La Revancha del Tango

La Revancha del Tango is the debut album by French musical group Gotan Project. It was released on 22 October 2001 on XL Recordings and ¡Ya Basta! Records.

La Revancha del Tango
Studio album by
Gotan Project
Released22 October 2001 (2001-10-22)
Recorded2001
Genre
Length58:43
Label
  • XL
  • ¡Ya Basta!
Producer
Gotan Project chronology
La Revancha del Tango
(2001)		 Inspiración Espiración
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Muzik4/5[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
San Francisco Chronicle[4]

The album contains a cover of the title track from Frank Zappa's 1970 album Chunga's Revenge and a cover of Gato Barbieri's theme for the 1972 film Last Tango in Paris.

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Philippe Cohen Solal, Christoph H. Müller and Eduardo Makaroff, except where indicated.

  1. "Queremos Paz" – 5:15
  2. "Época" – 4:28
  3. "Chunga's Revenge" (Frank Zappa) – 5:02
  4. "Tríptico" – 8:26
  5. "Santa María (del Buen Ayre)" – 5:57
  6. "Una Música Brutal" – 4:11
  7. "El Capitalismo Foráneo" (Solal, Müller, Avelino Flores) – 6:13
  8. "Last Tango in Paris" (Gato Barbieri) – 5:50
  9. "La del Ruso" – 6:22
  10. "Vuelvo al Sur" (Astor Piazzolla, Fernando E. Solanas) – 6:59

Personnel

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[6] 2× Platinum 80,000^
Belgium (BEA)[7] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[8] Gold 50,000‡
France (SNEP)[9] Platinum 300,000*
Germany — 20,000[10]
Italy (FIMI)[11] Gold 50,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[12] Gold 20,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[13] Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[14] Gold 100,000^
Summaries
Worldwide — 1,000,000[15]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Borges, Mario Mesquita. "La Revancha del Tango – Gotan Project". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. Green, Thomas H. (December 2001). "Gotan Project: La Revancha del Tango (Ya Basta!/XL)". Muzik (79): 65.
  3. Lechner, Ernesto (29 May 2003). "Gotan Project: La Revancha Del Tango". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 April 2005. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. Setzen, Jon (9 May 2003). "Reviews of Funki Porcini, Kaskade, Aphex Twin and more". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  6. "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  7. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2007". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
  8. "Canadian album certifications – Gotan Project – La Revancha del Tango". Music Canada. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  9. "French album certifications – Gotan Project – La Revancha del Tango" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  10. Shore, Joanna (27 April 2002). "French Touch". Billboard. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  11. "Gotan Project - Stasera i Gotan Project all'Arena Flegrea". la Repubblica XL (in Italian). 30 July 2003. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  12. "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2007 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  13. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Gotan Project; 'La Revancha del Tango')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  14. "British album certifications – Gotan Project – La Revancha del Tango". British Phonographic Industry.
  15. "Gotan". gotanproject. Retrieved 6 May 2018.


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