#474: Manu Chao - Proxima Estacion: Esperanza

Manu Chao - Proxima Estacion: Esperanza

June 5, 2001, Virgin

1."Merry Blues" - 3:36

2."Bixo" - 1:52

3."El Dorado 1997" (Chao, François Meslouhi, Tito Velez)- 1:29

4."Promiscuity" - 1:36

5."La Primavera" - 1:52

6."Me Gustas Tú" - 4:00

7."Denia" - 4:39

8."Mi Vida" - 2:32

9."Trapped by Love" - 1:54

10."Le Rendez-Vous" - 1:56

11."Mr. Bobby" - 3:49

12."Papito" - 2:51

13."La Chinita" - 1:33

14."La Marea" - 2:16

15."Homens" (Chao, Valeria dos Santos Costa)- 3:18

16."La Vacaloca" - 2:23

17."Infinita Tristeza" - 3:56

RESULTS

Rate: 7/10

Best Song: Merry Blues

Worst Song:  Papito

Comments

This is my first Latin album I've ever listened to. I was not disappointed.

The album is filled to the rim with a mixture of Latin and Reggea. The songs are also not purely in Spanish, as I first believed. I heard English, French, Portuguese, and even Galician and Arabic.

Manu Chao manages to play some pretty soothing guitar, which really adds effect to the songs itself. Still, I can only handle so much Latin, and ended up a little unsure about Latin near the end. Good songs to sit back and listen to, though.