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Clandestino | 
| Artist: Manu Chao
Label: EMI Latin
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  125 reviews
Sales Rank: 4660
Format: Original Recording Reissued
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 45783
UPC: 724384578329
EAN: 0724384578329
ASIN: B000026I8U
Release Date: January 22, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Clandestino | | • | Desaparecido | | • | Bongo Bong | | • | Je Ne T'Aime Plus - Manu Chao, Khelifa- Pascal, A. | | • | Mentira... | | • | Lagrimas de Oro | | • | Mama Call | | • | Luna y Sol | | • | Por el Suelo | | • | Welcome to Tijuana - Manu Chao, Meslouhi, F. | | • | Dia Lina... Dia Pena | | • | Malegria | | • | La Vie a | | • | Minha Galera | | • | La Despedida | | • | El Viento |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
As one of the driving forces in the French-Spanish ethno-punk band Mano Negra, songwriter-guitarist Chao delivers a surprising solo endeavor. Centered around a simple editorial writing style and an acoustic guitar, this album chronicles his political and personal travels around the world, studying the foibles of life in Latin America and the Caribbean, through Africa and back to Europe. He quotes but never actually plays salsa, son, reggae, Latin pop, and African folk music, all to the service of his songs (written and sung in English, French, and Spanish). The backing is a deceptive hodgepodge of guest artists and collected sounds he has pasted together to service the simple songs he sings. There is a circuslike feel to the whole project, a childlike sense of wonder coupled with a cynical and sometimes sly glance at the "real world." This is a single piece of work, each song bleeding into the next without stopping, a train ride that slows at each station along the way but never stops. It has charm, wit, and depth--a rare and potent combination of virtues for a pop musician. --Louis Gibson
Album Description
The first solo album released by the former frontman of Mano Negra, 'Clandestino' (released in 1998) is an enchanting trip through Latin-flavored world-beat rock, reliant on a potpourri of musical styles from traditional Latin & salsa to dub to rock & roll to French pop to experimental rock to techno. 16 tracks. Virgin.
Album Details
The First Solo Album from the Former Frontman of Mano Negra is an Enchanting Trip Through Latin-flavored World-beat Rock, Reliant on a Potpourri of Musical Styles from Traditional Latin and Salsa to Dub to Rock and Roll to French Pop to Experimental Rock to Techno.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 45 more reviews...
Lively up yourself December 27, 2008
Garry L. Trail (Hub City)
King Sunny Ade meets Pete Seger. I'm unable to maintain a frown when the disk starts spinning. Enriched by what feels like a living room jam session , led by an international ambassador to whom languages are as distinct as he happens to decide they are while he weaves another story. This World Village sound brings up Jimmy Cliff tales of struggle and hope , blended with those Harry Belafonte Calypso sing alongs, suddenly and quite importantly married to the best of Hip Hop . Hey Ya !
Holy Guacamole October 25, 2008
A. Vankov (MA USA)
This CD is like a drug for me - 3 years later I can not stop listening it. The more I listed to it the more I like it. I shared it with a friend who is now hooked on Manu Chao - "His songs make me feel good".
Alienation, dispair, and hope... September 18, 2008
G. Dubois (San Diego, CA)
There are so many reviews on this recording, but many miss some important points. Yes, this music can be appreciated on purely musical merits.. it's really very good and it grows on you. But it's brilliance lies in his ability to use his own 'foreign-ness' (he's French, singing in Spanish mostly) to express the alienation and dispair of the illegal immigrant in Europe-- that illegal immigrant symbolizing the angst of any modern individual who is paying attention to what is happening in our world. Manu Chao's often over-enunciated and simplistic Spanish mimics the immigrant who speaks Spanish as an acquired language: the Africans and Arabs that sneak into Spain and other countries to find work, to find a future... he even sings slightly off-key and off-rhythmn at times to seem like a natural narration, a man on the road... Other times he exhibits a beautiful (non-nasal) voice.
That theme of alienation and dispair-- hiding, being pursued, suffering, loneliness, the great lies of this world-- is often punctuated by hopeful flights of fancy and exuberant musical celebrations. Some of the pieces are as odd as the world around us: snippets of radio, TV, newscasts, a Zapatista manifesto, sampled music, sounds of nature and the street... all mixed into a wonderful musical narration.
Manu Chao's recent concert in Tijuana (August 2008) was a huge event, with the environment and context of his concert (at the bullring by the sea, literally right next to the busiest border in the world)-- a great venue for a very important artist with an adoring crowd. He appeared at a local bar afterward, continuing to generously give of himself, talking to and hugging everyone who aproached him.
Great CD May 14, 2008
Ekaterina Puffini (Islas Malvinas)
As always, I love his music. I am delighted it was reissued at a reasonable price.
 Easy listening May 1, 2008
E. Man (Rio, Brazil)
If you wanna relax after work with some cold drink or hot for that matter. Just put on this record and close your eyes.....
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