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She Wolf Image
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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 298 Ratings

  • Summary: The Colombian singer releases her third English-language album, which reunites her with Wyclef Jean, who appeared on their number one single "Hips Don't Lie."

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She Wolf
SOS, she's in disguise SOS, she's in disguise There's a she wolf in disguise Coming out, coming out, coming out A domesticated girl, that's all you... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. With only nine tracks, followed by three español translations and a handful of superfluous bonus tunes, She Wolf feels a bit thin. That quibble aside, this is some of the most unusually effective dance-floor dynamite you're likely to encounter all year.
  2. This blend of cheerful weirdness and sick beats--often supplied by the Neptunes, delivering tough, sensual rhythms in a way they haven’t in a long time, but also John Hill and Wyclef Jean--is giddily addicting, a celebration of all the strange sensuality that comes out at night.
  3. These are very much Shakira songs, not merely songs produced by The Neptunes.
  4. 70
    "I want us thinking outside the box," Shakira tells a lover on her third English-language studio disc. And musically, at least, she succeeds throughout the wildly eclectic She Wolf.
  5. Ultimately, the list of collaborators on She Wolf may be an impressive roll call, but perhaps Shakira would do better in listening to her own instincts than that of others.
  6. It’s so undercooked and overwritten--with wan wolf howls and lines about being treated like a coffee machine in an office--that it reaches a special class of fascinating-awful.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 50
  2. Negative: 9 out of 50
  1. MattR
    Nov 24, 2009
    10
    An amazing mix of sounds, influences, and styles that takes you around the world in 50 minutes. This record is destined to be a classic in An amazing mix of sounds, influences, and styles that takes you around the world in 50 minutes. This record is destined to be a classic in Shakira's repertoire, if not in all of pop music in general. Expand
  2. Nov 22, 2021
    10
    Probably my favorite by her, amazing stuff here!

    Highlights: She Wolf, Did It Again, Long Time, Why Wait, Good Stuff, Men In This Town, Gypsy
  3. RodrigoM
    Dec 3, 2009
    10
    Amazing album. It's not her best, and it is different from her previous works, but it's still catchy and fun.
  4. EdmundoB
    Nov 24, 2009
    10
    Yes. It only has 9 tracks. Yes, it's not the sound we're used to hearing from Shakira. But no one can deny that is album is merely Yes. It only has 9 tracks. Yes, it's not the sound we're used to hearing from Shakira. But no one can deny that is album is merely flawless. In it you will find 9 tracks that stand out and can easily ALL of them be singles. This is the type of work that has to fillers, only magic. She changed, and I'm glad she did and I hope she keeps doing it. Shakira is a musician that's doing what she wants with her music, and does a fine job at it. Expand
  5. May 23, 2011
    8
    Shakira has always been adventurous with her music. She always tries to be as eclectic as possible: adding one more style here, one moreShakira has always been adventurous with her music. She always tries to be as eclectic as possible: adding one more style here, one more influence there, until the final work comes out â Expand
  6. ViernesR.
    Jan 28, 2010
    6
    In fact should be called bitch not she wolf it's just that a lot of songs to dance and forget what are about, the songs are funny and In fact should be called bitch not she wolf it's just that a lot of songs to dance and forget what are about, the songs are funny and goout at night but she is selling in it so evident with that electronic sounds that makes that goat mix duck voice sounds noise and so needed to be famous an be a hit on USA. Expand
  7. Lúa
    Nov 28, 2009
    0
    It doesn't matter how many times I listen to this album, I always come to the same conclusion: it's one of the worsts albums ever. It doesn't matter how many times I listen to this album, I always come to the same conclusion: it's one of the worsts albums ever. What was she thinking? Was she trying to be a bad clone of Britney Spears? Why does she sound so bad? She used to do good music, or at least music you can listen to. She's just a joke, a marketing strategy. Expand

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