Music : La Vida.. Es Un Ratico (Life is Short)

Rating: - Love him!!
A friend suggested I buy this and I haven't stopped playing this since I bought it. The video on Youtube is fantastic. I'd recommend it unreservedly

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Rating: - A brilliant album!!
I haven't stopped playing this album since I got it, it is simply fantastic. No Creo En El Jamas is a good opener, upbeat with positive lyrics and one of several tracks with some fierce drums. The third track is Me Enamora, which I really wish had been released as a single in the UK 'cos I love it. The title track La Vida Es Un Ratico is going to have everyone with lighters in the air at his concerts for sure, you just have to sing along with it. Minas Piedras may well make you cry, I know I cried listening to this collaboration with Andres Calamaro telling of the horrific consequences of landmines. Tu Y Yo is a lovely song, one of Juanes' more romantic, celebratory songs. Bandera De Manos has two versions, one featuring Campino which is partially in German and the second is Juanes by himself doing the song all in Spanish and it's a great, anthemic album closer.
The DVD is good too, the first documentary is a look at Juanes' life and career so far, useful for those of us who only discovered him with the European release of Mi Sangre last year! We also get a look at how they made the Me Enamora video and the inspiration behind what is a really neat video. The final documentary looks at the individual songs and Juanes discusses how each one came about, what prompted him to write them, how they evolved. Overall the DVD is a really informative accompaniment to the album.
I strongly recommend La Vida Es Un Ratico to anyone who prefers their rock music with an international flavour and a social conscience - whether you understand the words or not, you'll still get something out of this album. I honestly can't find a track on here that I don't like, it is that good.

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Rating: - Reviews?
i do believe the other review below by a "music fan" is in fact cut and pasted from a sales note by a music company rep. Check out his other 5 star reviews - they're all for the same label...so take his five star review with a pinch of salt!
I hope some real fans will write a review when they've had a chance to hear this album.

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Rating: - La Vida.. Es Un Ratico (Life is Short)
La Vida...Es un Ratico (Life is a moment) is the follow up to Juanes' globally multi-platinum release Mi Sangre. In La Vida...Es un Ratico, Juanes once again teams up with co-producer Gustavo Santaolalla, Double-Oscar/Grammy winner. In his first single "Me Enamora," Juanes shows us his intimate personal thoughts on love and relationships. In songs like "Minas Piedras" and Bandera de Manos" he tackles themes of both the hope for peace and social change. With this release, Juanes works to continue to perfect his distinctive fusion of rock with traditional Colombian rhythms and other international styles.

Despues del exito de "Mi Sangre", Juanes nos presenta "Me Enamora" el primer sencillo de su tan esperado nuevo lanzamiento "La Vida...Es un Ratico. "La Vida...Es un Ratico" fue producido nuevamente por Juanes y Gustavo Santaolalla, ganador de dos premios Oscar y multiples Grammy's. Juanes escribió letra y musica de todos los temas durante los dos ultimos años, entre la etapa final de la gira de "Mi Sangre" y un periodo sabatico en el que se concentro en la composición de "La Vida...Es un Ratico". En "La Vida...Es un Ratico" hay canciones que hablan de temas sociales como "Minas Piedras" y "Bandera de Manos" y otras como el primer sencillo "Me Enamora" relacionadas a temas personales y del amor. En este lanzamiento Juanes consolida sin duda alguna su idea musical de fusionar rock con ritmos Colombianos, y ritmos internacionales.