MANILA, Philippines - What do you do after the success of your first solo album, wrapping your third season starring in a hit series and earning raves for your movie debut? If you’re Selena Gomez (photo), you dance. At least, you get the world on its feet with A Year Without Rain. A follow-up to Kiss & Tell, Selena’s gold-certified debut CD, A Year Without Rain shows Selena and her band The Scene in a whole new light, this one pulsating, multicolored and ready for the mirrored ball.
Selena’s first hit single Round & Round is an upbeat synth-driven song about reaching the limits of indecision in love. She credits the album’s neo-techno leanings to her 2010 platinum-certified single, Naturally, which also became an instant hit here in the Philippines.
The album boasts songs like the plaintive A Year Without Rain may be more subdued, but its beauty impressed Selena enough to make it the title track.
In the album, Selena shows her mature side, but girls still wanna have fun, which is what songs like Spotlight, Off the Chain and Summer’s Not Hot are all about. Rock God features Katy Perry on backing vocals, while Intuition boasts a duet between Selena and rapper Eric Bellinger.
Selena slows things down in Ghost of You, a ravishing ballad about a breakup.
On the flip side, Selena comes back strong with Sick of You, a Matt Squire-written and produced track about losing a loser. The album ends with Live Like There’s No Tomorrow, an epic power ballad expressing the creed by which Selena has built her life and career.
The deluxe edition of A Year Without Rain doesn’t only include chart-topping tracks but also a DVD with over 50 minutes of behind the scenes look of Selena’s life on the road on her Europe tour, behind the scenes of her photo shoot, A Year Without Rain video shoot and behind the scenes of Round & Round MTV and Naturally video.
That family feeling had grown to include fans around the world, each of them all in when it comes to following Selena on her amazing artistic journey. Where’s she headed? She’ll let you know when she gets there.
A Year Without Rain is exclusively distributed by MCA Music. To download Round & Round as a free ringback tone, text the codes: KH689 and send to 2332 for Globe & Touch Mobile subscribers.