The release date of Shakira's long awaited tenth studio album (and first English album since She Wolf in 2009) has been announced as 25 March!

 

I can't wait for this, I loved She Wolf, and parts of Sale El Sol were great too. "Can't Remember to Forget You" is pretty great too for now, I can see it continuing to grow and grow on me at the moment, I don't understand why everyone's so disappointed by it!

It's called Shakira.

 

Yeh, can we stop with all the self-titled albums please.

I agree, the self titled albums which aren't debuts are getting a bit tiresome.

 

She could have gone for Shakira Isabel or something.

There's nothing wrong with self titled albums.

I agree, the self titled albums which aren't debuts are getting a bit tiresome.

 

She could have gone for Shakira Isabel or something.

Self-titles albums work better further in careers though, as artists usually get a little more freedom in their work and the album actually is what they want it to be

This self-titled business has really killed my excitement. So uninspired.

ABHOR self titled albums, or albums that are named after leading singles.

Album titles should have a theme for the album e.g. Lungs/Ceremonials.

It's a bloody title. Get over it!

 

I think established artists should be excused a self-title album.

Finally my iTunes will read "Now Playing: Shakira - Shakira" *.* I'm still loving "Can't Remember To Forget You", this album can't come soon enough!

Finally my iTunes will read "Now Playing: Shakira - Shakira"

 

HAHAA

 

rekindling my love of she wolf in preparation for this

Definitely queueing Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ before this each time.

I've no problem with a self-titled album, at least she hasn't gone for something like "Bangerz", haha.

 

Excited to see what other collaborations are lined up on this album, surely a couple of guest rappers (Pharrell too obvious?)

Ugh, she always had such fabulous album titles. 'Shakira' seems a bit blahhh. :(

 

Worked with John Hill, Neyo and Sia (of course).

 

I love Shakira but I fear that this album is going to be a mess. I don't know why... I'm just getting Sale El Sol feelings about this where songs are plucked from lots of random sessions and have no consistency. Shakira always has pretty eclectic album but Laundry Service, Oral Fixation 1 and 2 and She Wolf all sound like cohesive albums.

 

She was pretty much ready to release an album in 2012. She had filmed the video for Truth or Dare but then she got preggers and it kind of looks like that album got scratched. I guess that's part of the reason I'm getting "mess" feelings. Also, CRTFY as a first single just baffles me.

 

She Wolf is going to be such a hard album to beat for me. Personally, it's up there with those brilliant but flawed pop albums like Blackout and B'Day.

Edited January 24, 201411 yr by Ashley

Isn't "She Wolf" and the Spanish follow up her most rushed albums? It seems to me she spent ages on the other albums.

"Can't remember to forget you" has grown on me and I really like it now. Far from her best lead single but still pretty good.

 

I don't have a problem with self-titled albums but I think it makes more sense when the artist goes really "personnal" into it.

"Can't remember to forget you" is good but very generic, so I'm afraid the album is an other "Britney Jean" (ie promoted as being very her most "personnal" yet when basically it's full of generic club beats and meaningless lyrics).

"Can't remember to forget you" has grown on me and I really like it now. Far from her best lead single but still pretty good.

 

I don't have a problem with self-titled albums but I think it makes more sense when the artist goes really "personnal" into it.

"Can't remember to forget you" is good but very generic, so I'm afraid the album is an other "Britney Jean" (ie promoted as being very her most "personnal" yet when basically it's full of generic club beats and meaningless lyrics).

 

Yet "Alien", "Passenger" and "Hold On Tight" are possibly Britney's most meaningful lyrics?!

Are they though? "Never been a passenger" hardly makes much sense in the context of Britney's personal life does it? And she was handed those songs on a plate. How personal can they actually be?

Are they though? "Never been a passenger" hardly makes much sense in the context of Britney's personal life does it? And she was handed those songs on a plate. How personal can they actually be?

 

It's evidentially a metaphor... if you had seen "For The Record" you would see that she saw herself as somebody who was always in control of her actions, her happiest memories are probably 2004-2007 because she was so empowered and free, however her actions were reckless and put her under her conservatorship... aka thus becoming a passenger, in 2008 she struggled with it, but I suppose with the help of different drugs and just the normality of life... she has now accepted it.

 

She even bangs on about her love of driving her car...

Edited January 24, 201411 yr by d__

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Album cover. Quite like that! And I'm not bothered at all about the title. Like Jark said, it's only a title. I think the music is slightly more important!