twenty discs of all time. The group is the Mexican Beatles: writers of exquisite pop songs with heart, beautifully crafted, played with vigour and a little rock-n-roll swagger, and also a progressive political bent that comes through on songs like "Ana" and their terrific cover of Ruben Blades' "Desapariciones." The love songs, from "Vivir Sin Aire" to "El Muelle de San Blas" to "Rayando El Sol," are among the few that consistently bring tears to my eyes. And the playing has the attention to technique and subtlety that characterizes Latin music more than its North American or Western European equivalent. As an advantage for the non-Spanish speaker, the CD comes with translations of the lyrics of most of the songs. These lose some of the poetry, but at least let you know what's going on thematically. A magnificent, unmissable record.
Wow oh Wow oh Wow! May 21, 2000
Lisa (Stockholm, Sweden)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I heard this CD when I was wandering around Lima, Peru. Everytime I started to wander away from the shop, another track came on. I left with the CD, realizing I paid more than twice what Amazon charges, and believe me, it was still worth it. This music is not icky-sweet, but it is incredibly uplifting uplifting in a funky way. I listen to it on my peaceful Sunday mornings when the weariness of the week is finally slippping from my shoulders, and it just lifts my heart with the passion and longing and harmonies and wonderful unusual beats. Now all my friends take turns borrowing it :-) (we don't find copies easily in Stockholm, Sweden :-)
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