Mano Negra Album: “Puta's Fever”

The first time I heard anything from this album was when (by chance) I picked up a music video compilation which included "King Kong Five". At the time I hated it -- now I'm mad at myself for losing the video. Last year I heard something from "Casa Babylon" on the radio and I went online and bought it the same day. Now I've come back round to listening to this album again and I'm completely enchanted.

I wonder if the reviewers below who don't understand how the man who made Clandestino could have made this album have listened to the later Mano Negra stuff. There's certainly a logical progression from early M.N. to the later material, and a fairly seamless move from their last album to Manu Chao's solo album Clandestino (with the understanding that Clandestino is a more populist or folk approach).

This is one of the records that make us think that we live in a global village. You can find a lot of references of many diferent cultures, but it's not a world music album, it's a transglobal record with lots of energy. I saw a live concert in Oporto with few people in the audience, but the band gave us an excelent performance. If you are bored with the mainstream, buy it now.

Mano Negra was probably one of the best groups that France has given to Latin America and the world. Puta's Fever sings to everybody.

I love Clandestino by Manu Chao. So I went looking for more by the same guys and decided to try Puta's Fever. Don't make my mistake. You have been warned, save yourselves now!