Author: Chao, Manu

Format: Import

Release Date: 01-22-2003

Details: Product Description 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 . Amazon.ca Whether with Mano Negra, of which he was the charismatic leader, or alone in "clandestinity", Manu Chao never missed his shot. So, after having led the emblematic group of alternative rock of the 80s in France, Manu Chao disappeared. He secretly prepared this melodic bomb that is Clandestino. This first solo album, which focuses on the natural inclination (Latin) of Chao quickly becomes obsessive. Each song, built on an almost childish, rudimentary model, instantly turns into a fixed idea. We record on the first listen. The following become inevitable, obligatory. Manu Chao seems to have wanted to keep the flower of each composition, as one picks the flower of salt. The surface. The best. The boy, an incurable nomad, plays everything there, and especially his wooden guitar, and sings the vocal parts in overwhelming harmonies. Haunting nursery rhymes ("Clandestino", "Desaparecido") and wanderings smeared with samples and special effects ("Mentira"), the titles follow one another like a journey towards a familiar but always surprising country. A few units, crossed on the way, reinforce this image, from the voice of Subcomandante Marcos to former de la Mano. Mainly in Spanish, and a little in English and French, the Clandestino is at home everywhere. --Jose Ruiz

UPC: 724384578329

EAN: 0724384578329

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood