Próxima Estación: Esperanza

Próxima Estación: Esperanza
Studio album by Manu Chao
Released 5 June 2001 (US)
Genre Latin, reggae
Length 45:33
Language Arabic, English, French, Galician, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish
Label Virgin Records
Producer Renaud Letang
Manu Chao chronology

Clandestino
(1998)		 Próxima Estación: Esperanza
(2000)		 Radio Bemba Sound System
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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 2001. It was released in the United States on 5 June 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; 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 Esperanza was listed at #65 in Rolling Stone magazine's "Best Albums of the Decade."[5] In 2012, the album listed at #474 on the Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Manu Chao, except where noted. 

No. TitleLanguage Length
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"  Mexican Spanish 2:16
15. "Homens" (Chao, Valeria dos Santos Costa)Brazilian Portuguese 3:18
16. "La Vacaloca"  Spanish 2:23
17. "Infinita Tristeza"  Spanish 3:56

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[6] Platinum (Latin) 100,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Moreno de la Fuente, Alberto. "Manu Chao – Proxima Estacion: Esperanza". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Tangari, Joe (30 July 2008). Manu Chao: Estacion Proxima: Esperanza / Radio Bemba Sound System at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 August 2008). Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Manu Chao". Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  4. ↑ EFE (18 November 2002). "Un actor y una locutora del Metro demandan a Manu Chao por derechos de propiedad intelectual". El Mundo (in Spanish) (Pedro J. Ramírez). Retrieved 11 November 2007.
  5. ↑ "Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the 2000s". Rolling Stone. Album of The Year. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "American album certifications – Proxima Estacion". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH