El Vals del Obrero is an album by the Spanish

Spain

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 ska punk

Ska punk

Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. It achieved its highest level of commercial success in the United States in the late 1990s. Ska-core is a subgenre of ska punk, blending ska with hardcore punk.The characteristics of ska punk vary, due to the fusion of contrasting...

 band Ska-P

Ska-P

Ska-P is a ska punk band formed in , Spain, in 1994.The band can be categorized, politically, as an anti-establishment musical group. It is one of the most popular ska bands in Spain, Europe, and Latin America....

, released in 1996.

The album title means "The Worker's Waltz". The album cover depicts a typical Spanish "cacique

Cacique

Cacique is a title derived from the Taíno word for the pre-Columbian chiefs or leaders of tribes in the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles...

", as a symbol of capitalism, amongst other things, fat cigar in one hand and manipulating a string puppet, dressed as a worker, with the other. The breast pocket of his jacket is stuffed with banknotes. He's also wearing ostentatious gold rings, cuff-links and a gold tie pin with the eagle which symbolised Franco

Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...

's dictatorial regime.

Track listing

1. "El Gato López" – 2:40
2. "Ñapa es" – 2:31
3. "El Vals del Obrero" – 4:37
4. "Revistas del Corazón" – 2:44
5. "Romero el Madero" – 3:21
6. "Sectas" – 4:07
7. "No te pares" – 4:26
8. "Cannabis" – 4:24
9. "Insecto Urbano" – 4:06
10. "Animales de Laboratorio" – 4:45
11. "La Sesera No Va" – 3:30
12. "Sexo y Religión" – 3:55

External links

• Ska-P's Official Website |title=allmusic ((( El Vals del Obrero > Overview ))) |publisher=www.allmusic.com |accessdate=2010-01-04 }}