Clandestino by Manu Chao

Pros: Amazing mainstream, breakthrough album; catchy notes, deep thoughts.
Cons: Manu Chao is heralded as the WTO icon - what's the hype?!

Back in 2000, I gave this CD as a Christmas present to a friend of mine who lives in L.A. He was, to say the least, confused my by gift - we usually share the same taste in music..."Just who is this bum on the front cover?!?".
He had...

Pros: Original material that sounds unlike any other music you've ever heard.
Cons: Some of the tracks blend into eachother too much, repetition is sometimes excessive.

Let me introduce you to a man who is without a doubt the best artist you’ve never heard of: Manu Chao. Ciao? No, Chao. Née Oscar Tramor. Formerly of the band Mano Negra. Perhaps I was exaggerating earlier. Certainly many people ...

Pros: Original style, great feel, great lyrics.
Cons: Extremely addictive.

I am simply mesmerized to find out that two years after this album has been released, no one has written a single review about it. It was met with such big critic acclaim in Europe that I would at least hint it was a hit in the US. Unfortunately it seems...

Pros: There are 16 great songs on this CD.
Cons: NONE.

Clandestino - I translated it to make it easier to understand

Single I go with my pain
Single my sentence goes
To run is my destiny
In order to flout the law
Lost in the heart
Of the great Babylon
They...

Pros: the pleasure of freedom
Cons: nothing

The pleasure of a travel in South America... the scent of the Andean
air... the sapore of an afternoon on the roads of Mexico: me gustas,
me gustas you. This is the new job of the Manu Chao, single a
decidedly solar in programming from a...