While on his Spanish-language albums Enrique Iglesias allows himself to focus on ballad material, his English albums must please a wider audience -- scattered Latin pop fans, straight pop listeners, Wal-Mart shoppers, and of course, his passel of female worshipers.
7 accomplishes all that and more, positioning Iglesias as not only a drop-dead pop crooner who whispers everything middle-aged housewives want to hear, but also as a hip, knowing postmodern vocalist closer to Kylie Minogue than Ricky Martin.
Iglesias can please several crowds at once because, first of all, they're not that different and, second, his production team deftly arranges the hipness while he can remain the earnest balladeer.
Alex Ander and Rob Davis, one of two main teams working on the record, quote freely but well: "California Callin'" is "The Boys of Summer" by way of New Order, while "The Way You Touch Me" and "Break Me Shake Me" are very good Fleetwood Mac rewrites.
Given arrangements with teeth, Iglesias responds with a set of solid performances, ones that suit his audience but also offer something to listeners who aren't immediately captivated by the faraway look in his eyes on the cover.
Pardon the occasional pandering lyric, as on "Free" ("...free to do the dirty things you like"), as well as the occasional awkward tenderness ("I was alone, grasping for my sanity/Your beauty came, free of vanity/Opened my mind, gave me your anatomy"), or that Latin cry he occasionally inserts into his voice; 7 is a solid pop album from an artist with someone to seduce, if not something to say.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not in LovePaul Barry, Fernando Garibay, Enrique Iglesias, Mark Taylor | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | The Way You Touch MeAlex Ander, Enrique Iglesias | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | Say ItAlex Ander, Enrique Iglesias | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 04:21 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | California Callin'Paul Barry, Enrique Iglesias, Mark Taylor | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 5 | AddictedPaul Barry, Enrique Iglesias, Mark Taylor | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 05:00 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 6 | Break Me, Shake MeAlex Ander, Enrique Iglesias | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | FreePaul Barry, Enrique Iglesias | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Be YourselfPaul Barry, Enrique Iglesias | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 36 MB |
| 9 | Wish You Were Here (With Me)Paul Barry, Enrique Iglesias, Mark Taylor | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | You Rock MePaul Barry, Enrique Iglesias, Mark Taylor | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 11 | RoamerTony Bruno, Kara DioGuardi, Enrique Iglesias | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 12 | Live It Up TonightAlex Ander, Enrique Iglesias | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 13 | AdictoPaul Barry, Enrique Iglesias, Mark Taylor | Enrique Iglesias | Play | 05:01 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 53 mins | 123 MB | |||||
| 53 mins | 385 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Ander | Composer, Guitar (Rhythm), Producer |
| 2 | Marcello Auletta | Digital Editing, Programming, Vocal Compilation |
| 3 | Paul Barry | Composer, Guitar, Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Tony Bruno | Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Producer, Vocal Arrangement |
| 5 | Demacio Castellon | Engineer |
| 6 | Javier Cofiño | Hair Stylist, Make-Up |
| 7 | Rob Davis | Bass, Drum Programming, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer |
| 8 | Kara DioGuardi | Composer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Charles Fearing | Guitar |
| 10 | Brian Gardner | Mastering |
| 11 | Fernando Gariabay | Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Programming |
| 12 | Fernando Garibay | Composer |
| 13 | Bret Healey | Design |
| 14 | Enrique Iglesias | Composer, Executive Producer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 15 | Jimmy Iovine | Executive Producer |
| 16 | Sylvia Mason James | Vocals (Background) |
| 17 | Charles Judge | Bass, Digital Editing, Drum Programming, Engineer, Keyboards |
| 18 | Sasha Kristov | Bass |
| 19 | Sebastián Krys | Mixing |
| 20 | Steve Lee | Vocals (Background) |
| 21 | Yvonne John Lewis | Vocals (Background) |
| 22 | Avril Mackintosh | Digital Editing |
| 23 | Mike McCoy | Engineer |
| 24 | Steve Morales | Arranger, Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 25 | Sebastian Arocha Morton | Engineer, Producer |
| 26 | Tim Olmstead | Mixing Assistant |
| 27 | Tim Orford | Engineer |
| 28 | Raiana Paige | Vocals (Background) |
| 29 | Carlos Paucar | Digital Editing, Programming, Vocal Compilation, Vocal Engineer, Vocal Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 30 | Wendy Pedersen | Vocals (Background) |
| 31 | Adam Phillips | Guitar |
| 32 | Steve Price | String Engineer |
| 33 | Brian Rawling | Drums |
| 34 | John Read | Bass |
| 35 | Kevin Reagan | Art Direction, Design |
| 36 | Steve Robillard | Engineer |
| 37 | Wayne Rodrigues | Drum Programming |
| 38 | David Siegel | Keyboards |
| 39 | Alan Silfen | Photography |
| 40 | Ivy Skoff | Project Coordinator |
| 41 | Robin Smith | Conductor, String Arrangements |
| 42 | Shane Stoner | Engineer |
| 43 | Ren Swan | Digital Editing, Mixing |
| 44 | Jeff Taylor | Remixing |
| 45 | Mark Taylor | Composer |
| 46 | Mark Taylor | Composer, Mixing, Producer, String Arrangements |
| 47 | Ramiro Terán | Vocals (Background) |
| 48 | Dan Warner | Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) |
| 49 | Dave Way | Mixing |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |