La Leyenda de la Mancha
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La Leyenda de La Mancha (The Legend of La Mancha
) is an album by the Spanish heavy metal
band Mägo de Oz
released in 1998. It is concept album
, specifically a modern day retelling of Don Quixote. This album is perhaps their most famous one. The song "Molinos de viento
" is one of Mägo de Oz's biggest hits and is often the concluding song in concerts.
La Mancha
La Mancha is a natural and historical region or greater comarca located on an arid, fertile, elevated plateau of central Spain, south of Madrid, stretching between the Montes de Toledo and the western spurs of the Serrania de Cuenca. It is bounded on the south by the Sierra Morena and on the north...
) is an album by the Spanish heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Mägo de Oz
Mägo de Oz
Mägo de Oz is a Spanish folk/heavy metal band from Begoña, Madrid formed in mid-1988 by drummer Txus di Fellatio. In 1992, the band were finalists in the Villa de Madrid contest. Then, they went onto achieve great success in Spain, and in 1995, were declared Revolution Rock Band...
released in 1998. It is concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
, specifically a modern day retelling of Don Quixote. This album is perhaps their most famous one. The song "Molinos de viento
Molinos de viento
* Molinos de viento, a zarzuela by Spanish composer Pablo Luna.* Molinos de viento , a single from the Spanish group Mägo de Oz....
" is one of Mägo de Oz's biggest hits and is often the concluding song in concerts.
Track listing
- En un Lugar... (In some place...) - 1:44
- El Santo Grial (The Holy Grail) - 5:10
- La Leyenda de la Mancha (The Legend of La Mancha) - 4:19
- Noche Toledana (Toledo's Night) - 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 Goobye) (Cover from "The temple of the king" by Rainbow with lyrics in Spanish) - 4:49
- Réquiem - 8:10
- Ancha es Castilla (WiDE is Castilla) - 3:45