I had owned this album many moons ago before the digital era came into the world. I was never really a fan of the album back then but when I digitized my entire vinyl collection and added Ex-Menudo’s Rene’s album to my collection. I was able to listen to the music as an adult and it really grew on me.
Rene left the Puerto Rican boyband Menudo in 1982 and decided to go solo with the help of Menudo’s creator. With songs written by Carlos Villa and Alejandro Monroy, who had been working with Menudo on their albums Quiero Ser and Por Amor. Carlos Villa penned Menudo’s greatest hit “Subete A Mi Moto”, so working with someone familiar could help Rene get a start on his new career.
Wanting to be taken seriously as a “rocker”, Rene recorded songs like “Viva La Radio”, “Necesito Hablar Con Ella”, and “Mi Banda Me Traiciono”. While these songs were good at the time, it wasn’t what Mexico wanted to hear from Rene. He rested on his Menudo fame but didn’t grab ranking on the pop charts with this album. His biggest hit was “Viva La Radio”.
As I go back and listen to the album now, I can tell how the music just didn’t have the mass appeal that was needed to talk Rene seriously. Take the same music now, and it probably could be a decent indie album. The music was not hard enough to be rock but was not upbeat enough to be pop. Rene’s Mi Musica fell in the middle of that, which now would have been killer.
- Mi Banda Me Traiciono
- Adios Rossana Adios
- To Y Yo Nos Salvaremos
- Yo Te Quiero
- Tu Sabes Que Soy Tuyo
- Viva La Radio
- Todo Puede Ser
- Sexy Como Tu
- Sigue El Ritmo, Siguelo
- Necesito Hablar Con Ella
2021 ADDITION: This review was written back in 2014 and posted on my previous website. While I agree with mostly everything I said, I do think that going back today to listen to it again; I find the album well made. It doesn’t transcend the decade because it is very ’80s but that decade is popular again. Rene is currently on social media promoting the anniversary of the album. It would be nice to see him record these songs again today to share with his fans.
Since that day, I have been study Latin pop and rock music and have become a Latin pop music historian through the publishing of articles, fanzine, and websites. My goal is to teach people about Latin pop music and the history behind it with my website, Siempre En Domingo.
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