Próxima Estación: Esperanza

Próxima Estación: Esperanza
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
(2001)		 Radio Bemba Sound System
(2002)Radio Bemba Sound System2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork(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 backing track to "Homens", a tight rap about various kinds of men, written and performed by Brazilian journalist (and Chao's friend) Valeria dos Santos Costa, is identical to the backing track for "Bongo Bong", Chao's successful single from four years earlier; however, in the short documentary film Infinita tristeza (included within the bonus section of his 2002 live DVD Babylonia en Guagua), Chao stated that "Homens" was the song for which the well-known backing track was originally recorded. The final song on the album, "Infinita Tristeza", does not contain any vocals by Chao, but it consists of the same backing track as "Me Gustas Tú", over which several samples and soundbites are layered; most of them come from a cartoon-based TV documentary film about pregnancy and childbirth, produced in 1977 by TVE and aimed at children.[4] A number of voice samples from the documentary are looped and repeated throughout the track in Chao's typical fragmented style.

The album title 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.[5]

Próxima Estación: Esperanza received a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance.[6] In 2010 Esperanza was listed at #65 in Rolling Stone's "Best Albums of the Decade."[7] In 2012, the album listed at #474 on the Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All tracks written by Manu Chao, except where noted.

No.TitleLanguageLength
1."Merry Blues"English3:36
2."Bixo"Galician1:52
3."El Dorado 1997" (Chao, François Meslouhi, Tito Velez)Portuguese1:29
4."Promiscuity"English1:36
5."La Primavera"Spanish1:52
6."Me Gustas Tú"
4:00
7."Denia"Arabic4:39
8."Mi Vida"Spanish2:32
9."Trapped by Love"English1:54
10."Le Rendez-Vous"
1:56
11."Mr. Bobby"English3:49
12."Papito"Spanish2:51
13."La Chinita"Spanish1:33
14."La Marea"Mexican Spanish2:16
15."Homens" (Chao, Valeria dos Santos Costa)Brazilian Portuguese3:18
16."La Vacaloca"Spanish2:23
17."Infinita Tristeza"Spanish3:56

Sales and certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[8] Platinum 40,000^
Belgium (BEA)[9] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[11] 3× Platinum 900,000*
Greece (IFPI Greece)[12] Gold 15,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[13] Gold 40,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[14] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[15] 3× Platinum 120,000^
United States (RIAA)[16] Platinum (Latin) 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Silver 60,000^
Europe (IFPI)[18] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*
Worldwide (IFPI) N/A 3,000,000[19]

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

References

  1. ↑ Moreno de la Fuente, Alberto. "Manu Chao – Proxima Estacion: Esperanza". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Tangari, Joe (30 July 2008). "Manu Chao: Estacion Proxima: Esperanza / Radio Bemba Sound System". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Manu Chao". Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Mentioned within the liner notes in the CD booklet.
  5. ↑ EFE (18 November 2002). "Un actor y una locutora del Metro demandan a Manu Chao por derechos de propiedad intelectual". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2007.
  6. ↑ "List of Nominees". Los Angeles Times. 5 January 2002. p. 3. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the 2000s". Rolling Stone. Album of The Year. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2001". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
  10. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Manu Chao – Proxima Estacion". Music Canada.
  11. ↑ "French album certifications – Manu Chao – Proxima Estacion" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  12. ↑ "Top 50 Ξένων Άλμπουμ" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 6 October 2002. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Dutch album certifications – Manu Chao – Proxima Estacion" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Proxima Estacion in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  14. ↑ "Discos de platino y oro 2000". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Manu Chao; 'Proxima Estacion')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "American album certifications – Manu Chao – Proxima Estacion". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH. 
  17. ↑ "British album certifications – Manu Chao – Proxima Estacion". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Proxima Estacion in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  18. ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2003". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
  19. ↑ Culshaw, Peter (13 September 2007). "10 reasons why Manu Chao is global pop's most important star". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


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