El León (album)
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El León Released in 1992 is the seventh studio album
from the Argentine Ska
, Reggae
band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
.
This work combine all the genres used by the Cadillacs making main empphasis in Caribbean rhythms: Salsa, Calipso and Reggae resulting in an essecial album in history of Argentine rock
.
A good part of the songs from the album were released as singles having good success like "Desapariciones" by the Panamanian songwriter Rubén Blades
.
The variety in genres is expressed in the Carnival hymn "Carnaval toda la vida" and "Gitana", The ska
in "Manuel Santillán, el león", the ballad is present with "Siguiendo la luna", finally reggae and salsa in "El Aguijón" and "Crucero del amor".
The sales of the album get it to Platinum level.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
from the Argentine Ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
, Reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is an Argentine ska band from Buenos Aires. Formed in 1985, they released their first album, Bares y Fondas in 1986...
.
This work combine all the genres used by the Cadillacs making main empphasis in Caribbean rhythms: Salsa, Calipso and Reggae resulting in an essecial album in history of Argentine rock
Argentine rock
Argentine rock , is composed or made by Argentine bands or artists, in the Spanish language. For nearly half a century it has been a major popular genre, and it is considered part of the popular music tradition of Argentina alongside Argentine Tango, and Argentine folk music.The moment when...
.
A good part of the songs from the album were released as singles having good success like "Desapariciones" by the Panamanian songwriter Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...
.
The variety in genres is expressed in the Carnival hymn "Carnaval toda la vida" and "Gitana", The ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
in "Manuel Santillán, el león", the ballad is present with "Siguiendo la luna", finally reggae and salsa in "El Aguijón" and "Crucero del amor".
The sales of the album get it to Platinum level.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Victor W. Valdivia awarded the album 2.5 stars stating "El Leon is a transitional album. Throughout the album, it's clear the Fabulosos Cadillacs are slowly developing their fusion of rock, reggae, and Latin music... A cover of Ruben Blades' "Desapariciones," a song about the victims of Argentina's military dictatorship, is the album's most affecting number. The title cut (done in two versions: reggae and salsa) depicts an urban hell in vivid terms. Musically, the band has begun to toughen up the sound too... While El Leon is not as incandescent as later records, the quality of the songwriting makes it worth hearing. ".Track listing
- "Carnaval toda la vida" ("Lifelong Carnaval") (VicenticoVicenticoGabriel Julio Fernández Capello is a musician and composer better known by his stage name Vicentico. Co-founder and vocalist of the band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs along with Flavio Cianciarulo...
) – 6:03 - "Manuel Santillán, el león" (Reggae) ("Manuel Santillan, The Lion") (Flavio CianciaruloFlavio CianciaruloFlavio Oscar Cianciarulo , aka Sr. Flavio, is the electric and upright bass player from the reunited Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs....
) – 3:57 - "Gitana" ("Gypsy") (Cianciarulo) – 3:12
- "Siguiendo la luna" ("Following the Moon") (Sergio Rotman) – 4:57
- "Gallo Rojo" ("Red Rooster") (Vicentico) – 4:27
- "El Crucero del amor" ("The Cruiser of Love") (Cianciarulo, Rotman) – 4:23
- "Destino de paria" ("Destiny of Pariah") (Vicentico) – 5:01
- "Arde Buenos Aires" ("Buenos Aires is Burning") (Cianciarulo) – 3:14
- "Desapariciones" ("Disappearances") (Rubén BladesRubén BladesRubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...
) – 5:35 - "Venganza" ("Revenge") (Cianciarulo) – 5:10
- "Cartas, flores y un Puñal" ("Letters, flowers and a Knife") (Cianciarulo) – 2:16
- "El Aguijón" ("The Sting") (Vicentico) – 4:51
- "Soledad" ("Loneliness") (Cianciarulo) – 3:00
- "Manuel Santillán, el León", SalsaSalsa musicSalsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
– 3:23 - "Ríos de lágrimas" ("River of tears") (Rotman) – 2:54
Personnel
- VicenticoVicenticoGabriel Julio Fernández Capello is a musician and composer better known by his stage name Vicentico. Co-founder and vocalist of the band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs along with Flavio Cianciarulo...
– vocals - Flavio CianciaruloFlavio CianciaruloFlavio Oscar Cianciarulo , aka Sr. Flavio, is the electric and upright bass player from the reunited Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs....
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Anibal Rigozzi – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Mario Siperman – keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Fernando Ricciardi – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Paulinho Da CostaPaulinho Da CostaPaulinho da Costa is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Playing over two hundred percussion instruments, he has participated in thousands of recording sessions, Grammy Award-winning albums, hit songs, soundtracks, radio...
- percussion - Naco Goldfinger – tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
- Sergio Rotman – alto saxophoneAlto saxophoneThe alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
- Daniel Lozano – trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
& flugelhornFlugelhornThe flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus...
External links
- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Official Web Site
- El León at MusicBrainzMusicBrainzMusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an open content music database. Similar to the freedb project, it was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the CDDB...
- [ El León] at Allmusic
- El León at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...