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Arriving a long four years after Revolución de Amor (2002), which had been the band's most accomplished album to date, and a Grammy winner to boot, Amar Es Combatir confirmed Maná's continuing designation as the world's standard-bearing Spanish-language mainstream rock band. Amar Es Combatir's lead single, "Labios Compartidos," was an overnight chart-topper, and the album itself debuted at number four on Billboard's overall album chart, the highest debut ever for a Spanish-language release by a band or group. And make no mistake, such success was warranted, as Amar Es Combatir is not so much a stride forward creatively as it is a consolidation of everything that had earned Maná such a devoted international fan base in the first place. For better, and perhaps for worse, there are no surprises on Amar Es Combatir: the band delivers yet another slick set of soaring rockers (of which "Arráncane el Corazón" and "Tú Me Salvaste" are the highlights) interspersed with laid-back pleas of passion ("Ojala Pudiera Borrarte," "Bendita Tu Luz") and, of course, the obligatory heart-clutching power ballad or two à la "Vivir sin Aire," the band's timeless breakthrough hit from 1994 ("Labios Compartidos," "Tengo Muchas Alas"). The band's critics, who are legion, offered the same age-old complaints upon the album's release: the band repackages the same product each go round, the songs are awfully sappy for such a gruff-looking bunch of guys, and yes, the music isn't authentic -- that is, it's not Latin enough. Regardless of whether you adore or hate Maná, there's no denying the appeal of Amar Es Combatir. This is a meticulous, impassioned, and all-around well-crafted album of what fans had come to expect from Maná, and if it lacks some of the courage of Revolución de Amor, Amar Es Combatir is nonetheless a standout rock en español effort circa 2006 and another laudable effort by the ever-reliable band.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Alex Gonzalez, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Fernando Quintana, Vocals - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Arranger, Editor, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Arturo Perales, AdditionalEngineer - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Alex Gonzalez, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Arranger, Editor, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Alex Gonzalez, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Fernando Quintana, Vocals - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Arranger, Editor, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Gustavo Orozco, Loops - Juan Calleros, Bass - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Arturo Perales, AdditionalEngineer - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Alex Gonzalez, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Writer, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Editor, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Albert Menendez, Keyboards - Alex Gonzalez, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Arranger, Editor, Vocals, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Alex Gonzalez, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Editor, Guitar, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Alex Gonzalez, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Editor, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Juan Luis Guerra 4.40, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Mike Fassano, Technician - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Alex Gonzalez, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Arranger, Editor, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Alex Gonzalez, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Writer, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Editor, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Alex Gonzalez, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Editor, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Alex Gonzalez, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Arranger, Editor, Guitar, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Luis Rey, Vocals - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Alex Gonzalez, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Arranger, Editor, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Luis Rey, Vocals - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Albert Menendez, Keyboards - Alex Gonzalez, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programmer - Fher Olvera, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Brian Gardner, MasteringEngineer - Javier Valverde, Editor, AssistantEngineer - Maná, MainArtist - Sergio Vallin, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Thom Russo, Engineer, MixingEngineer - El Cejon Sandoval, Keyboards - Fabian Serrano, Editor - Fernando Vallin, Arranger, Editor, Technician - Francisco Ayon, Technician - Juan Calleros, Bass - Miguel Bustamante, AssistantEngineer - Mike Fassano, Technician - Conrad Garcia, Percussion - Juan Toribio, Keyboards
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
Album review
Arriving a long four years after Revolución de Amor (2002), which had been the band's most accomplished album to date, and a Grammy winner to boot, Amar Es Combatir confirmed Maná's continuing designation as the world's standard-bearing Spanish-language mainstream rock band. Amar Es Combatir's lead single, "Labios Compartidos," was an overnight chart-topper, and the album itself debuted at number four on Billboard's overall album chart, the highest debut ever for a Spanish-language release by a band or group. And make no mistake, such success was warranted, as Amar Es Combatir is not so much a stride forward creatively as it is a consolidation of everything that had earned Maná such a devoted international fan base in the first place. For better, and perhaps for worse, there are no surprises on Amar Es Combatir: the band delivers yet another slick set of soaring rockers (of which "Arráncane el Corazón" and "Tú Me Salvaste" are the highlights) interspersed with laid-back pleas of passion ("Ojala Pudiera Borrarte," "Bendita Tu Luz") and, of course, the obligatory heart-clutching power ballad or two à la "Vivir sin Aire," the band's timeless breakthrough hit from 1994 ("Labios Compartidos," "Tengo Muchas Alas"). The band's critics, who are legion, offered the same age-old complaints upon the album's release: the band repackages the same product each go round, the songs are awfully sappy for such a gruff-looking bunch of guys, and yes, the music isn't authentic -- that is, it's not Latin enough. Regardless of whether you adore or hate Maná, there's no denying the appeal of Amar Es Combatir. This is a meticulous, impassioned, and all-around well-crafted album of what fans had come to expect from Maná, and if it lacks some of the courage of Revolución de Amor, Amar Es Combatir is nonetheless a standout rock en español effort circa 2006 and another laudable effort by the ever-reliable band.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:20
- Main artists: Mana
- Composer: Sergio Vallin
- Label: WM Mexico
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2006 Warner Music Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ℗ 2006 Warner Music México, S.A. de C.V.
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