Clandestino
by Manu Chao

Album
Clandestino by Manu Chao
Year: 1998
Release date: 1998-04-00
Overall rank: 1,840th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 200 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (36th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (326th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,840th)

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Clandestino is ranked as the best album by Manu Chao.

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Clandestino track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Clandestino
Average Rating: 82 (46 votes)Comments: View 1
2.
Desaparecido
Average Rating: 82 (38 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Bongo Bong
Average Rating: 84 (48 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Je Ne T'aime Plus
Average Rating: 81 (39 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Mentira...
Average Rating: 79 (38 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Lagrimas De Oro
Average Rating: 77 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Mama Call
Average Rating: 76 (34 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
Luna Y Sol
Average Rating: 76 (32 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Por El Suelo
Average Rating: 77 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Welcome To Tijuana
Average Rating: 78 (37 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Dia Lina... Dia Pena
Average Rating: 75 (32 votes)Comments: View 0
12.
Malegria
Average Rating: 78 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
13.
La Vie A
Average Rating: 76 (32 votes)Comments: View 0
14.
Minha Galera
Average Rating: 78 (34 votes)Comments: View 0
15.
La Despedida
Average Rating: 75 (32 votes)Comments: View 0
16.
El Viento
Average Rating: 74 (32 votes)Comments: View 0

Clandestino rankings

Clandestino rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,840th | 1990s rank: 326th | 1998 rank: 36th  Overall chart history
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Clandestino ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 200 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.


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Clandestino forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5443): By javicho07
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s by javicho07 () 1. by (1999) 2. by (1994) 4. by (1991) 7. (1997) 8. by (1997) 9. (1996) 10. (1998) 11. (1998) 12. by (1997) 13. by (1990) 14. (1990) 15. by (1997) 17. by (1996) 18. (1990) 19. by (1993) 20. by by by (1995) 23. by (1997) 24.…”
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From dihansse 12/30/2016 21:31 in My discoveries per year
“As already stated I'm going back to 1998 because I haven't listened yet to all the albums in the overall BEA top 2500. The last album of this year I listened to was This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours by The Manic Street Preachers and this is the next one: - (nr 30 on the overall BEA top chart of 1998):…”
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80/100
From 10/07/2011 19:25 | #28105 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
strange that one of the greatest french albums is in spanish.i can never get tired of listening to "Je ne t'aime plus".
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From 09/11/2019 16:36 | #242476 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
It's incredible that this album was released more than 20 years ago. Both refugees and climate change themes are so well addressed for this 2019. The blend of musical styles in this concept album is also to praise. It's a pity that the middle part is weaker.
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75/100
From 01/13/2018 03:36 | #205354 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
For the first few songs, I thought this was completely great. It might have worn out its welcome after a while, but still a nice surprise overall.
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From 03/05/2022 13:01 | #282327 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I bet that my score would improve after repeated listens. But just now I have to move on to next album. Slow burning stuff.
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90/100
From 07/15/2017 05:38 | #194345 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Such great partys. Remember driving around in a lent cabrolet screaming this album to innercity Stockholm
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