Shakira - Live & Off the Record

Buying time while she preps a follow-up to 2001's Laundry Service, Shakira released the CD/DVD combo Live & Off The Record in the spring of 2004. This is standard practice for her -- between each of her studio albums, she's released collections of remixes or live material. One of those, 2000's Unplugged, was excellent, capturing the diva on the rise and revealing another side of her musical personality. In contrast, Live & Off The Record doesn't offer any such revelations -- it captures the big-budget spectacular of her stadium shows. Read More