Shake Away
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| Released | September 2, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Latin pop, world music, rock, alternative | |||
| Length | 60:14 | |||
| Language | Spanish/english | |||
| Label | Manhattan Records | |||
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Shake Away (Spanish: Ojo de Culebra) is the sixth studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Lila Downs. It was released on 2 September 2008 on Manhattan Records. After attaining international success in 2001 with her first English record, Border, Downs wanted to release a fifth Spanish-English language project as its followup. In the vein of her earlier work, the album is heavily influenced by world music, flamenco and rock.[1] Downs enlisted Paul Cohen as executive producer, also working with Celso Duarte, Brian Lynch and Aneiro Taño.[2]
At its release Shake Away received generally favorable reviews from
Five singles were released to promote the album. Although its lead single ("Ojo de Culebra") was the only track to reach the US Billboard Hot 100, the follow-up singles "Perro Negro", "Yo Envidio el Viento", "Tierra de Luz" and "Black Magic Woman" enjoyed moderate success on the Hot Latin Songs,[4] World Music Songs and Latin Pop Airplay charts.[5] The projects were promoted with the Ojo de Culebra Tour in 2009 and 2010, which visited the Americas, Asia and Europe.
Background and composition
After achieving international success in 2001 with her first English album, Border, Downs released a Spanish-language record as its follow-up (her first since 1999's La Sandunga). Having co-written nearly sixty songs for the project, she decided to divide the release into two editions and put herself "on the mission of selecting [her] favorite ones" to record. Shake Away contains all Spanish-English language songs and Ojo de Culebra features all Spanish-language tracks. Downs initially said that the second version would have a "completely new repertory of songs", although the completed album included two Spanish translations of songs from the first record. When recording the albums, she worked with previous collaborators Celso Duarte and Aneiro Taño and new partner Brian Lynch. The artwork for both Shake Away album was inspired in the mythological account.
Shake Away is heavily influenced by Latin Folk.[1] The introductory track, "Little Man", incorporates folk music styles[1] in its opening banda styles. "Ojo de Culebra" ("Shake Away") features Spanish singer-songwriter La Mari, and includes elements of Mexican cumbia music, flamenco and reggae. "Minimum Wage" is a Jazz influenced song with rock elements against an alternative background. "Perro Negro" ("Dog Black"), featuring Mexican singer-songwriter Ixaya Mazatzin Tleytól, is a fusion of klezmer and rock.
The five track, "Yo Envidio el Viento" is a translation into Spanish of "I Envy the Wind" by the American singer-songwriter
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Little man" | Lila Downs, Paul Cohen | 3:47 |
| 2. | " Black magic woman" (Featuring: Raul Midón) | Peter Green | 3:12 |
| 8. | "I would never" | Paul Buchanan | 4:44 |
| 9. | "Justicia" (Featuring: Enrique Bunbury) | Downs, Cohen | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Taco de palabras" | Downs | 3:05 |
| 11. | "Los pollos" (Featuring: Gilberto Gutiérrez) | Traditional | 3:17 |
| 12. | "Tierra de luz" (Featuring: Mercedes Sosa) | Downs | 3:41 |
| 13. | "Silent thunder" | Downs, Cohen | 4:44 |
| 14. | "Shake away" | Downs, Cohen | 3:45 |
| 15. | "I envy the wind" | Williams | 3:45 |
| 16. | "Nothing but the truth" | Downs, Cohen | 3:53 |
References
- ^ a b c Shake Away/Ojo de Culebra (Media notes). Lila Downs. Manhattan Records. 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Thom Jurek (2 September 2008). "Shake Away Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Shake Away/Ojo de Culebra awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Top Latin Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Charts World Music Album". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ Jon Lusk (n.d.). "Lila Downs – Shake Away (album review)". BBC Music. Jon Lusk. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
External links
- Shake Away Review on Amazon.
- Shake Away Review in iTunes.
