La Música No Se Toca

The Andalusian singer/songwriter reins in his experimental side on this gutsy, poetic album whose title track suggests passion and endurance. Sanz puts his flamenco-influenced voice to good use in both roots-rock workouts like "Llamando a la Mujer Acción" (Calling the Action Woman) and tracks with a distinctly European bent—such as the strings-saturated "Camino a Casa" (The Road Back Home) and the accordion-accompanied "Nena." Bonus track "Down," with rapper Fat Joe, is a refreshing afterthought on an album that savours this rocker-poet's every amplified emotion.