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Ricardo Arjona - Adentro (2005)

2009-10-15T14:07:32Z

Ricardo Arjona - Adentro (2005)


1. Para Bien O Para Mal
2. De Vez En Mes
3. Para Que Me Quieras Como Quiero
4. Pingüinos En La Cama
5. Iluso
6. Adiós Melancolía
7. Mojado
8. Acompáñame A Estar Solo
9. No Me Importa Nada
10. Laura
11. No Te Cambio Por Nada
12. Pa’que
13. Ya No Me Acuerdo De Mi
14. A Ti
15. Bar
16. Pingüinos En La Cama [Piano & Strings Version]

Adentro, the flagship record for the Norte label from this Guatemalan-born singer/songwriter, proved a breakout success. Be it for the stripped, natural production value, the confident performance of Ricardo Arjona, or his relevant-as-ever lyricism, he's got both his loyal fans and the execs at Norte smiling. While the instrumentation, performance, and overall sonic palette of this project are minimalist and unassuming, there is a depth and brilliance to them. The listener's ear does not tire or want for more, humble as Adentro is. Much like the no-frills voice of Arjona himself, the acoustic tone of the whole record has a charm that rises slowly like the tide. Never intent upon impressing, but instead to woo, Arjona's rough-hewn tenor is warm and inviting. In keeping with his new, more mature, subtle musical approach, Arjona's lyricism is not overt political commentary. Though some may begrudge the departure, the more socially sensitive approach suits him well. His voice comes across as intelligent and worldly. Arjona's name has become synonymous with a certain tone and level of quality. This record being no exception, it is certain to delight his dedicated fan base. An utterly enjoyable listen, Adentro offers an intimacy to the listener that is as precious as it is rare. ---Evan C. Gutierrez, Rovi

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Ricardo Arjona - Poquita Ropa (2010)

2010-09-04T21:41:48Z

Ricardo Arjona - Poquita Ropa (2010)


01. Vida 
02. Marta 
03. Aleluya 
04. Soledad Enamora 
05. Que Voy a Hacer Conmigo 
06. Escribir Una Canción 
07. Usted 
08. Puente (acústico) 
09. Todo Estará Bien 
10. Mi País 
11. Por Tanto Amarte 
12. Puente (Caribe)

When describing Ricardo Arjona's new album, adjectives like stripped down, barely there and in the nude all come to mind. 'Poquita Ropa' (Almost Naked) is a collection of Ricardo Arjona's songs in his purest form both lyrically and instrumentally, surrounded by the bare minimum musical instruments to compliment and accompany his bohemian voice and deep intellectual lyrics. This album is musical art in its purest form; in the nude. There are twelve great songs on 'Poquita Ropa' including a beautiful 8-minute track called 'Puente' (Bridge), dedicated to all the Cuban people who have been separated from their roots due to ideological circumstances. 'Poquita Ropa' is a unique recording that complements the great albums of Arjona's successful career. A musical jewel that is sure to become a fan favorite. ---Editorial Reviews,amazon.com

Siendo un fiel admirador del trabajo de Ricardo, y habiéndolo seguido durante su carrera profesional iniciada hace ya tantísimas estaciones acá en Guatemala, puedo decir con sinceridad que este es uno de sus mejores trabajos. En efecto logra transmitir de manera muy diferente lo plasmado en sus letras, a través de las canciones arregladas con "poquita ropa".

En lo personal, me gustan muchísimo "Vida" y "Todo estará bien"; de las canciones nuevas del álbum, para mi son las que más destacan (a pesar de que el sencillo del disco "Puente" es el que la mayoría de personas conocen, habiendo sido el primero impulsado por la disquera/Arjona. Sin embargo, me fascinó encontrarme con "Qué voy a hacer conmigo?" y "Mi País". En el caso de la primera, forma parte de sus temas "inéditos" a nivel internacional (al menos yo lo tengo en un CD compilación lanzado por una disquera guatemalteca con temas que lanzó acá en Guatemala al inicio de su carrera, y siempre me gustó mucho la letra - el contenido - de la canción (si tienen oportunidad de conseguir la grabación original, tendrán la oportunidad de escuchar a un "primerizo" Arjona que deja ver desde el inicio esos destellos de talento e ingenio que hoy por hoy le caracterizan).

En el caso de la segunda, "Mi País", es una canción que siempre me gustó mucho, y de la cual tenía únicamente una grabación hecha en algún lugar del mundo a manera de 'bootleg', y de la cual me hice incondicional; siempre quise creer que fue escrita por un Arjona nostálgico cantándole a la Guatemala que dejó atrás, y que hoy por hoy le resulta totalmente ajena, desconocida, aunque nunca extraña o indiferente.

Dentro de todo, un disco que definitivamente vale la pena. Las cuatro canciones que mencioné son las que primero resaltaron para mi, y con las que me identifiqué. Pero después de haber escuchado el disco 3 veces seguidas el mismo día que lo compré, puedo decir que le tomé un gusto especial... y en efecto, las canciones como las mujeres resultan mejor con "poquita ropa". ---Juan Aguirre, amazon.com

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Ricardo Arjona - Quinto Piso (2008)

2009-10-15T14:08:59Z

Ricardo Arjona - Quinto Piso (2008)


01 Quinto Piso 
02 Sin Ti... Sin Mi 
03 El Del Espejo 
04 Como Duele 
05 Que Nadie Te Vea 
06 Tocando Fondo 
07 La Bailarina Vecina 
08 Vuelo 
09 Nadie Sabe A Donde Va 
10 El Demonio En Casa 
11 La Vida Esta De Luto 
12 Suavecito 
13 Ni Tu Ni Yo (Con Paquita La Del Barrio) 
14 Nina Buena

Two decades into his illustrious career, Ricardo Arjona remains at the top of his craft on 5to Piso, his first album of new material since the Grammy-winning Adentro (2005). Arjona was awarded the 2007 Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album and the 2006 Latin Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Album for Adentro. In the midst of the critical acclaim, the Guatemalan singer, songwriter, producer, and arranger released a double-album career retrospective, Quién Dijo Ayer (2007). The first disc of Quién Dijo Ayer features newly recorded versions of career highlights, along with a couple new songs, "Quién" and "Quiero," that were hit singles. The second disc features the original versions of the same career highlights, including "Mujeres," "Historia de Taxi," and "Si el Norte Fuera el Sur." The career retrospective of Quién Dijo Ayer, an album on which Arjona recast the style of his greatest hits, along with the critical aftermath of Adentro, a commercial juggernaut that spawned five hit singles over the course of two years, set the stage for 5to Piso, an eagerly awaited album with a phenomenal lead single, "Cómo Duele." Arjona's biggest hit in years, "Cómo Duele" is one several masterfully crafted songs sequenced at the beginning of 5to Piso. Beginning with the meditative title track, 5to Piso picks up with a couple standouts, "Sin Ti...Sin Mí" and "El del Espejo," before peaking during "Cómo Duele." While the ten songs that follow aren't as striking as the four-song beginning of the album, there are many memorable songs, particularly "Tocando Fondo" and "Nadie Sabe Adonde Va." Some of the more surprising moments found in the latter half of the album, such as the purely orchestral arrangement of "La Bailarina Vecina" and the ranchera duet "Ni Tú Ni Yo," are memorable as well. However, fans of Arjona's straight-ahead rock style are sure to be disappointed with much of 5to Piso, as piano and strings drive much of the music rather than the electric guitar and drums of years past. More typical than exceptional for Arjona at this point in his career, 5to Piso isn't as grand an album as his past few -- not only Adentro and Quién Dijo Ayer, but also the unplugged album Solo (2004), all of which put his career in retrospect. Yet it's a great album all the same, particularly the opening run of songs that culminates with "Cómo Duele," and it finds Arjona still at the top of his craft. ---Jason Birchmeier, Rovi

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Ricardo Arjona - Tropico [2009]

2009-12-26T12:55:44Z

Ricardo Arjona - Tropico [2009]


01. Historia De Taxi – Ricardo Ajona/Marc Anthony
02. Buenas Noches Don David – Gilberto Santa Rosa
03. Ella Y El – Ricardo Arjona
04. Primera Vez – Victor Manuelle
05. Un Caribe En Nueva York – Ricardo Arjona
06. Mujeres – Elvis Crespo
07. Cuando – Ricardo Arjona
08. Tu Reputacion – Tito Nieves
09. Lo Poco Que Queda De Mi – Ricardo Arjona
10. Quien Diria – Eddie Santiago
11. Te Emamoraste De Ti – Ricardo Arjona12 Detras De Mi Ventana – Melina Leon
13. Desnuda – Huey Dunbar
14. Mesias – Ricardo Arjona
15. Te Conozco – Ricardo Y Alberto
16. Si El Norte Fuera El Sur – Panteon Rococo/Ricardo Arjona

Trópico is the fifteenth compilation album by the Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, released on 13 June 2009. The album consists of Arjona's past songs, drawn from Animal Nocturno (1992) to Galería Caribe (2000), which are performed either by him, or by other Latin artists, including Marc Anthony, Tito Nieves and Gilberto Santa Rosa.

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Ricardo Arjona - Viña del Mar 2015

2010-04-29T11:26:23Z

Ricardo Arjona - Viña del Mar 2015


01 Ricardo Arjona-El Problema 
02 Ricardo Arjona-Te Quiero 
03 Ricardo Arjona-Acompañame a estar solo 
04 Ricardo Arjona-Dime que no 
05 Ricardo Arjona-Sin Ti, Sin Mi 
06 Ricardo Arjona-Desnuda 
07 Ricardo Arjona-Invertebrado 
08 Ricardo Arjona-Historia de Taxi 
09 Ricardo Arjona-Cavernicolas 
10 Ricardo Arjona-Si el norte fuera sur 
11 Ricardo Arjona-El Amor 
12 Ricardo Arjona-Lo Que Tengo 
13 Ricardo Arjona-Señora de las 4 decadas 
14 Ricardo Arjona-Te Conozco 
15 Ricardo Arjona-Apnea 
16 Ricardo Arjona-Fuiste Tu 
17 Ricardo Arjona-Me Enseñaste 
18 Ricardo Arjona-Quien Diria 
19 Ricardo Arjona-Realmente no estoy tan solo
20 Ricardo Arjona-Minutos

Guatemalan singer/songwriter Ricardo Arjona is one of the more respected Latin artists, mostly for his social conscience and his integrity in writing and performing songs. Born in Antigua, he was interested in music from an early age but later decided to become a rural schoolteacher. He also played basketball for the Guatemalan national team, but continued to play guitar and write songs in his spare time. After realizing that music was vocation, he moved to Mexico City; once there, he began looking for a record contract and played at many student festivals.

Arjona finally found a contract through PolyGram, but the label attempted to market him as a Latin lover type on his debut album, Dejame Decir Que Te Amo (Let Me Say I Love You). Predictably, the album failed, and Arjona spent the next five years teaching and occasionally writing songs recorded by other artists. He moved to Buenos Aires, began playing again, and soon returned to the recording sphere with material more suited to his experiences as a protest singer, namely "Jesus Verbo No Sustantivo," a controversial song about his experiences at a Catholic school as a child. It gained him a contract with Sony, which released many of his most popular albums, including 1992's Animal Nocturno. His next two albums, 1994's Historias and 1996's Si el Norte Fuera el Sur, were not only popular but critics' favorites as well.

Galería Caribe, which appeared in 2000, became Arjona's first number one album on the Top Latin Albums chart, and 2002's Santo Pecado won him a Latin Grammy Award. Adentro, released in late 2005, was a landmark in Arjona's catalog; it marked the first of several contributions by Puerto Rican producer and songwriter Tommy Torres, and won Arjona another Latin Grammy. 5to Piso followed in 2008, bolstered by the help of Torres plus a massive hit single in "Como Duele." Poquita Ropa arrived two years later, in 2010, with Arjona adopting more of a stripped-down approach. Released in 2011, Independiente featured a poppier sound and style that made the album a success, and the lead single "El Amor" a big hit. In typical fashion, Arjona switched gears again for 2014's Viaje, a singer/songwriter album through and through, driven by life on the road and depression brought on by the death of his mother. ---John Bush, Rovi

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Ricardo Arjona – Independiente (2011)

2011-10-06T18:08:47Z

Ricardo Arjona – Independiente (2011)


1. Lo que esta bien esta mal
2. Hay amores
3. A la medida							play
4. El Amor
5. Lo mejor de lo peor
6. Mi novia se me esta poniendo vieja
7. Te juro								play
8. Fuiste tu [Clean]
9. Te quiero
10. Si tu no existieras
11. Reconciliacion
12. Se fue
13. Caudillo
14. Mi novia se me esta poniendo vieja (Acustica)

Independiente ("Independent") is the thirteenth studio album to be released by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona on October 4, 2011. The album is the first by Arjona not to be directly released by Warner Music, instead being released by his own independent label, Metamorfosis Enterprises Inc., and then distributed by the former.

Nunca estuve más cerca de lo incierto en toda mi vida. Lo cierto es, que ahora que estoy aquí y no sé bien donde me encuentro, me encuentro más seguro que nunca, ubicado en ninguna parte pero con un ejercito de sueños, todos por delante. Harto de ser parte del séquito triste de los que se quejan y se quedan ahí, me propuse intentar hacer las cosas por las que me quejaba para ver si en efecto eran tan simples como las pensaba.

No se trata de un ajuste de cuentas ni de una cátedra de nada, es sólo ese afán carente de metáforas y estructuras que me llevan al lugar que pretendía que fuera cálido como mi primer casa uterina donde no me faltaba nada y sólo dependía del más grande amor de mi vida.

Tengo los zapatos que me gustan y los usos porque me gustan y me vienen cómodos, no porque los necesito para pertenecer a ningún grupo. Tengo las canciones que soñé y el camino que les toca lo cuidaré porque nunca fueron tan mías como lo son ahora. Reconstruyo los sueños rotos y los armo a mi antojo para formar figuras que se vean bien en la estantería de mi vida.

Sangro de contento, muero de felicidad y vivo de agonía esperando el futuro incierto que me depara. Así son las cosas de la libertad. Así es despertar loco de remate por culpa de una ráfaga de cordura que me sometió al riesgo hermoso de lo incierto. --- arjoneando.com

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