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| Insomniac | 
 enlarge | Artist: Enrique Iglesias
Label: Interscope Records
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 9489
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 602517338449
UPC: 602517338449
EAN: 0602517338449
ASIN: B000Q364M4
Release Date: June 12, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Ring My Bells | | • | Push | | • | Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song) - Enrique Iglesias, Garrett, Sean | | • | Somebody's Me | | • | On Top of You - Enrique Iglesias, Austin, J. | | • | Tired of Being Sorry - Enrique Iglesias, Thomas, Scott | | • | Miss You | | • | Wish I Was Your Lover | | • | Little Girl | | • | Stay Here Tonight | | • | Sweet Isabel - Enrique Iglesias, Stewart, Brodie | | • | Don't You Forget About Me | | • | Dimelo - Enrique Iglesias, Garrett, Sean | | • | Alguien Soy Yo | | • | Amigo Vulnerable - Enrique Iglesias, Thomas, Scott |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: IGLESIAS,ENRIQUE
Title: INSOMNIAC
Street Release Date: 06/12/2007
Domestic
Genre: LATIN POP/ROCK
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After three years of tossing and turning in anticipation of a new Enrique Iglesias disc, fans of the Latin superstar may find themselves losing still more sleep over early reviews that take Insomniac to task for straying too far from the sound that launched him to the loverman stratosphere. No need, though. Despite the presence of Lil' Wayne on the ultra-steamy, street-edged "Push" and some unapologetically catchy pop tunes any male singer, ethnicity aside, could have fun with ("Do You Know," for example, and "Tired of Being Sorry," a Ringside re-tread), white-hot machismo and Latin charm permeate Insomniac reliably. "Little Girl" sends out liquid-eyed outpourings of love to the ladies, "Don't You Forget About Me" delivers a sweet lament over a melting guitar line, and three late Spanish-language tracks--though they're just translations of English versions that preceded them--manage to lift the whole thing into a romantic shangri-la. If it's a peppier shangri-la than normal, chalk it up to No-Doz; Iglesias admits in the liner notes that he, himself, is the insomniac the disc was named for. --Tammy La Gorce
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 Your Favorite Latin Lover Is Back June 12, 2007
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
Just like his Father Julio, Enrique Iglesias emerged as a Latin lover, but a few decades later in the late 90's were Latin music finally was getting the recognition it deserved and also getting alot of airplay. Enrique combined seductive ballads with Latin insipred uptempos and the result was great success. On his first English album from 1999 he had a smash hit with both the uptempo "Bailamos" that reached #1 position on the billboard charts and with "Be With You" a ballad also reaching #1. simultaneously, several other Latin artists like Shakira, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony had also had hits with simular concept, Latin inflenced pop songs in English that is. However, Enrique proved he was no fluke and stuck around with another great album in "Escape" and scored with the wonderful ballad "Hero" that reached #4, the album ultimately sold 9 million copies and Enrique was on top of his game, perhaps the most popular Latin singer to crossover. "7" his third album from 2003, was alright but lacked major hits. The only hit was "Addicted" reached a decent #19 place but I doubt alot of people recalls it?. 4 years have gone by now and Enrique has been outisde of the spotlight concentrating on other activities and his girlfriend Ex-Tennisplayer Anna Kounikova. A few months ago I heard rumours about a new very anticipated 4th English album titled "Insomniac" and I was quite suprised cause I hadn't been thinking of Enrique in ages and wasn't sure he'd be coming back at all. It seems like he had completely lost his interest for music. Before listening to this album I had 2 major questions that I wanted an answer to. Would he sound like usual? and Would there be enoguh potential hit singles for his old fans to still bother?. Read on to find out.
Enrique Iglesias's 4th English album and first new album in 4 years feauture production from Stargate, Sean Garrett and, John Shanks and several Swedes in Kristian Lundin, Rami & Anders Bagge just aswell as Mark Taylor who wrote "Hero". The album seems to have something for everyone and in some of the occasions it works just fine while in others it doesn't. Not that many Latin inspired uptempos this time, but many ballads and midtempos. It starts with "Ring My Bells" a decent midtempo with great verse and production, but the killer hook never arrives and that's a shame, However this is a grower. A dirty Hip Hopish club song called "Push" with Lil Wayne is a major surprise on an Enrique album, this feels like a misstep though and I could do without. The first single "Do You Know (Ping Pong Song) was produced by Sean Garrett and it's the absolute standout here. It feauture beats resembling a ping pong ball and, great melody and a hook that is so good it's irressistble. Not surprisingly this is already a hit. "Somebody's Me" is a midtempo with a basic guitar riff, it's passable. Stargate produced "On Top of You" is another straight forward song but it isn't Hip Hopish this time. It uses some very catchy sirens and and is alright but need a few listens too. "Tired Of Being Sorry" is a midtempo with spanish guitar riffs, decent pop but can't say we haven't heard it before.
"Miss You" offfers more of the same, only that it's more oriental inspired with it's rhythm. "Wish I Was You Lover" is a standout though, it's a midtempo/uptempo with great beats and hook and hopefully a upcoming single. "Little Girl" is a sugar sweet ballad with basic guitar riffs that kind of resembles The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes". It seems to deal with a little girl without someone to love that is all alone. "Stay Here Tonight" is more decent middle of the road pop but "Sweet Isabel" is a great rock inspired midtempo that is abit diffrent from the rest and also got the hit potential. "Don't You Forget About Me" is the last song in English and it's quite dull, right after there are 3 Spanish versions of other album songs.
Overall, Enrique offers an alright album with decent variety and a few standouts. "Do You Know" is really good and so are 2-3 other songs aswell, But there is also alot of half decent and mediocre material here aswell. At times it sounds like Enrique is going through the motions and he just gives you pop songs without much passion or personality. I wouldn't mind more uptempos cause there are few of them and they would defenitely improve the overall quality here. On the other hand there are few really bad songs included either. Having said that, this album is decent but not better then his first 2 that were really good. I think some of his older fans may still enjoy this but unlikely that new fans will arrive. "Insomniac" gets 3 stars without being too special
Insomniac? Sleepy, more like... June 12, 2007
9 out of 15 found this review helpful
"Insomniac" is everything we've come to expect from Enrique Iglesias; ordinary pop songs about love. However, unlike the album's title, most of the songs are unlikely to keep one awake.
Much of the album comprises songs which seem to be inspired by George Michael's "Hand to mouth", sung in that heart broken voice Enrique seems to be stuck with, a very good example being "Ring my bell".
Lead off single "Do you know (the ping pong song)" is a desperately ordinary song made a bit different by the ping pong ball effects. It sounds much better in its Spanish version "Dimelo", almost like a different song thanks to his fervent delivery in Spanish. "Push" is a rather tepid mid tempo number featuring the obligatory rap (or you won't get any airplay in the US) by Lil Wayne.
All's not lost though. Three songs really stand out. The more upbeat, guitar drenched dreamy sounding "Tired of being sorry" is lovely (similar to "Love to see you cry" from "Escape"), and is featured again in a Spanish version. "Miss you" is a horn sprinkled flamenco-like dance number which gets you moving, while the acoustic ballad "Don't you forget about me" (featuring a yearning vocal delivery) is superb.
"Sweet Isabel" is rockier and edgier than most of the other stuff. "Little girl" is a ballad about a girl who found fame and fortune but nobody to love, while the uptempo pulsing synth of "Stay here tonight" is remniscent of The Police's "Every breath you take".
I really wish Enrique would take the risk and push the envelope musically. As it is, "Insomniac" is just adequate.
Enrique Hip-Hop Star? (3.5 Stars) June 13, 2007
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Enrique Iglesias is really in a bad boat. Because, it seems like in this era, if you are trying to set off a Latin explosion and your name isn't Shakira, it's going to flop. Look at Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony (I didn't put those last two together on purpose), none of those people have had any recent hits. And if you look through charts, Enrique hasn't really had a big smash in a good long time. So, as expected here, he tries really, really hard to impress you, by going off on different genres and different styles. And, like anyone else going completely out of his or her comfort zone, it really fails. One forgettable thing is Enrique Iglesias's very sad attempts to appeal to the hip-hop group. Songs like "On Top of You" and "Push" (latter featuring Lil' Wayne) are dead-drop forgettable tries at another scene. But, aside from that, Insomniac provides a solid, poppy and fun listen, regardless that the disc might feel a little dated (it ain't summer 2002 anymore), and you may have one or two blander songs to deal with. Enrique Iglesias should stick to what he does best: ballads; and that shows in "Somebody's Me", the acoustic "Don't You Forget About Me", and radio-friendly "Little Girl", and dancehall vibes, like "Tired of Being Sorry", or the best of both worlds, "Wish I Was Your Lover". And the two pop-rock songs "Stay Here Tonight" and "Sweet Isabel" are above passable. And like any other Enrique album, we are treated with three Spanish songs, all of which are already on the album in English, these are "Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song)", "Somebody's Me", and "Tired of Being Sorry". Enrique should try sticking to his roots for his next album, but Insomniac is still a very solid, contained, and fun listen. 3.5 stars.
 Enrique changes, matures June 12, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I think at first listen I thought, huh, this is different. Not a typical Enrique album. I loved his album, 7. And I wondered why it sold so little in U.S.A. I think this new album is a change but a change in the right direction. I was not sure how much I liked this album until I noticed how much I've been singing part of Ring My Bells. I loved Do You Know the first time I heard it. Tired of Being Sorry is great, too. Somebody's Me is great, very touching. These songs grow on you once you give them a chance, read the lyrics, make you feel like it's late at night and your experiencing something very personal. Which is what I believed Enrique intended. Thank you Enrique for being so honest and personal.
Enrique does it again! June 13, 2007
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have had the CD on since I bought it yesterday. A definite "grower". I have enjoyed Enrique's three previous english CD's, and the new one does not disappoint! The best tracks are definetly "On Top of You" and "Tired of Being Sorry". There are not as many high energy songs, like on Seven and Escape, but the CD is one that will be on my high rotation list throughout the summer/and fall:) How refreshing that an artist can be entertaining, by just being himself. What a novel concept.
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