Vencidos

The song Vencidos, included in the album Mediterráneo by Joan Manuel Serrat, has a distinctive feature: its lyrics are not the direct work of the singer-songwriter. Instead, they are based on a poem by the writer León Felipe. This focus on poetic language, combined with the arrangements by Juan Carlos Calderón, Gian Piero Reverberi, and Antoni Ros-Marbà, gives the piece a special depth, lasting 3 minutes and 19 seconds.

The album Mediterráneo, released in 1971 by Novola, is a milestone in Spanish music. It was praised by critics and the public as one of the most important works. In 2004, a specialized publication ranked it third on a list of the hundred best Spanish albums of the 20th century. This work, which compiles compositions by Joan Manuel Serrat, was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007. After a period out of circulation, the album was reissued in 2000. Joan Manuel Serrat, born in Barcelona in 1943, is an artist whose work draws from the poetry of authors like Mario Benedetti and Pablo Neruda, as well as musical genres from Latin America and Spanish tradition.