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Tracklist
- 1Clandestino2:30
- 2Desaparecido3:49
- 3Bongo Bong2:40
- 4Je ne t’aime plus2:05
- 5Mentira…4:39
- 6Lágrimas de oro3:00
- 7Mama Call2:23
- 8Luna y sol3:09
- 9Por el suelo2:24
- 10Welcome to Tijuana4:07
- 11Día luna… Día pena1:32
- 12Malegría2:58
- 13La vie à 23:02
- 14Minha galera2:24
- 15La despedida3:12
- 16El viento2:28
Reviews
Rated 8/10
It's not the best music ever made. It's certainly not the best produced album. The lyrics are simplistic bordering on silly. But not of that even remotely matters.
This album is 100% vibe. The mixture of samba, latin, cuban rhythms with French, Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian lyrics about the joys of life (sex, drugs & music) make this a refreshing, open, relaxing yet danceable album. It there ever was an album that captures the spirit of backpacking, this is it.
The album lets its songs flow into one another. Like visiting a new city on the same continent, not too far away. Sometimes just changing a ska-organ for a bossanova guitar and changing languages, while letting the underlying sounds continue and all of a sudden you realise you went into a new song without noticing.
I remember the summer of 1999 when this album was everywhere on mainland Europe and probably elsewhere around the world. It captured a vibe and spirit and now, re-listening to it, I can see why. It's clever, worldly and a joy to listen to.
Rated 4/10
Ehh... it's ok. It doesn't move me in any way though.
Rated 6/10
01-Nov-2022
I've never even heard of this artist, so will be intersted to check this out! Good to see some other countries represented in the list.
Rated 6/10
It seems good. I would be very happy if this was the background music in a restaurant with servers who barley spoke English.
I have no frame of reference to if it's any good or not, because it's not my normal thing. But I didn't dislike listening to it.
Rated 8/10
No me esperaba encontrar a Manu Chao en esta lista. Creo que es una acierto incluir algo tan ecléctico y no anglosajón. Y las primeras 5 canciones especialmente buenas: "Clandestino", "Desaparecido", "Bongo Bong", "Je ne t'aime plus" y "Mentira...". Se merece 4 estrellas.
Rated 6/10
Enjoyable
Rated 2/10
Latin music is not typically my thing, and I even found this sound more blasé than usual. I would love to pretend like it was profound or moved me, but I just wanted it to be over. 1/5
Rated 8/10
Not really my general area of expertise but I really dug this. It was catchy and upbeat and didn't edge too far into the more obnoxious elements of a lot of Latin music I've heard.
Rated 10/10
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