''La Leyenda de La Mancha'' (The Legend of
La Mancha) is an album by the Spanish
folk metal
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for exampl ...
band
Mägo de Oz
Mägo de Oz (Spanish for '' Wizard of Oz'', with a metal umlaut) are a Spanish folk metal band from Begoña, Madrid formed in mid-1988 by drummer Txus di Fellatio.
The band became well known for the strong Celtic feel to their music strengthene ...
released in 1998. It is a
concept album
A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Som ...
, specifically a modern-day retelling of the Spanish classic ''
Don Quixote''. The song "
Molinos de Viento" is one of Mägo de Oz's biggest hits and is often the concluding song in concerts.
Track listing
#''En un Lugar...'' (In a Certain Village...
[The words ''En un lugar'' begin Chapter 1 of ''Don Quixote'' in the original Spanish. The English equivalent is "In a certain village" (J.M. Cohen, trans., Penguin Books, 1950, 1988). "In a certain village in La Mancha, which I do not wish to name, there lived not long ago a gentleman ..." (p. 31).]) – 1:44
#''El Santo Grial'' (The Holy Grail) – 5:10
#''La Leyenda de la Mancha'' (The Legend of La Mancha) – 4:19
#''Noche Toledana'' (Night in
Toledo
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) – 1:12
#''Molinos de Viento'' (Windmills) – 4:11
#''Dime Con Quién Andas'' (Tell Me Who You Are With) – 5:33
#''Maritornes'' – 4:20
#''El Bálsamo de Fierabrás'' (The Balm of Fierabrás) – 3:40
#''El Pacto'' (The Pact) – 5:43
#''La Ínsula de Barataria'' (The Island of Barataria) – 2:58
#''El Templo del Adiós'' (The Temple of Goodbye)
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#''Réquiem'' – 8:10
#''Ancha es Castilla'' (Castile (historical region)">Castile is Wide) – 3:45
References
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1998 albums
Mägo de Oz albums
Music based on Don Quixote
Locomotive Music albums
Concept albums