Tino�s music will fill you with bliss.
Someone worth listening to: A lot of the so-called �great� vocalists have done little more than bellow or speak out their lines, but, like Stephen Stillwell and a couple of others, Tino Mart�nez is an exception.
Sappy ballads but� True, the material sounds a little sappy, but Tino has such an amazing voice that it�s worth even one listen.
TINO: One of the most amazing talents in years. If you�re tired of buying one bad album after another, here�s somebody whose albums are actually of good quality compared to other pop artists of the day. Most important of all: his voice
What in the world? First Tino walks away from baseball; then he releases albums of schmaltzy, over-sweetened ballads? And for crying out loud, why did he hit the top of the album charts? He should go back to Tampa Bay and leave us the hell alone!
Lovely English d�but: All the songs are wonderful�the best are (???)!
I can�t stand him. If I hear one more thing about �Tino Fartinez,� I�m gonna drop dead of emphysema.
I love Tino. Don�t make fun of him because he�s a veteran.
Sheesh! I just can�t believe so many people would go literally bonkers over this man. Maybe he didn�t even think of getting singing lessons before he tried recording gimme a break. How the hell could his albums have been more successful than any other Latin artist�s albums? True, the other teenyboppers may not be great singers�in fact some of them really sound horrible, like Justin Timberlake�but at least they put catchy dance, rock, and R&B songs on their albums. Tino has the slowest pace of them all. No wonder he doesn�t have a www.tinomartinez.com. Why he recorded (???) is beyond me, because that proves how schmaltzy his voice and music really are.
What do you mean, �sheesh?� Tino Mart�nez�s music isn�t always �slow-paced,� so-and-so. About three or four of the songs on this album aren�t slow, which suits some people fine if they don�t like the tone fast-paced all the time. And by the way, what you said has nothing to do with him not having his own major website.
Tino you are no Iglesias. I liked you so much better when you were a great baseball player for the Yankees. What happened? Is this the new path you have chosen to take? Besides, the songs are too painfully depressing and desperate like Stephen Stillwell�s. And you don�t have the charm of Julio Iglesias when it comes to singing; you basically try too hard to feel the songs� emotions. Sounds like you�re going through a mid-life crisis.
Tino has retired. Get over it. Why do you Tino fans wallow over him when you know damn well that his days of playing in MLB are over? Besides, he can�t even sing as well as he could play.
Beautiful voice, handsome man: I don�t care what he looks like, how old he is, or where he�s from. His voice is one of those you rarely hear�unless you talk Andrea Bocelli or the like.
Tino does have an amazing voice. Despite what the so-called �Moose fans� say, Tino Mart�nez has one of the most unusually remarkable voices of modern times. After all he was born in 1967.
�Goodbye� is the saddest word. You don�t hear a voice like this very often.
Forget his age. To all those people who have known Tino Mart�nez when he joined the New York Yankees, he was as hot then as A-Rod is now. To those who think he�s �too old� to sing, what makes you think Andrea Bocelli wasn�t popular at the age of 37 when he released Romanza? And to the people who spoke of Tino playing for the Yanks, the Cards, and the Devil Rays, yeah we know that. But haven�t you forgotten he also played for the Seattle Mariners? If so, the information is there for anybody and everybody who does the research.
What a waste of two months waiting! Thanks a lot, Sony, for making us Americans wait two months just to get this album. Europe, Canada, UK, et al got it before we did, but there is no (???) on our pressing while they get that song. And Japan is getting that song plus (???), which is an exclusive Japan-only bonus track. Why aren�t we? Tino is an American artist, but his record label treats their artists� albums by not putting the missing songs on our pressing as well. Sorry, folks, but there is such a thing as freedom of choice, and I�m buying the Japan import.
He�s too old for musical recognition. We�ve been forced to accept Andrea Bocelli as one of the greatest opera singers, and now we�re forced to acclaim veteran Yankees/Cardinals/Devil Rays First Baseman Tino Mart�nez as one of the greatest vocalists of all time. Wait a minute. Are the two really so different that we can say one hand�s washing the other�s? If they are, it seems like the Monkees gone psycho.
Is it just me� �or is Tino Mart�nez hot as sin?
This is pop garbage. Listen to something else instead. With Serenity, Tino Mart�nez finds himself in the depths of musical despair, sabotaged in such a way that the album becomes an immediate sellout and leaves him with a bad name. I did like his earlier effort Goodbye, but this one makes the former not as worthy of the 10 million plus records it sold in America alone. All we hear throughout the entire disc are watery ballads that don�t even support his welcoming charisma. Why don�t you listen to the aforementioned album Goodbye or some Buena Vista Social Club instead?
Why is it pop garbage? You misunderstood Tino Mart�nez�s popularity status, so-and-so. Just because this album sold over 6 million copies, doesn�t mean Tino can be criticized as a �sellout.� You don�t hear him at all on the hit music stations, so it seems as if the quality of his music is �too nice� for the pre-adult crowd to take in. But his voice has won huge favor from millions of people all over the world. You have to give him credit for that.
Treat Takeshi Kaga like dirt but not Tino. Every time I read something about �Tino sucks� this and �so-and-so is better� that, I get very outraged. Tino has an extremely rare, almost Disney-bait voice you don�t find in most other pop artists of the day. His voice is used in the way all voices should be used, and not like bozos like Takeshi Kaga who do nothing but yell out their lines.
It�s Tino Time! Anti-Tino people: YOU ARE SORE LOSERS. Tino Mart�nez is one of the best Latin artists since Julio Iglesias and Tito Puente. But he is not the only great Latin artist. Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, La India, and dozens of other Latin artists are just as important, but Tino�s setting an example as to the kind of Latin artist they are.
YAY! The previous album was crap. This one is much better!
He�s popular. What�s wrong with that? More people agree with Tino�s fans that he does have an amazing voice. This album has sold over 6 million copies in the United States alone and sources tell me it was no more extensive commercialism than it was intense public reaction to his live performances on shows like (???). And, unlike people like Ashlee Simpson, at least Tino doesn�t have a reality show. Plus, if it weren�t for the strong support of (???), I don�t think Tino would be where he is now as an artist. Regarding the album, it�s not the kind of music heard anymore on the �Top 40� and hit music stations than on stations that aren�t as �popular� among listeners who have little or no taste in music.
His voice�deserves better than this. With all the pseudo-Latin fluff on the disc, you might expect something appropriate for Tino Mart�nez�s superb voice. Instead, we get nothing but wild dance songs that don�t suit his voice at all. Maybe on future releases his producers will come up with more reasonable material for his voice.
Why? Why is Tino Mart�nez releasing albums? If he had started younger, he might have had a bigger following. You don�t read 5-star reviews about �this man is sexy!� when it comes to him. He was much better as a baseball player, and he�s no longer doing that. Now he�s got a whole new career, which doesn�t suit him at all. Tino, do us a favor and go back to Tampa Bay!
Simply serene: All I can say is that Tino Mart�nez has done it again with Serenity. Even the catchiest tunes have been performed in the most dulcet way.
Just love the man! True, Tino Mart�nez may not have the same amount of attention A-Rod, J. Lo, Jeter, et al do, but that�s not the issue here.
Tino takes us into his magical world of Serenity. With this CD, listeners can expect Tino Mart�nez to have bravely expanded his horizons and at the same time hold to his tried-and-true formula of mixing Latin rhythms with classical sounds.
Throw him out!! If I was a musical detective and I had the task of tracking down every pseudo-recording artist out there today, I wouldn�t just take this man out. I�d put every artist whose music is too soft and light (yes, this means you, too, Mika Nakashima) under arrest for destruction of musical appreciation. They should all be thrown in jail for eternity while we spare the real artists who aren�t singing the drivel this jerk is singing.
�Too soft and light.� I like your opinions, so-and-so! Tino Mart�nez�s music, like Jeff Francoeur�s, J.J. Hardy�s, Albert Pujols� and Eric Ch�vez�s, sounds so ridiculously like we�re in the pre-rock-and-roll era all over again. This is the age of hip-hop and rock revival, not sappy love ballads! If Tino and the like did music like Daddy Yankee, J. Lo, Panic at the Disco, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Fall Out Boy, Britney Spears, Shakira, and so on, then I�d listen. Iv�n Rodr�guez and Josh Groban are complete losers because their music is also dreadfully sentimental and twice as bad. Same goes for has-beens like Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart, Barry Manilow, and Phil Collins. Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra are history. Celine Dion�don�t get me started on her. Marco Scutaro, neither, with his ugly Mickey Mouse ears. Chipper Jones? I can live without him, too.
And don�t ever mention Mika Nakashima or whatever the hell her name is around me again. Her voice is awful, and her music is too pillow-soft, too candy-sweet, much too light, and ten million times worse than even the most syrupy schlock-fest on the planet. �I love you this,� �baby that.� My family has her albums in our house, and even though we don�t speak Japanese they are seriously overplayed, so I know whereof I speak.
Andrea Bocelli? I hate him worst of all. His music is of the same caliber, and yet my family likes him, too. Trash!
Serves you right! Tino shouldn�t be doing music like this. Nobody wants to listen to it. Slipknot, the Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, 50 Cent, P. Diddy, Panic at the Disco, Simple Plan, Shakira, etc. now these guys are scoring A+�s and raking in the big bank left and right. If Tino and all these �MLB Stars in Song� are going to keep doing old, almost 1930s-style ballads instead of the driving, dance-driven mainstream pop songs we have on radio here, then they need to stick to baseball. It worked for the Mets, and it worked for Shaquille O�Neal, but at least they did hip-hop and not crap. Final grade: Z- (I gave him this because an �F� seems too generous).
�Nobody wants to listen to it,� huh? This is to all the people who said Tino Mart�nez is trash compared to Britney Spears: Okay, so you kids admit you listen to the trash on American radio and think that �lack of musical taste� is defined by Tino and people like that. Well, you have absolutely terrible taste in music if you choose to stay stuck up only on Britney, J. Lo, 50 Cent, and all the bozos making the garbage that�s out there today.
And who are you to call Aretha, Whitney, Babs, Manilow, Celine, etc. �has-beens?� I think it just goes to show how much mainstream pop has been spoiling the hell out of you. Yes, I remember Shaq�s attempt at rapping, when he and Fu Schnickens or however you spell it collaborated as �Shaq-Fu.� To be honest he completely sounded like trash. It�s interesting how he still managed to hold onto his fame even if by doing that reality show on ABC, Shaq�s Big Challenge.
But anyway
Get a grip, all you shallow people! Nobody wants to read your idiotic reviews about why Tino�s music sucks. You think your precious Britney Spears is a goddess, but to me she�s ultra-overrated, just like Jennifer Lopez. And you have the nerve to say Tino gets an F- while they get A�s? The tortoise beats the hare, you know.
True, pop music has definitely spoiled millions of listeners, but not all pop singers are bad as of late. And who is Mika Nakashima, anyway? I probably never heard of her but I think her music�s got to be better than a lot of the musical terrorists plaguing America with their trash. And I am not racist like you were in your chastisement of her music, so-and-so.
Simply amazing: Tino Martinez�s voice has everything not many singers of today have. The man who said �J. No� and �Bratney Sneers� are better than him can go shove it because we don�t need him.
Dear so-and-so: I couldn�t believe what you said about Tino, Pujols, etc. True, they�re not singers exactly, but baseball players who make music with a contemporary approach to traditional ballad styles. But you don�t accept that. You accuse the anti-pop/rap fans like us of being people with a terrible taste in music, while you glorify your precious Linkin Park as if they were better than classic rock bands. If Tino did the same kind of music pseudo-musicians like LP put out no doubt he�d have been left with a worse name than even they have.
Oh, and by the way, mainstream pop being better PLEASE! Not all pop music sounds like it was done for the sake of money or airplay. There are some who experiment in their music whether the music is pop or anything else and it works extremely well. Tino, for example, leaps from Latin jazz and ballads to heavy metal to even 1980s R&B. Britney, J. Lo, Justin, etc., on the other hand, seem to do the same song ten times over even if they attempt to make it sound different from the norm.
So don�t keep making an imbecile of yourself by saying things that have nothing to do with artists whose music is ten times better than that of others.
No. Tino can sing and that�s it.
It�s funny how your rating system only goes down to one star� �but if it went down to zero, that�s just what I�d give this album. He sucks.
Bleurgh�talk about an overrated celebrity. I hate Tino so much. He�s not cute, he�s not talented, and he looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger got a facelift. But do people listen? No. They�ve loved him way too much since he joined the Yanks. How over-obsessed have they been with him? Just at the same level as that loud-voiced terror Celine Dion. If MLB offered an MOP (Most Overrated Player) Award Tino should get it. At least Marc Anthony knew he didn�t have to look good to sell an album. I�m glad Tino�s no longer playing baseball, anyway.
Don�t be so over your head about Tino. Have you listened to the album before justifying whether it�s good or not? If you haven�t, your argument wasn�t that valid.
�He looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger got a facelift.� Well, gee, comparing Tino�s image to Schwarzenegger�s is like comparing J. Lo�s to Britney Spears�. But I won�t get into looks here.
�How over-obsessed have they been with him? Just at the same level as that loud-voiced terror Celine Dion.� This is even worse than the Schwarzenegger comparison. First of all, Celine is very underrated as far as criticism goes, and yet millions love her voice and music. Some critics have compared Tino�s supposedly �schmaltzy� voice to one Japanese female artist�s, whose name I don�t know, but at least they didn�t say, �His voice is bad.�
�If MLB had a MOP (Most Overrated Player) Award Tino should get it.� There�d never be any such thing as an MOP Award like that you spoke of. Tino was a great player.
�At least Marc Anthony knew he didn�t have to look good to sell an album.� Of course he isn�t cute, but again we�re going into looks, which has nothing to do with the quality of performance (as isn�t the case with the majority of pop music as of late).
The album itself may seem Adult Contemporary material, but that doesn�t mean it�s at all horrible. People like the Backstreet Boys and Good Charlotte have infested one radio station after another. Tino is not that infectious. So stop the negativity before somebody does it to you.
Okay, you ignorant people are driving me insane. If Tino�s music doesn�t match your taste, why do you go ahead and denounce him like he�s some type of loser? There�s just too much harsh criticism leveled at these musicians who are at least trying to do something right even in the face of those who think their music is pure garbage.
Please don�t give me that �Tino can�t sing� rubbish. Nobody says anything bad about Gloria Estefan�s music, but that�s because she knows how to sing. Ditto for Tino.
He deserves more than five stars. Tino Martinez�s voice is one that comes along very rarely, even though it isn�t up to the volume of Celine Dion or Barbra Streisand. The songs may be schmaltzy, but his legions of admiring fans don�t want it any other way.
�Tino Mart�nez es el nuevo pr�ncipe de la m�sica Latina! Retiring or not Tino has matured into something more than just your average baseball player.
Lovely pop album: Tino Martinez�s Serenity proves that he still has the charm that amazed many listeners. I find it hard to believe that I prefer him to Britney Spears.
�Drenched?� In an era of redefining cabaret and prostitution on the stage and the screens, few are the men involved in such acts as undressing and washing yourself in a torrential rainstorm. This man is no exception. Remember �La Isla Bonita?� �If You Had My Love?� �Livin� la Vida Loca?� �Dirrty?� All these sexually orientated videos become hits immediately but get old faster than cherries in the summer. Tino does have a nice voice, but his singing on this CD seems bent on luring women into a sexual trap much worse than the Playboy Bunny would argue. Don�t waste your money on this CD only to listen to his voice. Buy anything else of his instead.
What happened? Although I am no big fan of Tino Martinez, I do like his music, so with that in mind I thought I might go out and listen to this disc.
Music to die for: I�d hate to say this, but Tino Martinez is one of my newest and guiltiest pleasures. This is the song he�s done best. The lyrics leave you feeling deeply touched and may bring to mind memories of the ones you loved most. I got tears in my eyes and a desire to pick up Tino�s music at all costs. Go out and buy this disc if you can.
Good: I liked this album very much.
Tino Martinez. He�s handsome. His voice is very sexy. Sorry to hear he�s already married and has three children. His family must be so lucky to have such a handsome man for a family man.
NEVER! I�m sick of hearing about how �great� this man is. He seems to sound so unhappy on every track. Listen to some Julio Iglesias instead.
Truly pleasant ballads: This album has mostly ballad-type songs, but these are all sweet and pleasant. Tino sings them all very well.
Handsome TINO MARTINEZ Scoring Home Run at 2001 World Series Game 4
Some songs are missing. I love Tino. Seriously. His voice and music are inexplicable, but with this compilation, he seems to take the wrong path: putting too many of the depressing songs on one disc. What he should have done is put some more of the upbeat pop songs on it and it would have been a more interesting retrospective.
I wanna know: What part of �Tino Mart�nez has a beautiful voice� don�t you understand?
Please. Tino is so ugly it�s not even funny.
Tino, schmino! Seems all you guys ever talk about is Tino this, Tino that, Tino, Tino, TINO! What about A-Rod and Jeter? They�re hot, too!!
Yeah, well Jeter, schmeter! Derek Jeter�s music was so overrated that many people felt he should stick to baseball. I agree with that. Jeter doesn�t have the vocal warmth of Tino Mart�nez.
I second that! Justin Timberlake should get singing lessons from this man, Tino Mart�nez, and the other pop horrors should get singing lessons from him, too. By the way, Tino is a fantastic vocalist.
�Tino is a fantastic vocalist?� Grow up you Ricky Martin-loving twerp. Tino can�t sing and he is uglier than that Japanese sourpuss Takeshi Kaga. At least his behind isn�t overrated like J. Lo�s is.
Hey! Who are you calling a Ricky Martin lover? I hate Ricky. He can�t sing. And if you think Tino is uglier than that jerk Takeshi Kaga, you�re apparently in love with horror film creatures like Freddy Krueger.
Ugh! How can people stand to listen to this massacre? This ain�t the Age of Aquarius anymore! This is the Age of Technology! This is the Reign of Daddy Yankee, Shakira, Fall Out Boy, Beyonc� Knowles, 50 Cent, and the like, not idiots like �Chipper Bones,� �Iv�n Fraudriguez,� �Eric Chimpass,� �Barbra Spritesand,� �Michael Jolton,� �Dodger Clemens,� �Albert Pimples,� �Josh Bucket,� �Nick Squisher,� �Celine Beyond,� �Josh Grown Man,� �Shrill Collins,� �John Schmaltz,� �Tray Aiken,� �Jake Pee-pee,� �Jason Giambroids,� �Andrea Bochunky,� �Paul McCrudney,� �J.J. Farty,� �Green Bay,� �James Grunt,� �Barry Ponds,� �Michael Bubble,� �Jeff Frankfurter,� �Tim Crudson,� �Gary Cantfield,� �Snobby Abreu,� �Mika Nakashrilla� (hope I spelled her name right), �Psycho Screwtaro,� and especially �Tino Fartinez� himself.
Tino, you should just retire if you�re going to do the old, elevator muzak stuff or the other light fluff no kid likes nowadays.
PLEASE FOCUS YOUR COMMENTS ON TINO! To the people who keep posting needless responses about �Tino can�t sing� and �he�s worse than Takeshi Kaga,� your �reviews� are really getting on everyone�s nerves. Talking about the Mike Mussinas, the Michael Boltons, or the Ricky Martins in place of the Tino Martinezes in his catalogues is like saying something about Kenan and Kel on a Three Stooges forum. And don�t mention the Takeshi Kagas anywhere, because nobody can stand his voice.
Ten-star artist: Tino Mart�nez can�t sing...oh yes he can. He may not have a Frank Sinatra or Whitney Houston style of singing but the diction is clearer than a lot of today�s voices. Listen to any of the other Yankees� albums: even the hottest looking dudes of the bunch (A-Rod and Derek Jeter) have nothing musically stable so their voices mimic those of artists like Simple Plan.
And what is it with the ignorant name calling? I don�t care who it is doing it, but I hope those people don�t cry wolf when other people slam the musicians they like.
Enough is enough! If I ever met any of you idiots who called Tino Mart�nez an idiot, I�m gonna knock you out of Yankee Stadium!