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Spanish language music: Rock en Español
ABOUT ROCK EN ESPAÑOL
Contemporary Spanish language rock and roll that is heavily influenced
by American and British rock as well as the by the popular music of
Spanish-speaking cultures. Latin rock, or Rock en Español, refers
to any rock & roll band of Latino origin that performs solely in
Spanish. Such Spanish-language rock bands exist throughout Latin America,
Spain, and even in the United States and France.
ROCK EN ESPAŅOL ARTISTS, CDs & AUDIO CLIPS
Aterciopelados (Colombia)
CD Gozo poderoso [2001]
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CD REVIEW: There's an alternately ethereal and electric power
pulsing through Gozo Poderoso, the stellar fifth album from Colombian
duo Aterciopelados. Maybe that's because the team of vocalist-guitarist
Andrea Echeverri and bassist Hector Buitrago have rooted their sound
in traditional rhythms while deftly dipping it in some of today's most
exciting genres. Each track on the album flows effortlessly into the
next, but there's nary a hint of repetition. It's all tied together
by intricate production and a spiritual intelligence that flows through
many of the song lyrics. "Luz Azul," "Esmeralda,"
and "El Album" (the first single) are stand-outs, anchored
by Echeverri's slyly seductive vocals. Cumbia, salsa, and vallenato
intermingle with alt-rock riffs, electronica flourishes, and bossa nova
rhythms. It's an intoxicating mix that's impossible to classify--and
resist. -- Review by Joey Guerra
CD The Best of Aterciopelados:
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CD | CD Serie 2000 [2000]
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CD | CD Evolucion [2002]
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CD | CD Caribe atómico
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CD | CD El Dorado [1995]
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Bloque
(Colombia)
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Café
Tacuba (Mexico)
Live CD Un viaje
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CD REVIEW: Mexican trio Café Tacuba celebrates 15 years of making--and
often revolutionizing--Spanish rock with Un Viaje. This lush,
luxurious live set includes three discs of music and one electrifying
DVD. (Separate versions are also available, but this generous edition
is the most satisfying and is moderately priced.) The group has culled
the best moments from a two-night stand in Oct. 2004 at the Palacio
de los Deportes in Mexico City, and the results are consistently electric.
Every song, every rhythm, every guitar lick, every laugh is important,
a not-to-be-missed moment. Café Tacuba's potent mix of music
and message is a powerful thing, and the group thrives in its unflinchingly
earnest, sweetly sincere approach to its art. Even during backstage
interviews and recording studio hijinks, each member seems wholly pleased
to be a part of the process. Throughout the proceedings, Café
Tacuba's ardent fans thank them with hoots, hollers and constant singalongs
to almost every song, making Un Viaje a joyous trip for everyone
involved. -- Review by Joey Guerra
CD Tiempo trancurrido: The Best
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CD | CD MTV Unplugged [2005]
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CD | CD Cuatro caminos [2003]
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CD | CD Re [1994]
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CD | CD Nuevo [2002]
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CD | CD Avalancha de exitos
[1996] LISTEN
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CD | BOX SET Lo esencial
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Caifanes
(Mexico)
CD Historia [1997]
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CD | CD Matenme porque me
muero [1994] LISTEN
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CD | CD El nervio del volcan
[1994] LISTEN
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CD | CD El silencio [1992]
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CD | CD El diablito [1990]
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Gustavo
Cerati (Argentina)
CD Ahí
Vamos [2006] LISTEN
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CD | CD Bocanada [2007]
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CD | CD Siempre es hoy Remixes
[2003] LISTEN
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CD | CD Amor amarillo [1994]
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CD | CD Bocanada [1999]
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Complices
(Spain)
CD Qué
le pasa a mi negra? [2002] LISTEN
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Control
Machete (Mexico)
CD / DVD Mucho
Barato Decimo Aniversario [2007] BUY
CD | CD Artilleria
pesada, presenta [1999] LISTEN
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CD | CD Mucho barato [1997]
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CD | CD Unos, dos: Bandera
[2003] LISTEN
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CD | CD Solo para fanaticos
[2002] LISTEN
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El
Tri (Mexico)
CD A Talonear
[2007] LISTEN
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CD |CD Los numero uno 1968-2003
[2003] LISTEN
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CD | BOX SET Lo esencial
de el Tri 80's [2001] LISTEN
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CD | CD Fin de siglo [1998]
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CD | CD Sinfonico
Vol. 1 [1999] LISTEN
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CD, Vol. 2 [2001] LISTEN
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CD | CD No podemos volar
[2000] LISTEN
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CD | CD Hoyas en la bolsa
[1996] LISTEN
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CD | CD No te olvides de
la banda [2002] LISTEN
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CD | CD Cuando to no estas
[1997] LISTEN
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Fobia
(Mexico)
CD Rosa Venus
[2006] LISTEN
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CD | CD Wow [2004]
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CD | CD Lo mejor de Fobia
[2001] LISTEN
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Heroes
del Silencio (Spain)
3-CD SET Platinum
Collection [2007] LISTEN
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CD | Live CD El ruido y la
CD Canciones 1984-1996: Best
of Heroes del Silencio [2001] LISTEN
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CD | Live CD El ruido y la
furia [2005] LISTEN
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CD | BOX SET Ediciones del
milenio [2001] LISTEN
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CD | Live
CD Para siempre [1998] LISTEN
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CD | CD Rarezas [1998]
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CD | CD Senderos de traicion
[1994] LISTEN
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CD | CD El espíritu
del vino [1993] LISTEN
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CD | CD El mar no cesa [1993]
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CD | CD Avalancha [1995]
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Hombres
G (Spain)
CD Los Singles:
1984-1993 [1996] LISTEN
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CD | CD Peligrosamente juntos
[2002] LISTEN
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Jaguares
(Mexico)
CD Cronicas de
un Laberinto [2005] LISTEN
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CD | CD
Cuando la sangre galopa [2001] LISTEN
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CD | CD El primer instinto
[2002] LISTEN
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CD | CD El equilibrio de
los Jaguares [1996] LISTEN
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CD | CD Bajo el azul de tu
misterio [1999] LISTEN
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Jarabe
de Palo (Spain)
CD Adelantando
[2007]
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CD | CD Bonito [2003]
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CD | CD Grandes exitos [2003]
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CD | CD De vuela y vuelta
[2001] LISTEN
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CD | CD La flaca [2002]
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La
Ley (Chile)
Live CD MTV Unplugged
[2001] LISTEN
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CD | CD
Lo esencial [2001] LISTEN
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CD | CD Uno [2000]
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CD | CD Invisible [1995]
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CD | CD Vertigo [1998]
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CD | CD Historias e histeria
[2004] LISTEN
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CD | CD Libertad [2003]
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Latin
Playboys
CD Latin Playboys
[1994] LISTEN
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La
Unión (Spain)
CD Grandes exitos
[2000] LISTEN
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CD | CD Son [2000]
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Luz
Casal (Spain)
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Maná
(Mexico)
Live CD MTV Unplugged [1999]
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CD REVIEW: Maná may be at the forefront of the ever-burgeoning
Rock en Español movement, but the Mexican band employs a variety
of styles to perfect its pleasing pop sound. Nowhere is that more evident
than on MTV Unplugged, the quartet's shimmering live collection
of some of its biggest hits. Airy balladry, simmering tropical grooves,
and '80s-inspired choruses all figure in the mix, making for an effortless
and intimate evening of music. The live setting punches up Maná's
arrangements on tracks such as "No Ha Parado de Llover," "Ana,"
and "Vivir Sin Aire." The confident vocal swagger and pleading
delivery of lead singer Fher, particularly on "Perdido en un Barco"
and "Oye Mi Amor," brings to mind icons such as Sting and
U2's Bono. Fher is a rock superstar waiting to be embraced by the world.
-- Review by Joey Guerra
CD Amar es combatir [2007]
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CD | CD Cuando los angeles
lloran [1995] LISTEN
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CD | CD Revolución
de amor [2002] LISTEN
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CD | CD Sueños liquidos
[1997] LISTEN
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CD | CD Donde jugarán
los niños [1994] LISTEN
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CD | CD En vivo [1994]
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CD | CD Falta amor [1992]
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CD | CD Todos sus exitos
[2000] LISTEN
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CD | BOX SET Lo esencial
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Mocedades
(Spain)
CD Recuerdos
[1998] LISTEN
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CD | CD Antologia: Sus 30
grandes canciones [1994] LISTEN
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CD | CD Coleccion original
[1998] LISTEN
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CD | CD Serie platino: 20
exitos [1996]
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Molotov
(Mexico)
CD Done jugarán
las niñas [1997] LISTEN
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CD | CD Dance and Dense Denso
[2003] LISTEN
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CD | CD Apolcalypsh [1999]
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CD | CD Molomix [1998]
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Plastilina
Mosh (Mexico)
CD
Juan Manuel [2000]
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Puya
(Puerto Rico)
CD Unión [2001]
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CD REVIEW: Heirs to the South American headbang spirit of
Sepultura, as well as the headstrong social conscience of Rage Against
the Machine, the Puerto Rican groove collective Puya combine salsa,
rap, and metal like a Latin Limp Bizkit, albeit with more brains and
heart. Similar to Brooklyn's harder-edged Candiria, Puya offer a taste
of everything, and, while sometimes the sound is only a collection of
disparate influences, tracks such as "Si Aja" successfully
combine polyrhythms with thick guitars. Someone smells the commercial
potential: Unión offers up radio-friendly hooks that didn't
fit into the mix on the band's debut. The "original fusion"
of Puya is a more organic and infectious kind of mish-mosh than the
cut-and-paste songwriting of bands such as Static-X. As these brothers
from Borinquen continue to synthesize their blend into a truly new style
of aggression, conditions will only improve. -- Review by Ian Christe
CD Fundamental [1999]
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Joaquín
Sabina (Spain)
CD Yo, mi, me,
contigo [1996] LISTEN
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CD | CD Mentiras piadosas
[1990] LISTEN
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CD | CD Dímelo en
la calle [2002] LISTEN
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CD | CD Fisica y quimica
[1993] LISTEN
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CD | CD Esta boca es mia
[1994] LISTEN
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Shakira
(Colombia)
MTV Unplugged [2000]
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CD REVIEW: The 23-year-old Colombian singer-songwriter
Shakira has become an international star thanks to her rich, emotive
voice and thoughtful songs. Her albums Pies Descalzos and Dónde
Están Los Ladrones? are platinum in the U.S.; now, as something
of a taster before the release of an English-language disc, comes this
recording of an acoustic performance for MTV. Shakira's songs translate
well to the format; in some ways Unplugged is her most muscular
music yet. The opening "Octava Dia" gains punch from its dramatic
arrangement, while the elements of traditional music in "Ciega,
Sordomuda" are applied with wit and charm. Fans of Sarah McLachlan
and Alanis Morissette who haven't caught on to Shakira yet are in for
a pleasant surprise when they hear this. --Rickey Wright
CD Fijación oral 2 [2006]
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CD | CD Fijación oral
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CD | CD Live & Off the
Record [2004] LISTEN
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CD | CD Grandes exitos [2002]
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CD | CD Laundry Service [2001]
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CD | CD Dónde están
los Ladrones? [1998] LISTEN
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CD | CD Pies Descalzos
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Soda
Stereo (Argentina)
CD Comfort y
Música Para Volar: Unplugged [1996] LISTEN
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CD | CD Sueño stereo
[1995] LISTEN
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CD | CD Chau Soda [1997]
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CD | CD Dynamo [1993]
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CD | CD El Ultimo Concierto
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