Lolita Flores

Reviewed by TenTillDeath:

A Spanish singer whose music was gifted to me by a close friend that was looking to get rid of their father’s vinyl collection. As a Hispanic and vinyl collector, I knew I had something special in my hands.

Mi Carta is the 1977 record release by Spanish artist Lolita Flores. This record has a mix of flamenco, classic Spanish music, while also somehow having a mix of 70s pop in the fray.

This album is truly a masterpiece and listeners will easily be able to see it as that as soon as the first track Te Voy a Dejar plays. It starts off with piano chords that somehow feel sweet yet sad, followed by soft singing to accompany the piano chords. This soft singing builds up to emotionally powerful vocals presented by Lolita Flores who can somehow hit a very deep and very high range. In fact, these powerful vocals are found to be all throughout this project.

Lolita Flores’ vocal ability somehow makes listeners feel every word that she speaks. One moment she can speak soft and motherly, then sweet on songs like Caricia a Caricia, and lastly sing very powerfully like on the opening track. Her voice never seems to get boring and it’s as if every note she sings is perfectly placed in her songs. This is just the singing; the song writing is just as good too!

This album features themes of romance, heartbreak, and other overall themes of love. Lolita’s song writing about these themes feels very honest, truthful, and even at times direct. At one point, Lolita is explaining how her lover no longer finds her body satisfying and begins to find her boring; however, Lolita still loves the lover in question and plans on leaving them for someone who actually appreciates them. In another song where Lolita appears to be breaking up with a lover, she writes a letter in which she reveals her inability to face her relationship Issues at face, and hides behind a breakup letter to mask her confrontational issues. In another instance, Lolita Flores compares her relationship to a river meeting a sea. Lolita’s song writing abilities show greatly as she even describes a lover she has in Havana as porcelain handed,hazel skinned, and a honey heart. She can somehow keep talking about similar situations on the subject of romance and make it sound new.

For as old as this record Is, in 2026 it still sounds great, refreshing, and grand.

We would like to give this record the first five star rating that we have ever given out as reviewers. Mi Carta by Lolita Flores is a perfect 5 out of 5!