| Product Summary | | Label: Sony/columbia | | UPC: 00074645758428 | | Release Date: 5/17/1994 | | Buy.com Sku: 60110126 | | Item#: MD9WLM | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Crazy - (with Dave Koz) ~ Julio Iglesias |  | | 2. Let It Be Me - (with Art Garfunkel) ~ Julio Iglesias | | | 3. Mammy Blue ~ Julio Iglesias | | | 4. Fragile - (with Sting) ~ Julio Iglesias | | | 5. Guajira / Oye Como Va ~ Julio Iglesias | | | 6. When You Tell Me That You Love Me - (with Dolly Parton) ~ Julio Iglesias | | | 7. I Keep Telling Myself ~ Julio Iglesias | | | 8. Pelo Amor De Uma Mulher (Por El Amor De Una Mujer) ~ Julio Iglesias | | | 9. Caruso - (Spanish, with Lucio Dalla) ~ Julio Iglesias | | | 10. Song Of Joy ~ Julio Iglesias | |
| | Growing up, Iglesias had plans to perform in a different arena -- as a soccer player. An aspiring athlete, the young Spaniard was goalkeeper for the world famous Real Madrid team when a tragic car accident left him near death and paralyzed at nineteen. For three years he underwent the difficult process of recuperation. Fortunately, a physician's assistant in the hospital gave Iglesias a guitar to help lift his spirits. He started to write songs, and after recovering, he studied law before dedicating himself to music full-time. During the Seventies, Iglesias established himself as an international superstar. Before he even arrived on the American music scene with 1984's multi-platinum "1000 Bel Air Place" album, Iglesias has already earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for selling more albums in more different languages than any other artist in history. Since then, he's worked tirelessly as he's continued to both set records and test himself as an artist. His album, "My Life" is a compilation of his work throughout the years.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Julio Iglesias (vocals); Michael Thompson (acoustic & electric guitar); Albert Hammond (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Dean Parks, Fred Tackett (acoustic guitar); Rene L. Toledo (guitar, background vocals); Carlos Villa (guitar); Claude Gaudette (keyboards, programming); Robbie Buchanan, David Foster, Lester Mendez (keyboards); Jeffery [C.J] Vanston (synthesizer); Leland Sklar, Julio Hernandez (bass); Pepe Sanchez, Eddie Bayers, Mike Baird (drums); Mike Fisher, Luis Conte (percussion); Jean McClain, Bill Trudell, Alex Brown, Terry Wood, Mark Free, Larry Jacobs, Rita Quintero, Hector Almaguer, Jenny Cruz, George Noriega, Dan Navarro, Francis Benitez, Maria Del Rey, Leyla Hoyle, David Lowen, Felicia Toledo, Maria Fuerte, Alfredo Canales, Jose Nogueras, David Lasley, Eugene Van Buren, John West (background vocals). | | Producers: Albert Hammond, David Foster, Ramon Arcusa. | | The acknowledged king of adult contemporary offers up a CD that is chock-full of feel-good ballads. Whether he's covering Sting or Santana, Iglesias manages to deliver the material with the perfect combination of sentiment and showmanship. Some songs, such as "Crazy," the ballad originally made famous by Patsy Cline, are a little bit too gooey, but others, such as a beautifully arranged version of "Mammy Blue," are just gooey enough. The album is not short on guest stars; Dolly Parton's vocals soar on the duet "When You Tell Me That You Love Me." For the contemporary version of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," the entire London Symphony Orchestra along with the Ambrosian Singers provide a rousing, festive counterpoint to Iglesias' laid-back lead vocals. There is only one song where collaboration doesn't work perfectly: On the cover of Sting's "Fragile," the writer himself performs lead guitar and backing vocals, making the track sound oddly like a karaoke version with an extremely good studio singer. Overall this album is difficult to fault, though. It is beautifully scored, easily accessible to any listener, and performed to perfection in Iglesias' inimitable style. It's liable to sound familiar from the first time you listen to it; and indeed, even if you haven't heard the CD in its entirety before, you've probably heard most of the tracks on a commercial, a radio station, or a compilation of romantic fireside songs. ~ L. Katz |
Engineer: Humberto Gatica; Carlos Alvarez |
Musical Guests | | Dolly Parton | | Dave Koz | | Art Garfunkel | | Lucio Dalla | | Sting |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/17/1994 | | Original Release Date : 1994 | | Catalog ID : 57584 | | Label : Columbia (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00074645758428 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (1/01, p.138)
- 3 out of 5 stars - "From 1994, Willie Nelson's title track, Sting's 'Fragile' featuring Sting, a duet with Art Garfunkel on 'Let It Be Me' and Beethoven's 'Song Of Joy'. Sneer at your peril." |
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