Mundo (Rubén Blades album)

Mundo
Studio album by Rubén Blades
Released	17 September 2002 (2002-09-17)
Recorded	February – November 2001
Studio	Audio Arte Estudio FM Estudio Verde, San Jose, Costa Rica
Genre	Latin Latin pop salsa
Length	68:31
Language	Spanish English
Label	Sony International Sony Tropical Columbia
Producer	Rubén Blades Walter Flores Edin Solís
Rubén Blades chronology
Tiempos (1999) Mundo (2002) Una Década (2003)
Singles from Mundo
"Estampa" Released: 17 November 2000

Mundo (transl. "World") 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