La cagaste... Burt Lancaster

Hispanic ska was an unexpected joy

2.5

This wasn't really for me. Some of it might've been a little bit interesting but it faded into the background so fast I forgot I was listening to it.

I literally thought this was an album by Burt Lancaster and I was surprised that he had a side gig as a Mexican (I think!) pop band. Quite disappointed to learn the truth.

Favorite songs: Marta Tiene Un Marcapasos, Visite Nuestro Bar, El Ataque De Las Chicas Crocodrilo, Indiana, Te Quiero

Least favorite songs: La Carretera

3/5

how the heck does Te Quiero have almost half a billion streams?!? I did not see the appeal of this album.

Very pleasant slice of 80s pop, although I can't shake the feeling the whole album is overly... familiar? You'll catch samples of other song's melodies, and just the general tones of a lot of these tracks feel like already established big artists. Now, I'm not saying they copied those artists, the chances of that are unlikely, but it makes it so this album doesn't really have its own identity, y'know? It's 80s pop rock, and that could've been a lot worse than this was, so I'll take this experience away as a net positive.

Being in spanish is a novelty to me, but it's really just kind of a generic 80s soft rock thing at the end of the day

Es muy extraño, pero me gustó mucho. Es mejor que tener otra banda de punk inglesa en la formación. Me gusta escuchar música de todo el mundo, sobre todo cuando se canta en otros idiomas.

kms

This album is a lot cooler than the cover suggests, really enjoyed it.

Spanish jangle pop. I'll take it. Sounds a little ahead it's time actually. Indie before indie.