Laundry Service

Performer: Shakira
Producer: Shakira
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel includes: Shakira (vocals, harmonica); Bryan Ray, Tim Pierce (guitar); Hector Del Curto, David Alsina (bandoneon); Ed Calle (tenor & baritone saxophone); Jim Hacker (trumpet, piccolo trumpet); Tony Concepcion (trumpet); Dana Teboe (trombone, bass trombone); Lester Mendez (Hammond organ, keyboards); Pablo Aslan (acoustic bass); Paul Bushnell (bass); Abraham Laboriel, Jr. (drums); Richard Bravo, Archie Pena (percussion); Rita Quintero, Brendan Buckley, George Noriega (background vocals). "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" was nominated for the 2003 Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. LAUNDRY SERVICE: WASHED AND DRIED is a limited edition with 3 bonus tracks and a bonus DVD which includes a live performance of "Objection (Tango)", "Objection (Tango)" video, and MTV'S making of "Objection (Tango)" video. Personnel includes: Shakira (vocals, harmonica); Bryan Ray, Tim Pierce (guitar); Hector Del Curto, David Alsina (bandoneon); Ed Calle (tenor & baritone saxophone); Jim Hacker (trumpet, piccolo trumpet); Tony Concepcion (trumpet); Dana Teboe (trombone, bass trombone); Lester Mendez (Hammond organ, keyboards); Pablo Aslan (acoustic bass); Paul Bushnell (bass); Abraham Laboriel, Jr. (drums); Richard Bravo, Archie Pena (percussion); Rita Quintero, Brendan Buckley, George Noriega (background vocals). "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" was nominated for the 2003 Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. Though she was already a star in the Latin pop world, Shakira broke through to the international mainstream in 1998 with DONDE ESTAN LOS LADRONES, followed up by a live UNPLUGGED album. Thus, her next studio effort, 2001's LAUNDRY SERVICE, played a pivotal role in the budding pop diva's career. Not one to disappoint, Shakira made LAUNDRY SERVICE a career milestone. As such, the album earned a 2002 reissue where it was accompanied by a bonus CD with a video and a live track, and also featured a remix of the smash "Whenever, Wherever" as well as a couple of alternate versions of other tracks from the album. In itself, LAUNDRY SERVICE as Shakira's countless fans have come to know and love it, is a brash, personality-filled mixture of Latin pop with distinctly Alanis-like angry-young-woman rock, along with a smattering of R&B and hip-hop production moves thrown in. It all adds up to perhaps the definitive-to-date release from this fetching young star. Though she was already a star in the Latin pop world, Shakira broke through to the international mainstream in 1998 with DONDE ESTAN LOS LADRONES, followed up by a live UNPLUGGED album. Thus, her next studio effort, 2001's LAUNDRY SERVICE, played a pivotal role in the budding pop diva's career. Not one to disappoint, Shakira made LAUNDRY SERVICE a career milestone. As such, the album earned a 2002 reissue where it was accompanied by a bonus CD with a video and a live track, and also featured a remix of the smash "Whenever, Wherever" as well as a couple of alternate versions of other tracks from the album. In itself, LAUNDRY SERVICE as Shakira's countless fans have come to know and love it, is a brash, personality-filled mixture of Latin pop with distinctly Alanis-like angry-young-woman rock, along with a smattering of R&B and hip-hop production moves thrown in. It all adds up to perhaps the definitive-to-date release from this fetching young star.

Q (3/02, p.127) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...There's an alluring scent of unfettered eccentric about her: her lyrics are suprisingly earthy...An exuberant mess..." Q (3/02, p.127) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...There's an alluring scent of unfettered eccentric about her: her lyrics are suprisingly earthy...An exuberant mess..."

This photogenic Colombian singer began her recording career at the tender age of 13. It wasn't long before her eclectic brand of Latin pop became a sensation in numerous Spanish-speaking countries. In 1998, without making the concession of singing in English, Shakira exploded in the rest of the world with her album DONDE ESTAN LOS LADRONES? With echoes of everything from Sheryl Crow to Alanis Morissette, the sensual singer became a worldwide phenomenon. Her subsequent release (after an MTV UNPLUGGED album in 2000) LAUNDRY SERVICE found Shakira venturing into English-language lyrics for the first time, expanding her fanbase even further.

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