Próxima Estación: Esperanza (Manu Chao)

Manu Chao's 2001 album Próxima Estación: Esperanza is another one of my Record Store Day finds. Earlier this year, I found Chao's Clandestino album in a used shop and fell in love with that record. I was therefore quite excited to pick up this one, and it did not disappoint. A lot of the material is similar to that found on Clandestino. Two of the tracks, "Mr. Bobby" and "Homens," use the backing music from "Bongo Bong & Je ne t'aime plus." It is still high quality, though, and, like the other album, includes songs in a variety of languages. Good stuff.

Hard to pick standout tracks here, but "Promiscuity" was one of my faves.

Tracks:
1. Merry Blues
2. Bixo
3. Eldorado 1997
4. Promiscuity
5. La primavera
6. Me gustas tu
7. Denia
8. Mi vida
9. Trapped by Love
10. Le rendez-vous
11. Mr. Bobby
12. Papito
13. La chinita
14. La marea
15. Homens
16. La vacaloca
17. Infinita tristeza