Maná Album: “Revolucion De Amor”

I realize that I'm operating at a disadvantage in reviewing this CD. I don't speak Spanish (although I took it in high school and college) and I haven't followed Maná throughout their career. I'm just an late-arriving Americano who appreciates good music whatever its country of origin.

Nevertheless, I was blown away by this CD's sound: its harmony, arrangement, and emotion. In fact, I was blown away enough to order the 3-CD set of their earlier CDs on Warner, based on Amazon reviewers' raves about their earlier work. I can appreciate where those reviewers were coming from, but I still like "Revolucion de Amor" the best.

For my money, the earlier Maná was a worthy band in the Police vein, but a bit minimalist. This CD, where they arguably went corporate (or whatever), fleshes out their potential and really delivers.

Hey, even with English-language bands, I usually place the lyrics in the background and concentrate on the overall sound. On that count, this CD delivers as much as, say, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers or the Sisters of Mercy or Procol Harum or Phil Spector's girl groups. Solid harmonies, good musicianship, great balance.

That may just be succumbing to the allures of pop production, but good pop is all too rare, ironically enough.

I hope that the band is working on another CD, three years on, and look forward to what they come up with.

I'm a huge Maná fan, and when I first listened to this CD, I admit I was a bit disappointed. It IS starting to grow on me, though. I was particularly impressed with "Porque Te Vas" As far as I know, this is the first song Mana has recorded that was written by Sergio, and he does the vocals, as well. I've probably listened to that song, along with "Pobre Juan" and "Mariposa Traicionera" hundredes of times this past week. Those are my three favorite songs on the album, and I'm starting to really like some of the other songs, as well.

I'm a little worried that Maná may be going downhill, unfortunately. When I compare it to "Donde Jugarán los Niños" and "Cuando Lloren los Angeles", I'm a little disappointed. Between those two albums, there are maybe only 1 or 2 songs that I don't absolutely love. 95% of the songs on those albums are amazing. On "Falta Amor" and "Sueños Liquidos", I'd say 80% of the songs are incredible. Right now, I only like about half of the songs on "Revolucion de Amor". I hope the others grow on me! I'll be interested to see what they do next...

I'm a cuban medicine student , I'm also a fan of that group, I own all mana's CD's but this one . Althuogh I did not hear it completely I can say is the same good music we always heared from them . I hope Mana is going to last forever , that's the only way we won't need to ask ourselves where the children are going to play.

Angel de amor Is a song that shows the strenght the words Mana sings

I am trying to learn Spanish, and a good friend of mine told me to listen to some Spanish music: she recommended Mana. I LOVE this CD, I listen to it every day in my car, and am working on translating the lyrics one song at a time. I think the music is awesome, the lyrics are clever, and I really love the "traditional old-school latin/caribbean style". I think my favorite song is Sábanas Frías. If Mana tours again to the Pacific Northwest area I will definitely be in the crowd.

After more than four years of not recording a studio album, the Mexican band Mana is back with "Revolucion De Amor", an album that contains twelve songs. The first single "Angel De Amor" is now gaining a lot of popularity around Latin America and other countries. I think this album is good, but not as good as I expected it to be. The songs I like the most are "Justicia, Tierra Y Libertad", "Ay, Doctor", "Fe", "Sabanas Frias", "Pobre Juan", "¿Por Que Te Vas?", and "Angel De Amor". The song "Ay, Doctor" basically talks about someone who's seeing the doctor because he feels sick because his love is gone. It's a pretty cool song. I'm hoping it's one of the singles in this album. The song "¿Por Que Te Vas?" talks about someone who lost his love when he loved her the most. "Pobre Juan" is another song I like a lot. It talks about a guy named Juan who tries to cross the border. When time passes no one knows anything about him. Did the desert bury him? Or did "la migra" get him? Who Knows? This is a great song in this album. This album also includes the lyrics for every song and it also includes quotes of people in history such as Gandhi. I recommend this album. It's pretty good.