Próxima Estación: Esperanza

Próxima Estación: Esperanza
Studio album by Manu Chao
Released	June 5, 2001 (US)
Genre	Latin, reggae
Length	45:33
Language	Arabic, English, French, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish
Label	Virgin Records
Manu Chao chronology
Clandestino (1998) Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2000) Radio Bemba Sound System (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(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 2000. It was released in the United States on June 5, 2001 on Virgin Records. Chao and others sing in Arabic, English, French, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish on this album.

The name comes from a sample of an announcement for the Esperanza station of Madrid Metro's Line 4, because 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.^[4]

In 2010 Experanza was listed at #65 in Rolling Stone magazine's "Best Albums of the Decade."^[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Manu Chao, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Language	Length
1.	"Merry Blues"	English	3:36
2.	"Bixo"	Galician	1:52
3.	"El Dorado 1997" (Chao, François Meslouhi, Tito Velez)	Portuguese	1:29
4.	"Promiscuity"	English	1:36
5.	"La Primavera"	Spanish	1:52
6.	"Me Gustas Tú"	Spanish, French	4:00
7.	"Denia"	Arabic	4:39
8.	"Mi Vida"	Spanish	2:32
9.	"Trapped by Love"	English	1:54
10.	"Le Rendez-Vous"	English, French	1:56
11.	"Mr. Bobby"	English	3:49
12.	"Papito"	Spanish	2:51
13.	"La Chinita"	Spanish	1:33
14.	"La Marea"	Spanish	2:16
15.	"Homens" (Chao, Valeria Dos Santos Costa)	Portuguese	3:18
16.	"La Vacaloca"	Spanish	2:23
17.	"Infinita Tristeza"	Spanish	3:56

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
3. ^ Robert Christgau review
4. ^ EFE (2002-11-18). "Un actor y una locutora del Metro demandan a Manu Chao por derechos de propiedad intelectual". El Mundo (Pedro J. Ramírez). http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/11/16/cultura/1037447747.html. Retrieved 2007-11-11. 
5. ^ "Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the Decade". Album of the Year. http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/22-rolling-stones-100-best-albums-of-the-decade/2. Retrieved 4 September 2011.