La Leyenda de la Mancha explained
La Leyenda de La Mancha (The Legend of La Mancha) is an album by the Spanish folk metal band Mägo de Oz released in 1998. It is a concept album, 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...[1]) – 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) – 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) [cover of "The Temple of the King" by [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]] with Spanish lyrics] – 4:49
- Réquiem – 8:10
- Ancha es Castilla (Castile is Wide) – 3:45
Notes and References
- 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).
