Mundo (Rubén Blades album) explained

Mundo
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rubén Blades
Border:	yes
Recorded:	February – November 2001
Studio:	Audio Arte Estudio FM Estudio Verde, San Jose, Costa Rica
Genre:	Latin Latin pop salsa
Label:	Sony International Sony Tropical Columbia
Producer:	Rubén Blades Walter Flores Edin Solís
Prev Title:	Tiempos
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Una Década
Next Year:	2003

Mundo is the eighth studio album by Panamian singer-songwriter Rubén Blades, released on 17 September 2002 through Sony International, Sony Tropical, and Columbia Records. It was produced by Blades, Walter Flores, and Edin Solís, and features folk standards such as "Danny Boy" and salsa standards like "Estampa", "Parao!", and "El Capitan y la Sirena". The album won a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 2003 and received a nomination for Album of the Year at the 4th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, the same year.

Track listing

All songs by Rubén Blades, unless noted otherwise.

1. "Estampa (Profile)" – 7:22
2. "First Circle" (Mays, Metheny) – 4:50
3. "Primogenio (Beginnings)" (Blades, Flores) – 3:51
4. "Bochinches (Gossip)" (Blades, Flores) – 4:41
5. "Ella (She)" – 5:48
6. "Parao! (On My Feet)" – 5:58
7. "Como Nosotros (Like You and Me)" – 5:40
8. "El Capitain y la Sirena (The Captain and the Mermaid)" – 3:29
9. "Sebastian" – 5:06
10. "Consideracion (Consideration) (Oriente)" (Blades, Gil) – 3:51
11. "Jiri Son Bali" – 4:20
12. "Danny Boy" (Weatherly) – 6:54
13. "La Ruta (The Road) (Diha Cesto)" – 4:08
14. "A San Patricio (Extracto)" – 2:33