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This Day in Pop: Shakira releases 'Laundry Service' in 2001 (Nov 13)

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A day like today but in 2001, Colombian superstar Shakira released her first bilingual record. This happened 19 years ago, which feels like forever ago, and at the same time, just like yesterday. I feel great writing about this, since this album is one that marked my life.

While it was mainly recorded in English, it was the singles in Spanish what made this album so great in my opinion. 'Whenever Wherever' is great, but 'Suerte' is sublime. 'Objection' needs to be played loud, but 'Te Aviso Te Anuncio' needs to be played thunderously. 'Te Dejo Madrid' is a rock and roll anthem and she looks gorgeous in the music video. 'Que Me Quedes Tú', is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written. Also, we had the chance to get a version in English of her iconic song 'Ojos Así' ('Eyes Like Yours'), which actually belonged to her former release 'Dónde Están Los Ladrones'- another masterpiece, by the way. 'Underneath Your Clothes', her first single in English (that didn't have a Spanish counterpart), has s.e.xy written all over it. A honeymoon anthem, I'd say.

Now let us run down the deep cuts:

Songs like 'Rules', 'The One', and 'Fool', depicted Shakira's artistry just as we, Spanish speakers grasped it since her beginning: rock-tinged, smart lyricism, and her signature vocals. 'Ready For the Good Times' is a certified bop. It deserved single treatment. Lyrically, it is probably her most "main pop girl" song, if someone knows what I mean. 'Poem to a Horse' closed the era. It is edgy, clever, unapologetic, and it needed a proper music video.

Finally, these songs were the inception of that joke that we just don't get Shaki's enunciation, be it Spanish or English, lol.

This was a game changer for Shakira, what laid the basis for her future success in the English-speaking world, and today, we celebrate it. Exhale, how do you feel about this body of work? 

 

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Her best english language album and one of the two that I own in physical. The One  is so underrated. Even the single version. I haven't seen it mentioned in my 9 months on Exhale and we need to

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Fantastic review, thank for this!

It's an amazing album, and a great crossover after Ricky Martin's 1999 self-titled. No one can do it better than them.

What I like about this album is that she stayed true to herself even when singing in Spanish. She kind of lost that with the following records...

And I totally agree with you that the Spanish versions are better than the ones in English... I wish English speakers could hear them like we do! But the same happens with Ricky Martin, so I guess it truly does make a difference what your mother tongue is.

 

43 minutes ago, Adriannn said:

Finally, these songs were the inception of that joke that we just don't get Shaki's enunciation, be it Spanish or English, lol.

haha yes! Shakira is the Ariana Grande of Latin America when it comes to bad enunciation in songs :p

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I'm a huge fan of Shakira, but I'm not gonna lie, this was the first album of hers I didn't like in full. I love the singles, and I do prefer the Spanish versions too, but the album tracks, most of them I tend to forget them. Shakira "la güera" wasn't well received by all of her previous fans, but it was a change she needed in order to grow her audience. Well, not necessarily the dyed hair, but her change in style, her image overall.

But I still recognize the importance of this album in her career and it's what made her known globally. :mhm_britney_nodding_yes_mhmm:

 

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1 hour ago, bitbitboi said:

Fantastic review, thank for this!

It's an amazing album, and a great crossover after Ricky Martin's 1999 self-titled. No one can do it better than them.

What I like about this album is that she stayed true to herself even when singing in Spanish. She kind of lost that with the following records...

And I totally agree with you that the Spanish versions are better than the ones in English... I wish English speakers could hear them like we do! But the same happens with Ricky Martin, so I guess it truly does make a difference what your mother tongue is.

 

haha yes! Shakira is the Ariana Grande of Latin America when it comes to bad enunciation in songs :p

If they could only hear what we do!

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2 hours ago, PokemonSpears said:

I'm a huge fan of Shakira, but I'm not gonna lie, this was the first album of hers I didn't like in full. I love the singles, and I do prefer the Spanish versions too, but the album tracks, most of them I tend to forget them. Shakira "la güera" wasn't well received by all of her previous fans, but it was a change she needed in order to grow her audience. Well, not necessarily the dyed hair, but her change in style, her image overall.

But I still recognize the importance of this album in her career and it's what made her known globally. :mhm_britney_nodding_yes_mhmm:

 

Actually, many music critics didn't really feel it either. I love it, but I consider 'Dónde Están los Ladrones' far superior. However, many memories are attached to Laundry Service. And yeah, this is the album that paved her way to superstardom. 

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30 minutes ago, Adriannn said:

Actually, many music critics didn't really feel it either. I love it, but I consider 'Dónde Están los Ladrones' far superior. However, many memories are attached to Laundry Service. And yeah, this is the album that paved her way to superstardom. 

This deserves more recognition, I can't at the video only having 17M views, when she has 31M subscribers :didilie_nicki_lmao_laugh_haha_lol_hehe_cackle_minaj_hat:

 

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