Pop-Rockers Mana Reignite on 'Cama Incendiada' Michelle Morgante - The Daily Courier
go to original April 29, 2015

This CD cover released by Warner Music shows "Cama Incendiada," (The Burning Bed) by Mana. (Warner Music)

It's a given that pop-rock band Mana will sell out shows wherever they go, whether it's the Staples Center (where they set the mark with 11 sell-out concerts) or in their native Mexico. But what hasn't been easy for the band is keeping the energized sound that propelled them to fame with their 1992 breakout album "Donde Jugaran los Ninos?"

But after several uneven albums that verged too far into sweetness, Mana has found its edge again with their ninth studio album "Cama Incendiada," or "The Burning Bed."

On the opener "Adicto a Tu Amor," Fher Olvera's rough-hewn voice is colored with a raw sexiness that had been missing of late. On the title cut "La Cama Incendiada," Olvera displays a range of character, from whispers to playfulness and power, mixing the Spanish lyrics with bits of English, "I saw you with otro guey, no and that's not right." The music echoes the flirtation, moving from a sly, walking rhythm into a powerful crescendo of rock guitar and horns that drop hard into the hook.

Grammy-winning producer George Noriega (Shakira, Ricky Martin, Draco Rosa) has with this new collaboration helped Mana revisit and freshen up sounds from early albums, blending them into modern rhythms and incorporating different sounds, including the pan flutes and ska-guitar licks on "La Prision" which build up into something akin to the recharge of an old-school flash bulb.

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The group has released its ninth studio album, “Cama Incendiada,” which has its first massive hit, “Mi Verdad.” The single, a duet with Colombian singer Shakira, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs in February. (OficialMana)

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