Radio Bemba Sound System

Radio Bemba Sound System
Live album by Manu Chao
Released	17 September 2002
Recorded	4–5 September 2001
Genre	Latin, reggae, ska
Length	1:04:24
Label	Virgin
Producer	Renaud Letang
Manu Chao chronology
Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) Radio Bemba Sound System (2002) Sibérie m'était contéee (2004)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[2]
Pitchfork Media	(8.0/10) [3]

Radio Bemba Sound System is a live album by Manu Chao that was released in 2002. It is the accompanying CD to the performer's live DVD Babylonia en Guagua, filmed over two nights (4–5 September) in 2001 during the tour for Proxima Estacion: Esperanza. Many of the songs found on Radio Bemba Sound System, such as "Machine Gun", "Peligro","Mala Vida","King Kong Five" and "The Monkey", are songs originally recorded by Manu Chao's previous band, Mano Negra. However the arrangements performed with Radio Bemba Sound System are more reggae-, ska-, and rock-oriented. The album is sequenced and edited in such a way that there is very little audience noise and cheering between the tracks, thus giving the impression of an all-night happy party - which calms down in the penultimate track ("Minha Galera") only to explode again in the last one ("Promiscuity"); the cheering at the end of "Promiscuity" is cut short by a very early fade.