What was true of Marisela holds true on the singer's follow-up album,
Hablemos Claro, another collection of sugar-coated, girlish Latin pop. Once again,
Madonna is an obvious comparison -- although
Marisela, unlike
Madonna, doesn't do much outright dance music. And
Marisela doesn't have the type of five-star material the Material Girl is often given. While most of the songs are in Spanish,
Marisela aims at the English-language market with "Cha-Cha," a number not unlike
Madonna's "La Isla Bonita." The song tries to be erotic, but comes across as more adolescent than anything. Marisela's innocuous CDs never crossed over to non-Latin audiences, though she had found a niche for herself in the Latin market. ~ Alex Henderson