Pura Vida Conspiracy

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Pura Vida Conspiracy
Gogol Bordello - Pura Vida Conspiracy.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 23, 2013 (2013-07-23)
RecordedDecember 2012
Studio Sonic Ranch Studios, El Paso, Texas
Genre Folk punk, Punk rock, Gypsy punk, Reggae, Latin rock
Length51:09
Label ATO
Producer Andrew Scheps
Gogol Bordello chronology
Trans-Continental Hustle
(2010)
Pura Vida Conspiracy
(2013)
Seekers and Finders
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A [4]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
PopMatters 9/10 [6]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Pura Vida Conspiracy is the sixth studio album by folk punk band Gogol Bordello. It was released in July 2013 under ATO Records.

Track list

All tracks are written by Oliver Charles, Thomas Gobena, Eugene Hütz, Yuri Lemeshev, Sergey Ryabtsev, Pedro Erazo-Segovia and Michael Ward [8]

No.TitleLength
1."We Rise Again"3:42
2."Dig Deep Enough"3:42
3."Malandrino"3:33
4."Lost Innocent World"4:26
5."It Is The Way You Name Your Ship"3:38
6."The Other Side of Rainbow"3:16
7."Amen"4:15
8."I Just Realized"3:27
9."My Gypsy Auto Pilot"3:47
10."Hieroglyph"3:49
11."John the Conqueror (Truth Is Always the Same)"3:39
12."We Shall Sail" (3:42, hidden track "Jealous Sister" [2] starts at 7:38)10:05
LP edition bonus tracks [9] [10] [11]
No.TitleLength
13."Crack the Case" 
14."Jealous Sister" 

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