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Manu Chao - Radio Bemba Sound System Audio CD

A fair review of the Manu Chao "Radio Bemba Sound System" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Manu Chao reviews here, or go back to the Manu Chao tabs.

Manu Chao Band: Manu Chao
Title: Radio Bemba Sound System
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Release Date: 2002-09-17
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Intro 2: Bienvenida a Tijuana 3: Machine Gun 4: Por Done Saldra el Sol? 5: Peligro 6: Welcome to Tijuana 7: Viento 8: Casa Babylon 9: Por el Suelo 10: Blood and Fire 11: Ezln...Para Tod@s Todo... 12: Mr. Bobby 13: Bongo Bong 14: Radio Bemba 15: Que Pasa Que Paso 16: Pinocchio 17: Cahi en la Trampa 18: Clandestino 19: Rumba de Barcelona 20: Despedida 21: Mala Vida 22: Radio Bemba 23: Que Paso Que Paso 24: Pinocchio 25: Primavera 26: Monkey 27: King Kong Five 28: Minha Galera 29: Promiscuity

Great Fun
The music is very energetic, like a real live concert! The only thing I keep wondering is the price? The day after I placed my order the lowest price was 170+, if this happens you can always use the UK amazon site to look for cheaper selection.


From a Manu Chao Huge Fan
It starts well, with the great simple mellow rythm that Manu Chao has. Don't bother buying this album, even if you're a big fan, like me. But as soon as the second song kicks in (apart from the intro) you're bombarded with screaming backing vocals and metals, in a ska-like rythm. So far so good. BUT IT KEEPS ON GOING! Till the very last song. This is not at all like the studio albums.


Manu Chao - Radio Bemba

The result is fiery, potent and infectuous. The iconoclastic French Spaniard Manu Chao delivers a wild live performance, an amalgam of Carribean Ska and Reggae, Latin Salsa, Afro-Cuban polyrhythms & horns,
and frantic UK punk al la the Clash.
It was as if Manu Chao had chosen the genres specifically to keep the audience dancing non-stop. He never lets down for a secod, resulting in a frenzied wild time.
Cross-cultural both musically iand linguistically,his politics and heart are in the right place. Lberation music, they way Bob Marley used to deliver it. You gotta love it.


A Gigantic Latino Party
Naturally, I was ecstatic to learn that they had put out a live recording. I saw Radio Bemba Sound System perform with Manu Chao at Bonnaroo 2007, and was absolutely blown away by the quality of the music and the amount of fun I had at that show. I bought this album at the same time I bought Manu Chao's solo album, "Clandestino. " The differences between these two albums are the pace of the music, the energy of the band, and the undisputed fact that tequila magically becomes "better" with this album.

While listening to the recording and catching the live show are certainly different, this will get your blood flowing. It is a fast-paced, non-stop party with trumpets, bongos, reggae styled guitar riffs that have been perfectly merged with salsa tempos, love songs to Tijuana, and an overwhelming feeling of just cutting loose and having fun. If you like Manu Chao, you may or may not enjoy Radio Bemba Sound System. The songs are the same, only far more energetic in a much faster time signature.

All in all, any fan of Manu Chao's "Clandestino" will find this a delightful treat. This album is the next best thing to seeing this band live, and will probably make you want to do just that.


All time favourite
If you like Manu Chao you'll love this album! Very good vibes.


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