Sueño Stereo
| Sueño Stereo | ||||
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| Studio album by Soda Stereo | ||||
| Released | 29 June 1995 | |||
| Recorded | Buenos Aires, 1994–1995 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, electronic rock, art rock | |||
| Length | 53:08 | |||
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| Producer |
Gustavo Cerati, Zeta Bosio | |||
| Soda Stereo chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Sueño Stereo | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | Best Albums in Latin Rock History - 4th[2] |
Sueño Stereo (Spanish for Stereo Dream) is the seventh and final studio album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. It was released by BMG Argentina in 1995. It is considered one of the most important alternative rock records in Spanish and one of the best, most successful and most important by the band and all Latin rock. Rolling Stone considered it as Nº 4 best of Latin rock history.[3]
In just fifteen days of sales in Latin America the album went platinum.[4] The album was the centerpiece of the extensive Sueño Stereo tour that the band undertook in Venezuela, Colombia, Perú, Chile, Honduras, Panamá, Costa Rica, México and the United States, which began on September 8, 1995 in Buenos Aires, and ended on 24 April 1996 in Santiago de Chile.
The music video for "Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver" was winner of the People's MTV 1996, the only MTV award to Latin music that existed at that time.
Concept album
The songs in the second half of the album are a little concept album. In it, the songs follow the music closely related to each other, in the manner of progressive rock and art rock. Also the last four songs, "Crema de estrellas", "Planta", "X-Playó" and "Moirè" are musically united as a single song without a pause between them.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Gustavo Cerati.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver" ("She Used My Head Like a Revolver") | 4:32 | |
| 2. | "Disco Eterno" ("Eternal Disc") |
| 5:46 |
| 3. | "Zoom" | Cerati | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Ojo de la Tormenta" ("Eye of the Storm") | Cerati | 4:33 |
| 5. | "Efecto Doppler" ("Doppler Effect") | Cerati | 5:03 |
| 6. | "Paseando Por Roma" ("Walking in Rome") |
| 3:35 |
| 7. | "Pasos" ("Steps") | Cerati | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Ángel Eléctrico" ("Electric Angel") |
| 4:36 |
| 9. | "Crema de Estrellas" ("Star Cream") | Cerati | 4:37 |
| 10. | "Planta" ("Plant") |
| 4:52 |
| 11. | "X-Playo" | Cerati | 4:07 |
| 12. | "Moirè" | Cerati | 4:02 |
Personnel
- Soda Stereo
- Gustavo Cerati – lead vocals / guitar / fretless bass guitar / Rhodes piano / synthesizers / producer
- Zeta Bosio – bass guitar / backing vocals / synthesizers / harmonica / producer
- Charly Alberti – drums / percussion
- Additional personnel
- Alejandro Terán – viola
- Janos Morel – first violin
- Mauricio Alves – second violin
- Pablo Flumetti – cello
- Roy Málaga – piano
- Flavio Etcheto – trumpet
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina (CAPIF)[5] | 2× Platinum | 120,000* |
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Los mejores 10 discos latinos de rock según Rolling Stone
- ↑
- ↑ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2012.