AMG Review of Ponce

Drago Bonacich
All Music Guide

Produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Joel Someillán, the third full-length record by Puerto Rican singer and actor Carlos Ponce mainly delivers romantic ballads and tropical-inflected songs, most of them co-written by the artist. Ponce features two versions of "Cocebido Sin Pecado," from the Latin soap opera #Sin Pecado Concebido, and the hit single "Mujer Con Pantalones," composed by Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Nicolás Tovar. The Afro-Caribbean-flavored "Jabon," the orchestrated "Dime Caricias," and the Latin pop "Nalgadas de Sabina," inspired by singer/songwriter and Spanish rock icon Joaquín Sabina, emerge as some of the best tracks on the album.