''Mundo'' () is the eighth
studio album
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by Panamian singer-songwriter
Rubén Blades, released on 17 September 2002 through
Sony International
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,
Sony Tropical, and
Columbia Records
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.
It was produced by Blades,
Walter Flores, and Edin Solís, and features
folk
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standards such as "
Danny Boy
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History
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" and salsa standards like "Estampa", "Parao!", and "El Captan y la Sirena". The album won a
Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in
2003
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and received a nomination for
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* ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia
* Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK
* Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US
* Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA
* Lati ...
at the
4th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
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, the same year.
Track listing
All songs by Rubén Blades, unless noted otherwise.
# "Estampa (Profile)" – 7:22
# "First Circle" (Mays, Metheny) – 4:50
# "Primogenio (Beginnings)" (Blades, Flores) – 3:51
# "Bochinches (Gossip)" (Blades, Flores) – 4:41
# "Ella (She)" – 5:48
# "Parao! (On My Feet)" – 5:58
# "Como Nosotros (Like You and Me)" – 5:40
# "El Capitain y la Sirena (The Captain and the Mermaid)" – 3:29
# "Sebastian" – 5:06
# "Consideracion (Consideration) (Oriente)" (Blades, Gil) – 3:51
# "Jiri Son Bali" – 4:20
# "
Danny Boy
"Danny Boy" is a ballad, written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly in 1913, and set to the traditional Irish melody of "Londonderry Air".
History
In 1910, in Bath, Somerset, the English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly initial ...
" (Weatherly) – 6:54
# "La Ruta (The Road) (Diha Cesto)" – 4:08
# "A San Patricio (Extracto)" – 2:33
References
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2002 albums
Rubén Blades albums
Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album