Colourful mix of styles - Manu Chao is different

The Mano Negro Combo shows on this album a diverse mix of pop, ska, punk and all sorts of influences from France and Latin America.
However, the style, unlike Manu Chao's solo project, a rather, partly hard, ska / punk / pop mix with a made up my mind to small touch of South America, enabling customers to indeed small but massive difference to the plates of Manu Chao ,
In my opinion, comes the rare might expect to sun / beach / ocean feeling, and yet know Mano Negra by its own colorful style mix to please in advance. Here's a hint Beastie Boys there a little '80s pop from France and here and there again a little ska.
BUT: Who not like Manu Chao Mano Negra must like (hence only 4 stars, the certain feeling lacking sometimes simply when listening).