1999 was the year of the Latin Invasion. Ricki Martin came and struck gold. Marc Anthony followed suit. Jennifer Lopez too. Now that the American market has discovered the Latin flavor, they won't let it go. Don't be surprised as record labels race to re-release their Latin market stars in the US market in the near future.

Nobody here is going to recognize Miguel Bosé, even if he has been recording for more than 20 years. Even I remember most of his hits, and I am not even 30. This album is nothing more than what the title says, a "Best Of..." which is the proper way to introduce people to new "old" artists as long as the record label is careful in choosing the tracks. Usually they grab the artist and persuade him/her to re-record a hit, usually with disastrous results. The "retread" honors fell on "Amante Bandido," which got morphed into an electronically washed over disaster. They should have left the original song, it was much better. They also tried to do it with "Nena." Same terrible results.

Lesson learned: When releasing a "Best Of..." leave the songs in their original form. If they need to be cleaned up, re-mastered, etc., do it, but don't redo the damn song. Please.

Now, he did a cover of "Solo Pienso En Ti" with a reggae beat. THAT was done nicely (but I can't remember who recorded it originally, as the liner notes only list the writer).

I just can't agree with the choice of songs picked for this album. They left out a few songs that were superior (and more representative of his work) to the tracks that were released. Some of the good tracks made it, but there is no excuse for the ones that were left out. It is such a shame, because Miguel Bosé is one of the best examples of the Spanish Rock genre in the 80's and 90's.