Album
Próxima Estación: Esperanza
2001Worldwide · Music · Rock · New Age · Environmental
A European superstar's sweet grooves sketch a world in crisis.
Tracks
- 13:36
- 21:52
- 31:29
- 41:35
- 51:52
- 63:59
- 74:39
- 82:32
- 91:54
- 101:56
- 113:49
- 122:51
- 131:33
- 142:16
- 153:18
- 162:23
- 173:56
About this album
Few artists can survey the world's harsh political realities with more party-friendly panache than Manu Chao. The opening track's title, "Merry Blues," sums up the melodically vibrant but often politically panicked contents of the Paris-born Spaniard's second solo album. Sung mostly in Spanish and English, Próxima Estación: Esperanza (Next Stop: Hope) condemns poverty and repression in lilting grooves augmented by bubbling horns and sly samples galore. The tracks start and stop abruptly, reflecting a world of irrepressible change and endless challenges.