An Honorary Spanish Diva, I am

For YEARS...and I must emphazise the word years here..that I have been a fan of Daniela Romo, I have been looking to find this album. Many fans seem to think her singing career started in 1983 when she broke big with "Mentiras". Daniela herself rarely talks about this record. The album was released twice..originally with the title "Tambien Yo" and then again with the title you see above, "Te Pareces Mucho A Mi". It was recorded in 1979 under Discos Disa in Mexico when Daniela was a puppy at the age of 20. All these songs were written by Lolita De La Colina (very famous singer/songwriter..look within your CD collections, you're bound to find a song written by her) and produced by Chucho Ferrer (Juan Gabriel, Estela Nunez, Maria Del Sol..etc). The record was more of a cash-in at that time because Daniela was just getting really popular as an actress in both telenovelas and film. Nevertheless, the album FLOPPED and was laregly ignored. Daniela herself said that she felt she was "too young" to be singing the songs on this record and that's why she feels it flopped. She hadn't found her style and other people were doing it for her. So Daniela went on with her career, kept acting until finally getting it right in 1983 when she released (what was thought to be) her debut for EMI Records produced by Danilo Vaona.

Recently, I finally found a copy of this album!! I swear to God, I have been worshipping Daniela for so long and ever since the dawn of eBay, I had been looking and looking for this. I can say without hyperbole that I payed ALOT for this album. It was a triple digit to say the least, but I don't care...this record is worth it! You guys...you can't even fathom how much I love Daniela ROmo's voice. I'm not a crazy stalker person who worships the farts that come out of her ass. I know she's a person and I don't think her higher than God. But I'm that much an admirer of her work and her voice that I was willing to spend so much money on her record. Besides..that's just a testament to how many other crazy fans she had that were willing to pay this much.

But the record itself, despite what Daniela says, is actually very good! It sounds very 70's and I can understand why she feels it was "too old" for her. But as an album, the songs are great and Daniela's young voice did them justice. I'm glad I got this album and it was worth both the money and time.

As a treat, I'm uploading one of my favourite songs from this record. It's a lovely mid-tempo ballad called "Cancion Para Tu Alcoba". Enjoy!

Download here