Clandestino

Clandestino
Studio album by
Released6 October 1998
GenreReggae rock[1]
Length45:51
Label Mafia Cartel Studio
Producer
  • Manu Chao
  • Renaud Letang
Manu Chao chronology
Clandestino
(1998)
Próxima Estación: Esperanza
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Q[3]
Uncut9/10[4]

Clandestino is the first full-length solo album by Manu Chao, released in 1998. The album contains many soundbites throughout, two of which are bits of a speech by Subcomandante Marcos and, like Chao's subsequent albums, was mostly recorded by the musician himself in various locations around the world, using a small laptop—which is referred to in the liner notes as Estudio Clandestino. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 67th greatest French rock album (out of 100).[5] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[6] The album was ranked number 469 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2020.[1]

  1. ^ a b "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. ^ Bush, John. "Manu Chao – Clandestino". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Manu Chao: Clandestino". Q. No. 152. May 1999. p. 103.
  4. ^ Williamson, Nigel (27 September 2019). "Manu Chao – Clandestino / Bloody Border". Uncut. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Les 100 disques essentiels du rock français". Rolling Stone (in French). No. 18. February 2010.
  6. ^ Dimery, Robert; Lydon, Michael (2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Revised and Updated ed.). Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.