Próxima Estación: Esperanza

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Próxima Estación: Esperanza
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Studio album by Manu Chao
Released 5 June 2001 (US)
Genre
Length 45:33
Language
Label Virgin Records
Producer Renaud Letang
Manu Chao chronology
Clandestino
(1998)Clandestino1998
Próxima Estación: Esperanza
(2000)
Radio Bemba Sound System
(2002)Radio Bemba Sound System2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[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]

Próxima Estación: Esperanza received a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance.[5] In 2010 Esperanza was listed at #65 in Rolling Stone's "Best Albums of the Decade."[6] 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. Title Language 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"   4:00
7. "Denia"   Arabic 4:39
8. "Mi Vida"   Spanish 2:32
9. "Trapped by Love"   English 1:54
10. "Le Rendez-Vous"   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)[7] Platinum (Latin) 100,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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