
The Spanish singer is again set to conquer the world with a brand new album. 'Romantic Classics' is the first material recorded in English in its entirety, since 1994 'Crazy' and it was seen by the artist as a tribute to all those huge stars who practically coined the term 'love song'.
The album will be available in stores on September 19, being produced and promoted by Columbia Records and Burgundy Records. Those who still have a romantic side to them, can hear the most famous Latino singer in the music history giving heart-rendering versions of 'Careless Whisper', 'Always On My Mind', 'I Want to Know What Love Is', 'Right Here Waiting', 'It's Impossible' and much more.
But the new album is not all just about singing what others have already sung before; it's also about bringing a new perspective (Julio's own) to classic tracks. It's about reliving the same emotion as when people heard the tunes for the first time, it's about love, hurt, pain and disappointment, a domain Iglesias is not at all unfamiliar with.
'For this album, I've carefully considered the question of what makes a pop song classic. What sort of songs not only reach the top of the charts but reverberate in our ears - and our hearts - forever, becoming as familiar as memories?', Julio said when asked about his choice of tracks to cover. But - as we have already said - the album is all about the soul's emotions and that's why everybody can relate to the songs included on it.
'Regardless of the era or the genre, the songs I've found are united by a common theme, one that I have often explored in my work. They eloquently address one stage or another in the life of a romance, from infatuation and longing to heartbreak and betrayal. Each has a melody that's impossible to resist and lyrics that will continue to be relevant as long as people fall in and out of love. I endeavored to truly reinterpret these hits, not simply remake them, taking a fresh approach for a contemporary audience. I hope that those of you who remember these songs will savor them once again and that those who are just discovering them will enjoy them as much as I did when I heard them for the first time.'