Gran City Pop [CD/DVD]

Gran city pop is the best album by Paulina Rubio. her team knows what songs to choose to be a success!
This is a different but more serious Paulina more daring in her lyrics of affection.

Best songs

*Causa y efecto.- The hit...
*Enseñame.- fits in Paulinas voice perfectly.
*Ni rosas ni juguetes.- The second megahit?? maybe
*Amaneci sin ti... y me siento muy feliz. - good lyrics.
*Algo de ti.- Paulina got some trance tunes in this song, very catchy.

Songs I don't like.

*La danza del escorpion.- I think this song is a "filler".it is between Shakira and Ricky Martin sounds.

Once again, they did banda version of the mega hit Causa y efecto, to be honest, I do not think Paulina likes this kind of music, since Pau is very sophisticated.

the dvd is mediocre a very few extras.It is like Ms.Rubio's husband take the sony webbie camcorder and record some...Read more

Paulina picks up right where she left off with "Ananda," developing her pop-rock sound with some nice touches of regional Mexican music, dance and electro, and a couple of ballads for variety. She may not be a skillful musician like some of her peers (e.g. Ely Guerra, Julieta Venegas) or a great dancer and entertainer (e.g. Fey) or as insightful lyrically (e.g., Sasha Sokol), but she has a great ear for a good pop song and knows how to bring it to life, and is clearly devoted to her career in music, having released more albums than most of her peers. It is great that after years of following trends and imitating international artists she has found her niche and is sitting comfortably in it, bringing us great music. It's a benefit to the pop music lover. Say what you want about her love of being in the tabloids and gossip shows and her narcissistic behavior, she is a good pop singer committed to her craft.

How to start? Well when I found out the title of the disc, I should confess I thought it was not that good. But as the days went by, it did not seem that bad... Now that I finally can have this material in my hands (and iPod), I think it's a great album. And I can say that GRAN CITY POP sounds GREAT!

In general terms this album is very good, and as the name states, it contains 10 pop songs. Non the less, it is not a conventional pop beat, they have a little retro-innovative twist, that only Paulina could achieve.
What do I mean?

In this material you can find several 80's beats, and yet it sounds fresh. The idea of a ranchera-hawaiian song is wierd, yet it is so well integrated. All the tracks show a maturity of Paulina as an artist and a person; a strong, happy and in love woman.

Definitley Gran City Pop is an album that's worth listening to.