Mi Tierra

One of my all time favorite albums. I bought this for my mom but will buy another for me soon! I grew up listening to this album and it brings back so many great memories that I love sharing with my kids now.

Bought for my husband's 90 th birthday. Brought back memories of our dancing days.

I was just glad to find it I grew up with her music so great fine

I love this album. I listen to it often. Old but wonderful music from Gloria Estefan

The lovely shot of Gloria you're looking at is not misleading. The music inside is just as beautiful as the artist. Gloria has long used Spanish music to let her artistic soul flourish and this is her masterpiece. This album is filled with beauty. If you love music and you want to hear the best of what it has to offer from around the world, then this is a perfect place to start.Once the beautiful "With the Years That I Have Left" starts we are transported to an elegant and exotic club somewhere in South America. The sun has faded and a tropical moon has taken its place. The glossy hardwood counters are polished to perfection and the cherry finish complements a scattering of sego palms and Spanish lilies as wine glasses are filled with only the finest vintage.Gloria's rich and emotional vocals surround the room and are backed by a lush orchestra and breezy spanish guitars. So rich is the atmosphere we can almost feel her moving around the room and smiling as she passes by our small table. The songs move from love of one's homeland to romantic love lost or waiting, and everything in-between.Gloria fills this room with her magical phrasing of a beautiful language. We hear so many wonderful songs we dare not leave and miss a moment. There are songs of forgiveness and hope, and songs of true love and hanging on 'till the one lost to you returns. One song, the light and playful "Si Senor!" conjurs up images of the Andrew Sisters and another time.One of the prettier songs we hear before our time in this moonlit paradise is over is "Volveras" (You'll Be Back). Gloria knows the man leaving her for another and taking her heart with him will be back, because he can't erase her memory. But we know it's only a song. No one could be foolish enough to leave this Cuban flower.And all at once, it is over, and like all vacations, it has ended much too quickly. But what we've seen and heard has enriched and expanded our world. We want to come back once in awhile to feel like this again. Lucky for us we own this little keepsake of our time with Gloria in tropical paradise.

¡Mi corazón y alma canta con este CD -- y así que voluntad el tuyo! (My heart and soul sings with this CD -- and so will yours!) Okay, so you can't read spanish -- I am pretty bad myself. But whether or not you know Spanish doesn't matter when it comes to this CD. You'll LOVE it. It is one of those rare CD's that I play over and over and over and over again without realizing it. It lifts my spirits, moves my feet and makes me dance!MI TIERRA is not only a Grammy winner, it is a masterpiece. I have always loved Gloria Estefan (and the Miami Sound Machine) so this was a natural selection for me. All the cuts are great and it is hard to pick my favorites but definately Mi Tierra (my land or homeland), No Hay Mal Que Por Bien No Venga (Out of all bad some good things come), Si Senior (Yes, sir its my s-o-n [an Afro-Cuban rhythm]) and Montuno (Montuno --another Afro-Cuban rhythm) top the list. The arrangements and the musicians on this CD are spectacular.If you are interested (or even care) there are English translations included within the CD jacket. If you are looking for a change and a CD that you'll never tire of -- try this one. All I can say is, "Cante Gloria cantan. No puedo conseguir bastantes." (Sing Gloria sing. I can't get enough.);-)

Disco de colección ganador del Grammy Mejor disco tropical tradicional.

If you are a Gloria fan you already know, it's fantastic. If you're not, you will be. Especially if you speak Spanish, as this is an all Spanish album. Some of the greatest all time latin artists collaborated on the album. These are not her pop songs in Spanish format, these are authentic hits of their own. If you love cilantro, adobo, and recallito you have to have this album.