JULIO IGLESIAS' voice embodies every thing we expect of the Latin lover, mysterious, romantic and oh so very, very sexy. The result is that Love Songs is a great place to find some old-fashioned (which we finally have to admit the 1980s to be), over-the-top love songs.
This album is for those who feel free to tap liberally into sentimentality (without worries about the hint of 'stalker' nature it suggests). In essence, Love Songs is a Celine Dion album with a Latin accent. This is true about more than the exuberant love sung about as Iglesias and Dion share at least When You Tell Me That You Love Me.
FAVOURITE POP LOVE SONGS
Of course, this means that Love Songs features some of the worlds favourite pop love songs, the kind of music that pipes through weddings making the lonely nauseous and couples starry-eyed. It's the perfect accompaniment to a glass of red wine for either the broken-hearted or the hopelessly romantic.
The songs are all done in the style that we, at least this side of the world, have come to expect from Julio Iglesias: powerful tales of love brilliantly glazed with all the gloss that the pop music executives can afford.
PLEASURE SPOT
For long-time Iglesias fans the duet with Willie Nelson To All The Girls I've Loved Before, Vincent (Starry Starry Night) and Moonlight Lady are sure to hit the pleasure spot. Which of those persons can resist when he croons to all the girls I've loved before...?
Essentially for those who had not yet added some Julio to their CD collection and had been meaning to, Love Songs might be just the thing. It is a great addition to the cache of the overtly romantic, if only to add to the arsenal to annoy your more jaded friends.
Tanya Batson-Savage
