Tango 3.0

Released

20 April 2010

Recorded

2009–2010
SubstudioZ and Studio Acousti (Paris, France)
The Music Shed (New Orleans, United States)
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Genre

Neotango/Electronica

Length

44:24

Language

Philippe Cohen Solal, Christoph H. Müller and Eduardo Makaroff.

Gotan Project chronology

Lunático
(2006)

Tango 3.0
(2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Tango 3.0 is the third album by the electronic band Gotan Project. It was released in 2010 on ¡Ya Basta! Records under license from XL Recordings for the UK and US market, and Universal Music in the rest of the world.

Track listing

"Tango Square" – 3:46
"Rayuela" – 4:27
"Desilusión" – 4:24
"Peligro" – 3:57
"La Gloria" – 3:47
"Mil Millones" – 5:49
"Tu Misterio" – 3:21 (featuring Daniel Melingo)
"De Hombre a Hombre" – 3:25
"El Mensajero" – 2:35
"Panamericana" – 4:33
"Érase Una Vez" – 4:20

Personnel (from the deluxe edition)

Philippe Cohen Solal - electric guitar, bass, keyboards, whistle, dub FX
Eduardo Makaroff - acoustic and electric guitar
Christoph H. Müller - bass, keyboards, tenori-on, vocoders, programming, dub FX
Cristina Vilallonga - vocals

Additional personnel

Gustavo Beytelmann - piano.
Nini Flores - bandoneon.
Rodrigo Guerra - musical saw, mandolin.
Dr. John - Hammond B3 organ (on "Tango Square").
Line Kruse - violin.
Franco Luciani - harmonica.
Daniel Melingo - vocals and clarinet on "Tu Misterio".
Victor Hugo Morales - soccer commentator (relator de fútbol) on "La Gloria".
Rudi Flores - acoustic guitar
Romain Lecuyer - double-bass
Cecile Audebert - harp

Strings and horns arranged and conducted by Gustavo Beytelmann

Cyril Garac (leader), Corine Auclin, Noelle Barbereau, Véronique Bohn, David Braccini, Michel Dietz, David Galoustov, Nicolas Gros, Philippe Huynh: violins
Francoise Bordenave, Cécile Brossard, Sébastien Levy: violas
Lionel Allemand, Etienne Samuel: cellos
Cécile Audebert: harp
Claude Egéa: trumpet
Denis Leloup: trombone
André Villeger, Rémi Sciuto: saxophones

Children's choir on Rayuela

Emilia Fullana, María & Miguel Makaroff, Maylis & Noela Müller, Pablo Muñoz, Inés Salamanca, Maria Paulina Spucches, Mateo & Rafael Rodriguez

Children's choir directed by

Sandra Rumolino

Technical personnel

Gotan Project: production, composition, engineering and mixing (at Substudioz)
Didier Pouydesseau: engineering (at Studio Acousti)
Chris Finney: engineering for Dr. John (at The Music Shed)
Laurent Jais: engineering for Daniel Melingo (at Studio Acousti)
Greg Calbi: mastering (at Sterling Sound, New York)
Benjamin Joubert: editing (at Translab, Paris)

Additional information

All music composed by Gotan Project.
Lyrics by Eduardo Makaroff on tracks 3, 6 & 7; 5, 7 & 16 by Sergio Makaroff on tracks 4 & 9, by Philippe Cohen Solal & Eduardo Makaroff on tracks 10 & 11, by Gotan Project on track 2 (deluxe edition)
All tracks published by Science & Melodie Publishing
"Rayuela" contains parts of readings by Julio Cortázar of his book "Rayuela" (from "Voz Viva de America Latina") and of "Preámbulo a las Instrucciones para dar Cuerda al Reloj", used by kind permission of Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells, UNAM, La Casa de las Américas

Chart positions

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2010-2011)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[2]	12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[3]	3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[4]	7
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[5]	40
French Albums (SNEP)^[6]	4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[7]	41
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[8]	8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[9]	27
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[10]	25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	6
UK Albums (OCC)^[12]	61
UK Dance Albums (OCC)^[13]	8
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[14]	3
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)^[15]	6
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[16]	14
US World Albums (Billboard)^[17]	2

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2010)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[18]	87
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[19]	80
French Albums (SNEP)^[20]	47
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[21]	88
US World Albums (Billboard)^[22]	15

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)^[23]	Platinum	100,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Jurek, Thom. "Review: Tango 3.0". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Gotan Project – Tango 3.0" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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^ "Ultratop.be – Gotan Project – Tango 3.0" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Gotan Project – Tango 3.0" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Lescharts.com – Gotan Project – Tango 3.0". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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^ "Charts.nz – Gotan Project – Tango 3.0". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Gotan Project – Tango 3.0". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Gotan Project – Tango 3.0". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Gotan Project | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Gotan Project Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Gotan Project Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Gotan Project Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ JAAROVERZICHTEN 2010 (in Dutch). ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ RAPPORTS ANNUELS 2010 (in French). ultratop.be/fr. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Top de l'année Top Albums 2010" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2010 (in German). hitparade.ch. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ World Albums: 2010 Year-End. Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "French album certifications – Gotan Project – Tango 3.0" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.

v t e Gotan Project
Eduardo Makaroff Christoph H. Müller Philippe Cohen Solal Discography
Studio albums	La Revancha del Tango (2001) Lunático (2006) Tango 3.0 (2010)
Compilation albums	Gotan Object (2008)
Remix albums	Inspiración Espiración (2004)
Related	Plaza Francia Orchestra