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Artist: Mano NegraEdition: Music CD
Audio: French (Unknown)
Format: Extra tracks
CD Release Date: 2003-11-18
Music Label: EMI Latin
Soundtracks:
- Mano Negra
- King Kong Five
- Soledad
- Mala Vida
- Sisi H'Bibi
- Rock Island Line
- Noche De Accion
- Guayaquil City
- Peligro
- Sueno De Solentiname
- Indios De Barcelona
- Mad Man's Dead
- Senor Ma Tanza
- Out Of Time Man
- Pas Assez De Toi
- King Of Bongo
- Ronde De Nuit
- Patchanka
- Salga La Luna
- Santa Maradona
- El Sur
- Long Long Nite
- On Telefon
- Darling Darling
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Music Review: Much better than the US version
Rating: 5 Stars
Mano Negra was a French group built around the Chao family, Manu, Antoine and their cousin Santi. Born in Paris in June 1961 Manu Chao was from a family forced into exile from Spain because of their opposition to Franco's fascist regime. In the slums of Paris the Chaos were brought into contact with kids from a wide range of origins- Spaniards, Portuguese, Africans and Arabs. This cosmopolitan influence is present in the music and in the multi-lingual lyrics. It was the Stiff Little Fingers' album 'Inflammable Material' which persuaded Manu to get into a music career. After hearing this superb Northern Irish punk album Manu discovered other punk acts and in particular the Clash (his bedroom was at that stage papered with tickets from Clash concerts). Mano Negra became France's most influential rock group. Half-way between the Pogues and the Clash, they mixed Punk, Reggae, Ska, Ragga, Falmenco, Latino, Rai, chanson francaise and other styles too numerous to mention. Beyond the punk artists already mentioned Manu was also influenced by Iggy Pop, Chuck Berry, the Stranglers, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley and Lou Reed. The album 'Puta's Fever' was their most commercially successful but many consider their best album to have been 'Casa Babylon'. The Latin influence is the most obvious on this Casa Babylon album because following the commercial success of their earlier efforts the band took off to South America for 2 years of giving free concerts and travelling round supporting various political causes. As with most 'Best of' albums this particular offering can be criticised- why include 'Santa Maradonna', 'Mad man's dead', 'Indios de Barcelona'? How dare they stop the live version of 'Mano Negra' before it goes into a frenetic version of 'Magic Dice'? Why did they not include their very best songs here- 'Rebel Spell', 'Love and hate', 'Drives me crazy' and 'La Vida'? Nevertheless this is an excellent collection of very diverse songs which influenced Maldita Vecindad, Cafe Tacuba, El Gran Silencio, Negu Gorriak, etc. I would like to hear a 'best of' compilation of Manu Chao's pre-Mano Negra material (prior to Mano Negra he was the leader of two other bands -Les Hot Pants and Los Carayos).
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All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.During their time together in the late '80s and early '90s, the French band with the Spanish name gave real meaning to the term ethno-punk. Imagine the Clash fired not only by reggae and rockabilly, but also rai, dub, hip-hop, and a strongly Latin sensibility, and you have a picture of Mano Negra. This compilation collects tracks from five of their albums that indicate not only the breadth of their vision, but also the musical range, and the passion that informed everything they did. More than the start of rock en Español, this is the full multiculti punk experience. The band may no longer be around, but a listen to this shows that the spirit can't be extinguished. La luta continua.... --Chris Nickson
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