La Radiolina

La Radiolina
Studio album by Manu Chao
Released August 30, 2007
Genre Worldbeat, Latin, reggae, Rock en Español
Label Because Music
Producer Manu Chao
Manu Chao chronology
Sibérie m'était contéee
(2004)Sibérie m'était contéee2004
La Radiolina
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic link
Entertainment WeeklyA- link
The Guardian link
LA Times link
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The OnionA- link
Pitchfork Media7.5/10 6Sep2007
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Rolling Stone link
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La Radiolina is the fourth studio album by Manu Chao. It was released on 4 September 2007. Italy saw an advance release of the album on 30 August.

"Rainin in Paradize", the first single from the album, was available before its official release for download on his website. The single features a music video directed by Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica. There is also a video for the song "Me Llaman Calle", featuring Manu Chao performing in a local bar.

Track listing

  1. "13 Días"
  2. "Tristeza Maleza"
  3. "Politik Kills"
  4. "Rainin in Paradize (Scheps version)"
  5. "Besoin de la Lune"
  6. "El Kitapena"
  7. "Me Llaman Calle"
  8. "A Cosa"
  9. "The Bleedin Clown (Scheps version)"
  10. "Mundorévès"
  11. "El Hoyo"
  12. "La Vida Tómbola"
  13. "Mala Fama"
  14. "Panik Panik"
  15. "Otro Mundo"
  16. "Piccola Radiolina"
  17. "Y Ahora Qué?"
  18. "Mama Cuchara"
  19. "Siberia"
  20. "Soñe Otro Mundo"
  21. "Amalucada Vida"

Languages and style

The album's title La Radiolina means the small radio in Italian, referring to a small-sized transistor radio. The album is mainly sung in Spanish. "Politik Kills", "Rainin In Paradize", "The Bleedin Clown" and the first two lines of "Siberia" are in English; "Besoin de la Lune" and "Panik Panik" are in French; "A Cosa" is in Italian, a first for Manu Chao; "Amalucada Vida" is in Brazilian Portuguese.

Musically, the album features a trademark of Manu Chao's style in its re-utilizing of the same instrumental backing tracks with different melodies and lyrics:

A similar "recycling" process also affects some of the lyrics. "Tristeza Maleza" features the repeated phrase "Infinita Tristeza", from the album Próxima Estación: Esperanza; the lyrics for "Besoin de la Lune" originally appeared with different music, and in a slightly longer version, on the album Sibérie m'était contéee; that same album also included the original French lyrics of "Sibérie" (again with different music), which Chao partly translated in "Siberia"; the lyrics for "Mama Cuchara" were originally written in Quito, Ecuador, during a rainy Sunday,[1] and originally appeared, with different music, in Chao's short film "Infinita Tristeza", included in the Kikelandia bonus section of the 2002 Babylonia en Guagua DVD (that performance was never officially released). Additionally, "13 Días" and "Otro Mundo" contain phrases appearing several times in Chao's previous output, such as "Me hielo en la habitación / No tengo calefacción" in "13 Días" and "Calavera no llora / Serenata de amor" in "Otro Mundo". The lyrics to the tracks "Panik Panik" and "Politik Kills" are the same as those in the tracks "Camions Sauvages" and "Politic Amagni" respectively on Amadou & Mariam's album Dimanche à Bamako which was produced by Manu Chao.

Personnel/credits

Chart performance

Chart (2007)[3][4] Peak
position
Austrian Album Chart 5
Belgium Album Chart Ultratop (Flanders) 1
Belgium Album Chart (Wallonia) 2
Danish Album Chart 20
Dutch Album Chart 10
Finnish Album Chart 13
French Album Chart 2
Italian Album Chart 2
Mexican AMPROFON Album Chart 10
Norwegian Album Chart 7
Portuguese Album Chart 11
Spanish PROMUSICAE Album Chart 1
Swedish Album Chart 4
Swiss Album Chart 1
United States Billboard Top Latin Albums 1
US Billboard Top Canadian Albums 6
US Billboard Independent Albums 7
US Billboard Top Internet Albums 71
US Billboard 200 71
US Billboard Top World Music Albums 1

Year-End Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Billboard Top World Albums[5] 14

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[6] Gold 20,000^
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold (Latin) 50,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. from Babylonia en Guagua DVD booklet
  2. all credits taken from La radiolina CD booklet
  3. "La Radiolina". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  4. "La Radiolina". Les Charts. Les Charts. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  5. "Top World Albums - La Radiolina". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2007-12-31. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  6. "Argentinian album certifications – Manu Chao – La Radiolina". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
  7. "American album certifications – Manu Chao – La Radiolina". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH
Preceded by
Aproximaciones by Pereza
Spanish PROMUSICAE Album Chart number-one album
September 09, 2007
Succeeded by
Sueños de Un Hombre Despierto by Ismael Serrano
Preceded by
Lifeline by Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
Swiss Album Chart number-one album
September 16, 2007
Succeeded by
Curtis by 50 Cent
Preceded by
El Cantante - Soundtrack by Marc Anthony
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums number-one album
September 22, 2007
Succeeded by
Todo Cambió by Camila
Preceded by
Life in Cartoon Motion by Mika
Belgium Ultratop Album Chart number-one album
September 22, 2007
Succeeded by
Braveau Clouseau by Various Artists
Preceded by
Life in Cartoon Motion by Mika
European Album Chart number-one album
September 22, 2007 - September 28, 2007
Succeeded by
Curtis by 50 Cent
Preceded by
Rodrigo y Gabriela by Rodrigo y Gabriela
U.S. Billboard Top World Music Album Chart number-one album
September 22, 2007 - October 6, 2007
Succeeded by
Celtic Woman: A New Journey by Celtic Woman
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