EMI Latin
2006
Rbd
Celestial
About This Album
For Celestial, their third Spanish-language studio album, RBD continued working with producers Carlos Lara and Armando Ávila, each of whom graced the teen pop group with roughly a half-dozen songs. Lara and Ávila had been largely responsible for the run of hits RBD enjoyed on their first two albums, Rebelde (2004) and Nuestro Amor (2005), both commercial smash hits throughout the Americas. Here the two producers stick with their winning formula and wind up with a few standout songs: "Tal Vez Después," "Ser o Parecer," and "Dame," which are front-loaded for a catchy kickoff to the album. The songs that follow aren't quite as charming, granted, yet they're not bad either, for Lara and Ávila are well-seasoned professionals who know how to craft appealing pop and dress it up fashionably. Previous to RBD, Lara earned his stripes on such teen pop projects as the Clase 406 soundtrack (based upon a telenovela, like RBD) and the boy band UFF. Ávila, on the other hand, guided La Quinta Estación to significant success, and he had a large hand in the brilliant outcome of Aleks Syntek's Mundo Lite, one of the best Latin pop albums in recent years. So while a legion of critics are sure to dismiss Celestial as further trash from this musically challenged troupe of kid actors, the international appeal of Anahi Portilla, Alfonso Herrera, Christian Chavez, Maite, Dulce Maria, and Christopher Uckermann (i.
Track List (try tracks 4,6,8,9 and 11)

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