Insomniac

此专辑面世之前的过去三年，安立奎不断在世界各地旅行写歌，一次次删除录好的歌，只为确定自己对音乐的坚持能够更接近完美。专辑名为【Insomniac】幽默地肯定他这几年辛勤工作的不得好睡，也代表他对音乐的执着，他笑说：「和过去制作的专辑比起来，我从没有吃过这么多苦」。从美国迈阿密、洛城再到瑞典，安立奎密集和各方音乐好手交流，包括老搭档Mark Taylor与Paul Barry，还有首度合作的Sean Garret(小野猫/碧昂丝)、和John Shanks(邦乔维/琳赛罗瀚)。 首支单曲“Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)”乒乓声响打着嘻哈节奏抢攻全球排行，MV中安立奎自导自演，展现幽默本性；西班牙版“Dimelo”再度空降成为第17首拉丁榜冠军。开场曲“Ring My Bell”忧郁节拍透着电气拉丁风味，弥漫夜店时髦气息；“Push”有饶舌好手Lil’Wayne跨刀，首度跨足正港流行嘻哈。抒情摇滚的“Somebody’s Me”回归拉丁摇摆的“Miss You”、招牌流行曲式搭配当红合成器舞韵的“Tired Of Being Sorry”还有美丽的吉他小品“Don’t You Forget About Me”都叫人一听难忘。12首全新英文单曲外加3首西语版，与一首“Hero”2007全新混音，安立奎自信满满回到我们面前，继Christian Dior与名表Viceroy之后他再度被时尚名牌相中，成为Tommy Hilfiger最新男性香水True Star代言人，并响应前美国副总统高尔所发起的Live Earth世界马拉松演唱会，为对抗全球变暖尽一份心力。幽默风趣、性感十足、博爱热情，安立奎的多样魅力让2007日日夜夜都有不同精彩！ by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Insomniacs, of course, can't sleep, so they stay up all night -- and who better to provide a soundtrack to sleepless nights than Enrique Iglesias, the heir to the Latin loverman throne that his father Julio claimed in the '80s. Unlike his dad, Enrique became a global superstar at a relatively young age, and he also came of age in an era that's decidedly flashier than Julio's, so even if he shared a taste for corny romantic ballads with his father, he had a far hipper persona than his dad, and nowhere is that more evident than on 2007's Insomniac, his fourth English-language album and first to really be pushed to a younger audience. Sure, there's a surplus of slow-burning romantic ballads, but Insomniac also has a stylish shimmer designed for clubs and even those slow tunes can get down and dirty, as on "On Top of You," which is every bit the sub-R. Kelly bump-n-grind the title indicates. But Enrique is too much of a crossover guy to spend the entire album doing the nasty -- he's sharp enough to spend just enough time to give the impression that Insomniac leans toward that sleek, sexy club sound, but loads up the rest of the record with songs that can fit into smooth pop radio stations the world over. Sometimes, he pushes too hard in either direction -- complete with a Lil Wayne cameo, the dirty-dancing anthem "Push" (as in "push push/back upon it/don't stop until the morning") tries way too hard and has the opposite effect as intended, while some ballads drown in syrup -- but sometimes Iglesias strikes the right balance between crossover pop and stylish retro-new wave production, as on "Stay in Tonight," a tune that's sleek and propulsive but not edgy, a tune that could have fit into adult contemporary pop radio at any time since the late '80s, and Sean Garrett's production on "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)" is the inverse, sounding tailor-made for the moment of its release. Both are similar in one regard: they're the kind of song that works for Enrique because it glides by on its sound and doesn't rely on him to do the heavy lifting, either as a singer or a seducer. But what works on this slick, snazzy makeover is what always works for him: the ballads and the middle-of-the-road pop tunes. They may not be hip, but they're part of the family tradition, and when he sticks to them, he's as good as ever.