In addition to setting female pulses racing the world over with his gyrating hips and smouldering good looks, Ricky Martin injected pop with a much needed dose of sex and energy with the chart-storming booty shake of "Livin' La Vida Loca". And while swooning ballads "Come To Me", "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely" and "The Touch" show off his romantic charms to perfection, once again it's the full-on Latin stompers of his second English language album that justify the Latin lover's superstar status. Which is probably why Ricky spends most of Sound Loaded singing over rasping horns and grinding salsa grooves about being tempted and seduced, "Livin' La Vida Loca"-style, by wayward women who charm "fools who are handsome or clever" ("Are You In It For Love"), look "like a flower and sting like a bee" ("She Bangs") and make him "feel like dancing down on the Riviera" ("St. Tropez"). He even ups the Latin style by including Spanish versions of hip-quakers "She Bangs", "Loaded" and smoocher "Come To Me". It takes a special kind of star to pull off pop with this much raunch. For a second album in a row, Ricky Martin's proved he is perfectly equipped for the job.

RICKY MARTIN - Sound Loaded [SACD, Import]

 Sound Loaded (Audio CD) Sound loaded is probably Ricky Martins most mature work to date. It has all the usual toe tapping Latin rhythms in the form of she bangs, Jezabel and loaded however there are also some wonderful ballads, nobody wants to be lonely and the touch really stand out and show what an exceptional singer Ricky is. If you only buy one CD this year it has to be this. Of course it helps that Ricky is the most gorgeous looking man in the universe but he is also extremely talented.

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