Album info

• Title Ricky Martin
• Artist Ricky Martin
• Year 1999
• Genre Pop

Tracklist

1. Livin’ la Vida Loca
2. Spanish Eyes
3. She’s All I Ever Had
4. Shake Your Bon-Bon
5. Be Careful (Cuidado Con Mi Corazón) (feat. Madonna)
6. I Am Made of You
7. Love You for a Day
8. Private Emotion (feat. Meja)
9. La Copa de la Vida (Spanglish Radio Edit) (The Official Song of the World Cup, France ‘98)
10. You Stay With Me
11. Livin’ la Vida Loca (Spanish Version)
12. I Count the Minutes
13. Bella (She’s All I Ever Had)
14. María (Spanglish Radio Edit)

Thoughts

Ricky Martin put in a brilliant performance at the MTV VMA’s which reminded me that I haven’t listened to anything by the man. So, kicked it off with Ricky’s breakthrough English language album (he had a few Spanish records before this). Livin’ La Vida Loca is a great way to start an album and the rest of it actually lives up to the opener. There’s even a duet with Madonna - how did that come about? Sometimes with these albums you get lots of repeat songs in Spanish, but La Vida Loca is the only one that falls into this trap, and to be honest, it’s worth listening to twice. A, good, fun, late 90s pop album.

Rating: 4 / 5