Sex and Love

by Enrique Iglesias

Overview

Though Enrique Iglesias spent four years between albums, one would hardly know it by Sex and Love. No less than four of these 11 tracks were issued as pre-release singles in 2013. Musically, Iglesias walks the line between the dancefloor jams of 2007's Insomniac and the romantic flavor of 2010's Euphoria. Interestingly, it's not the singles that are most convincing. "Bailando," with Descemer Bueno and Gente De Zona, is an uptempo groover that melds flamenco-tinged guitars and a cut-time dancefloor strut. The celebratory choruses are balanced by a tender, infectious pop melody and a tropical counter-rhythm. Single "El Perdedor," with Marc Antonio Solis, is an unmistakable loverman ballad. Its relatively sparse mix, clipped beat, soloing nylon-string guitars, strings, and keyboards make it one of the set's best tracks, though it's superceded by the transcendent ballad "Me Cuesta Tanto Olvidarte," co-written with Claudia Brant. Its piano, strings, and martial snare drum lend a processional quality to Iglesias' emotionally exposed lyric. Of the groovers, there's the polished club anthem "You and I," followed by the hooky yet overly slick single "Heart Attack." A set highlight lies in the deeply funky soul bachata of "Let Me Be Your Lover," with Pitbull (who also appears, of course, on the floor-stomping, album-opening single "I'm a Freak"). The reggaeton in "There Goes My Baby," with Flo Rida, is pure pop candy, while "Noche y de Dia" with Juan Magan and Yandel is a four-on-the-floor tropical club jam -- complete with loads of Auto-Tune. There are two versions of "Loco" here. The single with Romeo Santos is silky smooth with tropical rhythms underneath electric guitars, programmed beats, and those two -- perhaps overly -- seductive voices. The latter version features Andalusian singer India Martinez. It's more spacious, natural, and passionate. Iglesias lets her beautifully grainy flamenco voice shine through to meet his in an unforced duet. Rolling hand drums, strummed guitars, an electric six-string solo, and a bassline are all that populate its mix. Though Sex and Love tries hard to walk the tightrope between the personas displayed on Iglesias' two previous outings, he leans more to the club side here. Your feelings about the album will depend on which side of the divide you lean toward. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	03/18/2014
Label:	Republic
UPC:	0602537745241

Tracks

1. I'm a Freak
2. There Goes My Baby
3. Bailando
4. El Perdedor
5. Loco
6. Let Me Be Your Lover
7. You and I
8. Heart Attack
9. Me Cuesta Tanto Olvidarte
10. Noche Y De Dia
11. Loco

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Enrique Iglesias   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Marco Antonio Solis   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Decemer Bueno   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
India Martinez   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Romeo Santos   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Yandel   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Kylie Minogue   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Juan Magan   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Flo Rida   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Descemer Bueno   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Gente de Zona   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Sean Paul   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Jennifer Lopez   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
The Cataracs   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Sammy Adams   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Anthony Touma   Primary Artist
The Wavs   Featured Artist
The WAV.s   Featured Artist
Yoan "Odd Fellow" Chirescu   Guitar
Alex "Chichi" Caba   Guitar
Descember Bueno   Featured Artist
Jesusin Cruz   Guitar
Ariadna Barbe   Contrabass
Alex Smith   Keyboards,Keyboards,Keyboards
Adriana Barbe   Contrabass
Sam Preston   Guitar
Rickard Goeransson   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Mark Taylor   Keyboards
DJ Frank E   Bass,Drums,Keyboards,Percussion
Rome Ramirez   Bass,Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Adam Baptiste   Vocals (Background)
Niles Hollowell-Dhar   Vocals (Background)
Konstantin Litvinenko   Cello
Richard Bravo   Percussion
Adam Phillips   Guitar
Pablo DeLa Loza   Keyboards
David Cabrera   Guitar
Jacob Luttrell   Vocals (Background)
Van Romaine   Drums (Snare)
Andy Wallace   Piano
Joaquin Diaz   Keyboards
Vein   Vocals,Featured Artist
Pedro Alfonso   Viola,Violin
Pitbull   Vocals,Featured Artist
Marty James   Vocals (Background)
Ramon Stagnaro   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Emmett O'Malley   Guitar
Dante Rivera   Bass
Rob Clores   Piano
Carlos Paucar   Bass,Guitar,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Manny Lopez   Guitar (Acoustic)
Enrique Terrero   Guira
Esther Fortune   Vocals (Background)
Guillermo Frias   Bongos

Technical Credits

Fadil El Ghoul   Composer
Carlos Dalmasi   Recording Director
Ray Casillas   Composer
Delbert Bowers   Mixing,Composer,Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Yoan "Odd Fellow" Chirescu   Composer
Sammy Wisner   Composer
Yoan Chirescu   Composer
Randy Malcom Martinez Amey   Composer
Marty James Garton Jr   Composer
Armando Perez   Composer,Composer
Brady Wiggins   Programming
Descember Bueno   Composer
Markel Barsagaz   Engineer
Petros Ramirez   Composer
Decemer Bueno   Composer
Alex Smith   Composer,Producer,Programming,Composer,Producer,Programming,Programming,Composer,Producer
Randy Malcom Martinez   Composer
Claudia Brandt   Composer
Bjoern Dupstroem   Composer
Andervan Gomes Martins Da Silva   Composer
Sam Preston   Composer
Carlos Bedoya   Engineer
Randy Martinez   Composer
Tom Douglas   Composer
Rickard Goeransson   Composer,Producer
Petros   Composer
Alan Silfen   Photography
Ivan Chevere   Mixing,Engineer
Keith Ross   Remixing,Remixing
Armando C. Perez   Composer
Mark Taylor   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Programming,Composer,Composer
Tramar Dillard   Composer
Bilal Hajji   Composer
DJ Frank E   Producer,Programming,Synthesizer Programming
Romeo Santos   Producer
Joseph Pellegrini   Composer
Alexander Delgado   Composer
Rome Ramirez   Composer
Dan Kambaiah   Composer
Adam Baptiste   Composer
Justin Franks   Composer
Chelsea Avery   A&R
Pierre-Antoine Melki   Composer
Aya Merrill   Mastering
Alex Heme Toval   Engineer
Bjoern Djupstroem   Composer
Juan Pablo Negrete   Engineer
Christian Ramos   Composer
Niles Hollowell-Dhar   Composer
Raphael Judrin   Composer
The Cataracts   Producer
Hillary Lindsey   Composer
Roberto "Tito" Vazquez   Engineer
Enrique Iglesias   Composer,Producer
Benny Faccone   Engineer,Vocal Engineer
Marc Lee   Engineer
Ramon 'El Ingeniero' Casillas   Composer,Programming
Descemer Bueno   Composer
David Cabrera   Arranger
Chris Galland   Mixing,Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Alex Papaconstantinou   Composer
Tiyon Mack   Composer
Tom Coyne   Mastering
Jacob Luttrell   Composer
Chapman Baehler   Photography
Alex P   Mixing,Producer,Programming,Vocal Editing,Instrumentation
Jimmy Gonzales   Engineer
Steeve Daviault   Creative Director
RedOne   Composer,Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Claudia Brant   Composer
Bruno Canale   Guitar Engineer
Fabian Lenssen   Composer
Drew FitzGerald   Art Direction
Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Chris Jackson   Composer
Don Omar   Composer
John Hanes   Engineer
Sean Paul   Composer
William Landron Rivera   Composer
Robert Orton   Mixing
Vein   Remixing,Additional Production
Marty James   Composer
Ren Swan   Mixing,Engineer
Red One   Composer
James Slater   Composer
The Cataracs   Producer
Carlos Paucar   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Remixing,Programming,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Producer,Instrumentation,Recording Producer
Sandy Vee   Composer,Producer,Programming
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Wendy Goldstein   A&R