Zapopan is the thirty-sixth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist, released on 18 November 2016. It is his tenth release in the 12-album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings.
Zapopan features reworked/remixed and re-titled versions of songs which were originally released on Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar (2012) and Unicorn Skeleton Mask (2013). The album title refers to the city Rodríguez-López lived in at the time of recording. Most of the remaining songs from Unicorn Skeleton Mask appeared on Zen Thrills in 2017.
"Spell Broken Hearts" was uploaded in advance as the album's single. It then appeared alongside "Tentáculos de fé" on the 2017 live album Chocolate Tumor Hormone Parade.
Track listing All songs written by Omar Rodríguez-López.
Notes Tracks 1–3: previously released as "Happiness" on Unicorn Skeleton Mask. Track 4: previously released as "Sea is Rising" on Unicorn Skeleton Mask (another version also appeared on Corazones). Track 5: previously released as "Spellbound" on Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar. Track 6: previously released as "Maria te Canta" on Unicorn Skeleton Mask. Tracks 7–8: previously released as "Home Lost"/"Habits" on Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar. Track 9: previously released as "Careful Me" on Unicorn Skeleton Mask Track 10: previously released as "Tentáculos" on Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar (another version also appeared on Un Escorpión Perfumado as "Agua Dulce de Pulpo"). Track 11: previously released as "Storm Shadow" on Unicorn Skeleton Mask
Personnel Omar Rodríguez-López – vocals, guitars, bass, synthesizers, sequencing, piano, samples, engineering Deantoni Parks – drums
Production Jon Debaun – engineering Shawn Sullivan – engineering Chris Common – mixing, mastering Mackie – layout
Release history Region Date Label Format Various November 18, 2016 Ipecac Digital download United Kingdom December 2023 Clouds Hill LP
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