| | Mana Donde Jugaran Los Ninos? CD Mana Discography of CDs
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On DONDE JUGARAN LOS NINOS ("Where Will the Children Play?"), these pop-rockers from Mexico show that having a great time and a credible social conscience can indeed go hand-in-hand. Loaded with hits, this is surely one of the band's most celebrated, exciting albums. Their driving ragga-rock mixes with synth-laden pop, acoustic balladry and a youthful, Mexican romantic sensibility. Fher's light, breathy voice takes flight over Cesar "Vampiro" Lopez' (of later Jaguares fame) choppy, deliberate guitar-playing while Alex offers steady, tight drumming that's always full of little accents and subtleties.
The album opens with the party favorite, "De Pies a Cabeza," ("From Head to Toe"), which proffers soft love verses that give way to a thrilling double-time chorus with Fher calling out "Yeah, wha-yo-yo-yo" to the sound of happy horn lines. "Oye Mi Amor" is another classic--if the late-'70s Police sang a song in Spanish about joining bodies in sexual union, it would sound like this. Surprisingly credible perhaps, the title track is an urgent call for attention to environmental destruction and the right of future generations to a healthy planet.
Recorded at Devonshire Studios and Ocean Way, Los Angeles, California in Spring 1992.
Producers: Fher, Alex, Jose Quintana.
Recording information: Devon Shire Studios (1992); Ocean Way, Los Angeles, CA (1992).
Mana: Fher (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Vampiro (acoustic & electric guitar); Ivan (synthesizer, Hammond B-3 organ, piano); Juan (bass); Alex (drums, bass, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Ramon Flores (brass); Jose Quintana (piano, bass); Luis Conte (percussion); Sheila Rios (background vocals).
Donde Jugaran Los Ninos? Music | List Price | $9.98 (You save $2.69) | | Category | International Albums, Pop CDs, Latin, Spanish, Latin Pop, Rock En Espanol, Rock | | Label | Weasel Disc | | Orig Year | 1994 | | All Time Sales Rank |  5171  | | CD Universe Part number | 1274514 | | Catalog number | 95790 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 12, 1994 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Benny Faccone | | Recording Time | 64 minutes | | Personnel | Fher - vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Alex Gonzalez - drums, bass, percussion, background vocals
Juan Calleros - bass
Juan Carlos Toribio - bass
Vampiro - acoustic & electric guitar
Ivan - synthesizer, Hammond B-3 organ, piano
Also: Luis Conte, Ramon Flores, Jose Quintana, Sheila Rios | | Additional Info | New Edition |
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SUENOS LIQUIDOS won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Latin/Rock Alternative Performance.
As trippy and loose-limbed as the album art may be (echoes of Santana's ABRAXAS), SUENOS LIQUIDOS finds these rockeros Mexicanos creating an ever-more refined sound. It's a free-and-easy rock & roll that's been baked in the Yucatan sun, with all the fun of Bryan Adams, the drive of the Police and an unflinching love of the ballad. With a nylon-string guitar fill here or a harmonized vocal fadeout there, frontman Fher and drummer Alex Gonzalez display an impeccable production sense, enhancing the mood while keeping the mix clear and each instrument distinct.
Fher's gone and caught gypsy fever, with his dreamy, dust-throated crooning about a mermaid enchantress on "Hechicera." Lead guitarist Sergio Vallin provides fine shredding over the song's reggae-rock beat, a familiar Mana sound. "Un Lobo" and "Clavado" are pure chunky-riff fun, songs about the highs and lows of being ...
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Recorded live in August and September, 1994. Includes liner notes by Mana.
All songs written or co-written by Fher and/or Alex except "El Rey" (Jose Alfredo Jimenez).
In terms of live albums, Maná's En Vivo is exemplary. It's filled with hits, offers crystalline sound quality, and boasts remarkable band-audience rapport, highlighted by the numerous moments when the crowd sings along to the better-known songs. Fher Olvera is a captivating frontman, and it's him in particular who engages this lively crowd most. The band as a whole deserves mention too, though. It not only plays its many hits well, but it often gives the songs new life, extending them and letting them go on until they're truly finished. And regarding those hits, some of Maná's most beloved are here, including "De Pies a Cabeza," "Oye Mi Amor," "Rayando el Sol," "Como Te Deseo," and an acoustic performance of the absolutely beautiful "Vivir Sin Aire" saved for last. Granted, most of these songs are from the 1994 Donde Jugaran los Niños? album. In fact, pretty ...
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CUANDO LOS ANGELES LLORAN was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance.
Although stylistically similar to DONDE JUGARAN LOS NINOS, CUANDO LOS ANGELES LLORAN ("When the Angels Cry") is a relatively harder-rocking, stripped-down record for Mexican pop-rock outfit Mana. The sweet, atmospheric synth sounds of past records are pushed more to the background and Sergio Vallin joins the band as first-chair guitarist, with a piercing, heavy metal sound that shifts seamlessly between crunching chords and soaring, Van Halen-esque leads. Mana's members seem to gel more than ever as a distinct band here, and the result is some of the tightest songwriting and production in their discography.
"Como Un Perro Enloquecido" ("Like a Mad Dog") is pure fun, alternating ...
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REVOLUCION DE AMOR won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album. The album also won the 2003 Latin Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album By a Duo or Group with Vocal and and for Best Engineered Album.
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On what would turn out to be New Grass Revival's final album, Friday Night in America, the band advanced their sound beyond their own previous pioneering. Their genre-busting brand of rocked-out progressive bluegrass is at its most rockin' -- almost bordering on hair metal with banjos. John Cowan's emotive vocals soar above the delicate ...
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Chris Goss and Jeordie White, the duo that is Goon Moon, both proved their rock credentials years ago, the ...
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