1 	Depende 	4:25
2 	Pura Sangre 	4:08
3 	Te Miro Y Tiemblo 	4:27
4 	La Plaza De Las Palmeras 	3:53
5 	Realidad O Sueño 	4:24
6 	Agua 	4:14
7 	Perro Apaleao 	3:23
8 	Vivo En Un Saco 	4:15
9 	Toca Mi Canción 	4:41
10 	Duerme Conmigo 	3:22
11 	Vive Y Deja Vivir 	4:26
12 	Mi Mundo En Tu Mano 	3:28
13 	Adiós 	4:49

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Resonator Guitar [Dobro] – Jordi Mena
Djembe – Matt Kemp
Drums – Alex Tenas, Frank Tontoh
Electric Bass – Marià Roch
Electric Bass, Programmed By – Joe Dworniak
Electric Guitar, Guitar [Guitarra Española], Tres – Glen Nightingale
Flamenco Guitar – José Miguel Carmona, Juan Carmona
Organ [Hammond B3] – Nicky Brown
Organ [Hammond B3], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer] – Toni "Chupi" Saigi
Percussion – Dani Forcada, Danny Cummings
Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar [Alguna Guitarra] – Jarabe De Palo
Vocals, Cajón – Antonio Carmona

The title track of Jarabe de Palo's debut album, La Flaca, which won the prestigious Spanish Ondas Award for Best Song and Best New Artist kudos for lead singer and songwriter Pau Donés, was just so darn irresistible, so convincingly authentic, so undeniably sincere in its longing for a skinny girl glimpsed dancing in Havana, that it was hard to find anything bad to say about the group from Barcelona, except maybe that their name was odd. Donés turns out to have been one of those kids who had to keep switching schools because he picked so many fights, and in Spain what one prescribes for such a kid is a "jarabe de palo," the kind of cure that comes down to a good old-fashioned whupping. It's a phrase akin to threats to "fix your wagon." Unwilling to endure any more blows -- and above all, dismissal as a one-hit wonder -- Donés waited to tour until after his band's 1998 follow-up, Depende, exceeded all critical and commercial expectations. Depende is an outstanding album by any measure, the work of an already mature talent who more than holds his own with collaborators Ketama -- famous in Spain as pioneers of the nuevo flamenco movement -- and the inimitable Celia Cruz, who celebrates her friendship with Donés on "Lo Loco," the album's jubilant finale. Donés mostly playing acoustic guitar, and Mariá Roch and Jordi "Sugar Sweet" Mena on bass and lead, ground all the songs on Depende in the blues, while rhythm section Alex Tenas and Daniel Forcada and keyboardist Toni "Chupi" Saigi top them with a generous splash of salsa. Donés has often acknowledged the impact that the death of his mother when he was 16 had on his music and lyrics, which are characteristically upbeat without being glib, intelligent without being obscure, and philosophical without being self-important; this time around, the shadows of a more recent loss add further depth and texture to the portraits he paints. Title track "Depende" finds beauty in the uncertain nature of human life and love, while "Agua" tells the saddest kind of story, avoiding confessional excess with spare instrumentation and an extended metaphor that actually works. In "Te Miro y Tiemblo," it's Donés' skillful experiment with a flamenco vocal style that haunts the heart. And in the center of the album, poised to counter any rash pronouncements about the mellowing effects of time and age, is Donés' snarling yet wonderfully danceable self-portrait as a "Perro Apaleao" -- a beaten dog. You've beaten him, bruised him, frozen him, caged him -- all the while with that insufferable look on your face -- and there's no way you'll get away with that again. Take the Jarabe de Palo you've got coming to you; you might not even be able to take it out of your CD player by the time it's over. ---Jenny Gage, AllMusic Review

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01 - ¡yep! [03:43]
02 - Para Enredar [03:47]
03 - Alas [03:50]
04 - La Quiero A Morir (Con Alejandro Sanz) [03:21]
05 - Y Ahora Qué Hacemos [03:06]					play
06 - Fin (Con Carlos Tarque - Mclan) [03:00]		play
07 - Hice Mal Algunas Cosas [03:16]
(Con Joaquín Sabina Y Carlos Tarque - M-Clan)
08 - Soy Un Bicho [04:35]
09 - Amor De Todo A 100 [03:03]
10 - Frío (Con Antonio Orozco) [04:20]
11 - Niña Sara [05:03]
12 - Tu Me Hacías Sonreir [04:22]
13 - Breve Historia De Un Músico Persona [04:32]

Jarabe de Palo - Composer, Mezcla, Primary Artist
Carlos Tarque McLan - Featured Artist
Antonio Orozco - Featured Artist
Micky Forteza Rey - Mezcla
Joaquín Sabina - Featured Artist
Toni "Chupi" Saigi - Piano
Alejandro Sanz - Featured Artist
Alex Tenas - Bateria 

The first thing fans of Jarabe de Palo will immediately notice about ¿Y Ahora Qué Hacemos? is that the usual Latin flavor, so predominant in previous albums, has been toned down in favor of a back-to-the-roots classic rock approach. With Jarabe de Palo reduced to a five-member band of bass, drums, and two guitars, plus singer/leader Pau Donés, ¿Y Ahora Qué Hacemos? is definitely a guitar-oriented pop/rock album, strongly reminiscent of Eric Clapton's albums of the 1980s, Dire Straits, or the Pretenders. While it defies comprehension why the sound of 1980s FM lite rock should still be so popular in Spain, one has to acknowledge that Jarabe de Palo are quite good at their job, thanks to Donés' engaging voice and a guitar attack that packs equal amounts of verve and grace. Their songwriting, on the other hand, is largely indifferent -- a comparison with the similar-sounding Fito y los Fitipaldis clearly shows who has the better songs -- but their know-how is enough to ensure another album with a few highlights supported by more than adequate filler. The best moments of ¿Y Ahora Qué Hacemos? are the collaborations with heavyweights such as Joaquín Sabina (the boozy "Hice Mal Algunas Cosas") and Alejandro Sanz in a Spanish cover of Francis Cabrel's "Je l'Aime à Mourir," transformed into your standard Jarabe de Palo mega-hit ballad under the name of "La Quiero a Morir." The other two guests, Carlos Tarque and Antoni Orozco, may be less known to international audiences, but their presence is equally key to enhance the album's variety. Strangely for a pop album, ¿Y Ahora Qué Hacemos? actually improves on its last third, when the band relaxes its muscles in a couple of beautiful slow to midtempo songs, including a tender paean to Donés' child, "Niña Sara." In short, Jarabe de Palo are back with another pleasant collection of feel-good tunes. ---Mariano Prunes, Rovi

Jarabe de Palo is a Latin rock group from Spain led by Pau Donés (1966), singer, songwriter, and guitarist. History: Pau Donés, born in Aragon and raised in Barcelona, worked for various groups before being able to take on his current project, Jarabe de Palo. He began at age 15 with his brother Marc, with whom he formed a group known as J.& Co.Band and later another one named Dentaduras Postizas. During this period he completed his musical tracks in Barcelona with a job at an advertising firm. His greatest success came to him after a trip to Cuba, where he was inspired to write "La flaca" which became the title of his first album in 1996. A year later came the big surprise: millions of albums were sold around the world, and "La flaca" became the song of the summer in 1997.

After this great success on his first album, Pau was determined to show that the band would be more than just a one-hit wonder, and with this idea he launched Depende (1998), which was produced by Joe Dworniak in Moody Studios in London over a period of two months. This album featured collaborations with Ketama and continued with Jarabe de Palo's ironic and ingenious lyrics, which managed to connect with the Hispanic public and even made inroads among Italians. The group has received great awards such as Premios de la Música, Premio Ondas, and Grammy nominations. They have collaborated with La Vieja Trova Santiaguera, Antonio Vega, Vico C and Celia Cruz (soundtrack of El milagro de P. Tinto). Pau has also composed tracks for Ricky Martin and starred in a music video with Alanis Morissette. They also collaborated with Italian musicians Jovanotti and Niccolò Fabi.

Jarabe de Palo - hiszpański zespół rockowy, mający korzenie aragońskie, jednak stworzony w Barcelonie. Liderem zespołu jest solista i kompozytor Pau Donés. Poza tym w zespole występują: Alex Tenas, Jordi Mena, Maria Roch, Daniel Forcada i Toni Saigi. Jednymi z najpopularniejszych utworów tego zespołu są: La Flaca i Dos días en la vida.

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