Shakira
by Shakira
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Mar 25, 2014
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6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 359 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 188 out of 359
  2. Mixed: 86 out of 359
  3. Negative: 85 out of 359
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  1. tito909
    Mar 27, 2014
    6
    its not a bad album but i expected mooore specially after 4 yrs waiting , ballad songs as empire and broken record r the best , the country song wiz Blake Shelton is too bad and the song wiz Magic too
  2. camilosanchez16
    Dec 17, 2014
    6
    Shakira siempre se ha destacado por su enorme capacidad compositora y vocal, ademas por ser una maestra a la hora de fusionar estilos latinos con el pop y el rock contemporáneo, pero con el paso del tiempo hemos visto como una de las grandes del mundo ha caído en el mundo del pop comercial.
  3. arvintaylor138
    Mar 29, 2014
    6
    Hmmm... it's not a bad album, neither a great album. Obviously, I couldn't understand the Spanish tracks. My favourite tracks were Can't Remember to Forget You, Empire and the amazing Broken Record. The problem with this album is that most of the tracks are not bad, but they all fail to stand out.
  4. tellerink
    Mar 30, 2014
    6
    Generally a great album, with some hits and some misses. I love her sound, as always, but in today's market where strong female vocals are raging, she stays low at the bottom of them all. The best songs off of this record have to be Empire, Medicine and Can't Remember To Forget You.
  5. GeorgeB
    May 14, 2014
    6
    Shakira's lyrics were always personal and this album is not an exception.It's full of sweet and honest lyrics about the bright side of love and life.Music follows a much more minimalistic,acoustic approach that fit lyrics perfectly.
    Unfortunately,what doesn't fits perfectly is Shakira's singing style.Don't get me wrong,I love her unique voice and singing but let's be honest:
    even her    Shakira's lyrics were always personal and this album is not an exception.It's full of sweet and honest lyrics about the bright side of love and life.Music follows a much more minimalistic,acoustic approach that fit lyrics perfectly.
    Unfortunately,what doesn't fits perfectly is Shakira's singing style.Don't get me wrong,I love her unique voice and singing but let's be honest:
    even her most die hard fan would admit she is no adele or alicia keys to support this kind of songs. Simple,acoustic songwriting (23,broken record,,that way) ain't do her any favors.
    Songs like "You cut me deep","Dare" and "Can't remember to forget you" though compliment her vocal range perfectly and turn out to be album's most entertaining moments.
    She also stands her ground on "empire" and "loca por ti"-both a clever refer to her rockish past (si te vas,invevitable) and present (devocion).Maybe it is just me but I will love a total rock -or why not,hard rock- album from her in the future.
    On one hand it's brave to take some serious risks,including new music styles like country,on the other hand a country song by shakira is as useful as a death metal song by miranda lambert.
    She is absolutely talented,she can rock a lot of different music styles but she can't do anything.
    A man has to know his limitations.This album is borderline bipolar and not in a good way,like laundry service and sal el sol were.    … Expand

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69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. PopMatters
    Apr 17, 2014
    70
    It’s a shame that she feels she has to bow to record company pressure, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t plenty to enjoy on Shakira and the variation of styles means that the album is never boring.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Apr 4, 2014
    70
    She pins huge choruses and a mercurial vocal tone to music that's so effortlessly eccentric and omnivorous you'll hardly notice when a banjo (and Blake Shelton) enter on "Medicine."
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  3. Sputnikmusic
    Mar 31, 2014
    80
    She sounds like she truly cares and poured her heart into her songs (and most of them are indeed co-written by her), with the overall result feeling satisfyingly emotional and incredibly fulfilling... something that couldn't be said as strongly about an album like She Wolf.
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