Sony International
2005
Una Nueva Mujer
About This Album
There's a sharp difference between Una Nueva Mujer and Olga Tañón's previous all-new studio album, Sobrevivir, which had been released two and a half years earlier, in late 2002. More to the point, there's a sharp difference between Una Nueva Mujer and her previous three all-new studio albums. Not since Llévame Contigo, released in 1997 -- a long eight years -- had Tañón released a new album of entirely tropical music, and not since Llévame Contigo had she released such a thrilling album, one that warrants a full listen, with practically each and every track worthy of inclusion. Una Nueva Mujer is the album a growing legion of disillusioned devotees had been waiting for: her return to form (i.e., tropical music, merengue in particular), and away from the generic pop-crossover aspirations of her previous few increasingly ill-received albums. This isn't a straightforward merengue album like Siente el Amor... or Llévame Contigo, the two mid-'90s albums hardcore fans seem to cherish and reminisce about most. For better or worse, by 2005 the heyday of merengue had slowly but steadily faded from popular consciousness, displaced by the popularity of newer styles like bachata and, most explicitly, reggaeton.
Track List (try tracks 1 and 2)

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