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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Sony
Salesrank: 48664
Released: June 1, 1987 |
| Our Price: $15.50 |
| Used Price: $0.01 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Let It Loose Track Listing:
1. Betcha Say That
2. Let It Loose
3. Can't Stay Away from You
4. Give It Up
5. Surrender
6. Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
7. Love Toy
8. I Want You So Bad
9. 1-2-3
10. Anything for You
Editorial Review:
Japanese only paper sleeve pressing features all new 2009 remastering and bonus material. Sony.
Description of Let It Loose:
After several albums as the featured singer in the Miami Sound Machine, Gloria Estefan finally stepped up to top billing on Let It Loose, and her coming-out party became a major success. The album features no fewer than four Top 10 singles, including the hot Latino club grooves of "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" and "1-2-3," and the sweet, affecting ballads "Anything for You" and "Can't Stay Away from You." By the time of the album's release in 1987, Estefan had not yet grown into the assured and charismatic singer she would become. And some of the songs here bear the cheesy production techniques of their time. Overall, however, Let It Loose shows an artist beginning to assert herself with considerable charm and élan. --Daniel Durchholz
Let It Loose Reviews:
Let's not forget 
2007-07-10 - Love and props to Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine. Was a huge fan back in the day. However, let's not forget the ORIGINAL and Break through artists of the 80s for the "miami sound"--Expose! Their album "Exposure" came out well before Gloria's and they set the tone for the Miami Sound/Freestyle/Dance of the 80s. Love ya Gloria...Love ya Expose!
Dated and cheap 
2005-10-27 - Some of the rhythms are not bad on this album, but the production techniques and the quality (or rather, lack of quality) of the songs themselves are embarrasingly bad. "1-2-3" is a prime example. It sounds like it was written in about 2 minutes, if that. No amount of production tricks, cheap or not, can compensate for a tune that is just plain BAD. And others follow suit. This is not well-crafted, durable music for all time. It is dated '80s junk that has not aged well. "Let It Loose"? More like "Let It Alone".
Let It Loose (1987) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 
2004-07-16 - In 1986, a year after the release of Primitive Love, Miami Sound Machine decided to do a name-change. They changed the name to Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine, since Gloria was the main focus of the band. By 1987, the band seemed to be even more famous than they thought, and only after releasing two albums: Eyes Of Innocence (1984) and Primitive Love (1985).
In 1987, Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine released their third album, Let It Loose. Although, it did well on the charts, I don't favor the album too much, but there are some songs from this album that I love.
BETCHA SAY THAT
This one of the songs that I favor from this album. It's lyrics are amazing and the sounds it really catchy.
LET IT LOOSE
A pretty good dance song.
CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU
The first single from the band. Another one of my favorites. She can't stay away from her ex-boyfriend, while I can't get enough of this song.
GIVE IT UP
Not a favorite.
SURRENDER
Okay.
RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU
The second single from the album. Another incredible classic. The beat is amazing and the song will remain an undestroyable classic.
LOVE TOY
Okay.
I WANT YOU SO BAD
Not bad.
1-2-3
The third single from the album. Another undestroyable classic.
ANYTHING FOR YOU
The fourth and final single from the album. Not as great.
This is a pretty good album, but I don't favor it too much as I hoped I would, but it's still worth the money you're willing to pay.
One of the top albums of 1987 and 1988
2004-06-18 - Gloris Estefan rose to superstardom with LET IT LOOSE. I remember seeing the video for BETCHA SAY THAT. Big hits from the album are CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU,RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU,ANYTHING FOR YOU and 1-2-3. I WANT YOU SO BAD is not to be confused with the same title on Heart's BAD ANIMALS album,released in 1987 just like this album. This is the next to last album bearing the artist Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine. This album was produced by Gloria's husband Emilio Estefan & The Jerks(obviously some buddies of his). Gloria's Epic Records labelmate Michael Jackson had a hit album in '87 also,BAD.
LET IT LOOSE! IN A FREESTYLE WAY! 
2003-11-21 - After the introduction of "Eyes Of Innocence" & the success of "Primitive Love", Gloria Estefan and Gang had a very difficult challenged to overcome, prove that "Conga" wasn't a stroke of luck!, and they're weren't just flavor of the month, "Let It Loose" prove many critics wrong, their third delivery outsold the first two LP, had 4 top ten singles + one top 40, and sold over 4 million copies. If that's not enough, "Anything" became their first #1 single in the Billboard 100. To listen to this album nowadays is difficult because, you have to understand, that the Miami Sound Machine tried to fit into the scene of pop music of the late 80's, with that brought to the attention, many songs, specially the ones that didn't became singles like "Give It Up, Surrender, Love Toy" sound extremely dated, with synth's and calypso beats, and really simple lyrics, that tried to alienated her latin spirit away. Surprisely the song that sound less dated than anyone in the Record is the most latin flavored one "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" and the message was clear, this song made to the top 5, and was the first single, and the strongest in the whole album. "Betcha You Say That" became the sad 2nd single, a song that failed the top 10, because it was simply boring, without innovation and pretty away from the style of Estefan, it was no mistake this was her most poppy AC attemp, but it failed, the third single "Can't Stay Away From You" her first ballad of this album to be release, is a nice easy goin track, but as many songs in this record sound dated and without strong feelings, the 4th single "Anything" their first #1, is a timeless Estefan classic, and it will sound in radio waves from years to come, because, it's reunites everything a song should have, a great hook, great lyrics, timeless music, and amazing memorable vocals, great message, great song. The last single "1-2-3" made it into the charts with a slightly different remix, this song is the most easy goin' and radio friendly of all, no wonder it was a hit, party stomper by those days, a none release song "I Want You So Bad" made recall Donna Summer's sexy songs, but it's no lie, that Gloria is more friendly, than sexy vixen, so with all that in mind, "Let It Loose" made it big with the four singles that became top 10. but the half of the album sound dated, this is a most have for any fan of Gloria or the late 80's, but if you're casual listener buy the Greatest Hits.
