| Próxima Estación: Esperanza | ||||
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| Studio album by Manu Chao | ||||
| Released | June 5, 2001 (US) | |||
| Genre | Latin, reggae | |||
| Length | 45:33 | |||
| Language | Arabic, English, French, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish | |||
| Label | Virgin Records | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.7/10)[2] |
| Robert Christgau | (A)[3] |
Próxima Estación: Esperanza (English: Next Stop: Hope) is an album by Manu Chao. It was released in Europe in 2000. It was released in the United States on June 5, 2001 on Virgin Records. Chao and others sing in Arabic, English, French, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish on this album.
The name comes from a sample of an announcement for the Esperanza station of Madrid Metro's Line 4, because in Spanish Esperanza means "hope". The voice actor Javier Dotú and a Metro announcer later sued for infringement of intellectual copyright over the use of their voices.[4]
In 2010 Experanza was listed at #65 in Rolling Stone magazine's "Best Albums of the Decade."[5]
All songs written and composed by Manu Chao, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Language | Length |
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| 1. | "Merry Blues" | English | 3:36 |
| 2. | "Bixo" | Galician | 1:52 |
| 3. | "El Dorado 1997" (Chao, François Meslouhi, Tito Velez) | Portuguese | 1:29 |
| 4. | "Promiscuity" | English | 1:36 |
| 5. | "La Primavera" | Spanish | 1:52 |
| 6. | "Me Gustas Tú" | Spanish, French | 4:00 |
| 7. | "Denia" | Arabic | 4:39 |
| 8. | "Mi Vida" | Spanish | 2:32 |
| 9. | "Trapped by Love" | English | 1:54 |
| 10. | "Le Rendez-Vous" | English, French | 1:56 |
| 11. | "Mr. Bobby" | English | 3:49 |
| 12. | "Papito" | Spanish | 2:51 |
| 13. | "La Chinita" | Spanish | 1:33 |
| 14. | "La Marea" | Spanish | 2:16 |
| 15. | "Homens" (Chao, Valeria Dos Santos Costa) | Portuguese | 3:18 |
| 16. | "La Vacaloca" | Spanish | 2:23 |
| 17. | "Infinita Tristeza" | Spanish | 3:56 |
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