''El vals del obrero'' is an album by the Spanish
ska punk
Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music together. (sometimes spelled skacore) is a subgenre of ska punk that mixes ska with hardcore punk. Early ska punk mixed both 2 tone and ska with hardc ...
band
Ska-P
Ska-P () is a Spanish ska punk band formed in 1994 in Vallecas, a district of Madrid, by a group of friends from Madrid, Navarre and Euskadi. Review by Chris Trueat Allmusic
The band can be categorized, politically, as an anti-establishment mu ...
, released on 21 March 1996.
The album title means "The Worker's Waltz". The album cover depicts a typical Spanish "
cacique
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", as a symbol of capitalism, amongst other things, fat cigar in one hand and manipulating a string puppet, dressed as a worker, with the other. The breast pocket of his jacket is stuffed with banknotes. He's also wearing ostentatious gold rings, cuff-links and a gold tie pin with the eagle which symbolised
Francoist Spain
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.
Track list
Certifications
Personnel
* Pulpul – vocals, guitar
* F. J. Navío – drums
* Julio – bass
* Joxemi – guitar
* Alberto J. Amado – keyboard
* Pipi – backing vocals
References
External links
Ska-P's official website*
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1996 albums
Ska-P albums