Fuerza [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00004SZOT
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,403,651 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Trampa (Inedit)

2. Me Cago En El Amor

3. Amor Pa Mi

4. 537 C.U.B.A.

5. H I V

6. Hasta Siempre

7. Raiz

8. Le Cha Cha Cha

9. Que Humanidad

10. Peligro

11. Hoy Y Haora

12. Decadencia

13. Urrun

14. Venezuelan In New York

15. Hi Hello Hi Lhello

16. El Destino

17. Escuchen Mi Conga

18. Flaca (Acustica)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars probably the best colelction of Alternative Latin music, March 12, 2002

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"skak1" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fuerza (Audio CD)

Anyone who likes Manu Chao will love this.The reason for that is simple- half of the tracks have a Chao connection. The collection opens with 'La Trampa'- a Chao song which features in his live show but is not available anywhere else. It then moves on to a track by Tonino Carotone in which the music is played by Manu Chao. Manu's former band Mano Negra is brilliantly represented by 'Peligro'. Former Mano Negra members are also present in some of the other contributions: the offerings by P18, Anouk and Color Humano. Manu Chao has also worked closely with Basque rocker Firmin Muguruzu and the Spanish group Amparanoia each represented by one song. Even those songs without a Chao connection are brilliant. The only recording by Spain's Jarabe de Palo which didn't sound like a feeble Dire Straits rip-off was this excellent live version of 'La Flaca'. There are songs by two of France's best new bands Spook and the Guay and Sergent Garcia. Spain's emerging talents are highlighted through the contributions of Macaco and Dusminguet. Although this is mainly European Latino music, Latin America is not entirely cast aside because El Gran Silencio from Mexico and King Chango from Venezuela (via New York) also feature. Then there is Cuba. The French-based cuban band Orishas offer us a rap version of Compay Segundo's 'Chan Chan'. The Buena Vista connection is also clear in the presence of Eliades Ochoa. Overall an excellent combination of rock, reggae, ska and Latino. I could not recommend it more strongly but get this version rather than the shorter American version with the same name.