La Revancha del Tango

La Revancha del Tango
Studio album by Gotan Project
Released 22 October 2001 (2001-10-22)
Recorded 2001
Genre
Label
  • XL
  • ¡Ya Basta!
Producer
Gotan Project chronology
La Revancha del Tango
(2001)		 Inspiración Espiración
(2004)Inspiración Espiración2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Muzik4/5[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
San Francisco Chronicle[4]

La Revancha del Tango is the debut album by French musical group Gotan Project. It was released on 22 October 2001 on XL Recordings and ¡Ya Basta! Records.

The album contains a cover of the title track from Frank Zappa's 1970 album Chunga's Revenge and a cover of Gato Barbieri's theme for the 1972 film Last Tango in Paris.

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Philippe Cohen Solal, Christoph H. Müller and Eduardo Makaroff, except where indicated.

  1. "Queremos Paz" – 5:15
  2. "Época" – 4:28
  3. "Chunga's Revenge" (Frank Zappa) – 5:02
  4. "Tríptico" – 8:26
  5. "Santa María (del Buen Ayre)" – 5:57
  6. "Una Música Brutal" – 4:11
  7. "El Capitalismo Foráneo" (Solal, Müller, Avelino Flores) – 6:13
  8. "Last Tango in Paris" (Gato Barbieri) – 5:50
  9. "La del Ruso" – 6:22
  10. "Vuelvo al Sur" (Astor Piazzolla, Fernando E. Solanas) – 6:59

Personnel

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[6] 2× Platinum 80,000^
Belgium (BEA)[7] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[8] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[9] Platinum 419,400 [10]*
Germany (BVMI)[11] N/A 20,000[12]
Italy (FIMI)[13] Gold 50,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[14] Gold 50,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[15] Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Gold 100,000^
Worldwide (IFPI) N/A 1,000,000 [17]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Borges, Mario Mesquita. "La Revancha del Tango – Gotan Project". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Green, Thomas H. (December 2001). "Gotan Project: La Revancha del Tango (Ya Basta!/XL)". Muzik (79): 65.
  3. ↑ Lechner, Ernesto (29 May 2003). "Gotan Project: La Revancha Del Tango". Rolling Stone.
  4. ↑ Setzen, Jon (9 May 2003). "Reviews of Funki Porcini, Kaskade, Aphex Twin and more". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  6. ↑ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2007". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
  8. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Gotan Project – La Revancha del Tango". Music Canada. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "French album certifications – Gotan Project – La Revancha del Tango" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  10. ↑ https://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Albums_Tout_Temps.php?debut=750
  11. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Gotan Project; 'La Revancha del Tango')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  12. ↑ Shore, Joanna (27 April 2002). "French Touch". Billboard. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Gotan Project - Stasera i Gotan Project all'Arena Flegrea". la Repubblica XL (in Italian). 30 July 2003. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  14. ↑ "Polish album certifications – Gotan Project – La Revancha del Tango" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  15. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Gotan Project; 'La Revancha del Tango')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "British album certifications – Gotan Project – La Revancha del Tango". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type La Revancha del Tango in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  17. ↑ "Gotan". gotanproject. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
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