Sueño Stereo
| Sueño Stereo | ||||
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| Released | 21 June 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
| Studio | Estudios Supersónico, Buenos Aires Matrix, London | |||
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| Length | 53:08 | |||
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| Soda Stereo chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Sueño Stereo | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| 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 most successful and most important by the band and in all of Latin rock. Rolling Stone considered it the fourth-best in 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.
During the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards, the music video for "Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver", directed by Stanley Gonczanski, won the Award for International Viewer's Choice in the MTV Latin America category, being the first award of the kind given to a Latin American band.
Background
[edit]Although Soda Stereo were known by mixing many styles and genres inside a same album, this record goes beyond and it has many more different sounds and influences, like pop, pop rock, alternative rock, dream pop, Britpop, electronic, shoegaze, progressive rock, psychedelic pop or ambient pop. Sueño Stereo was heavily inspired by The Beatles's Revolver (1966) and contains many references to it, such as the colors on the album cover; a song with the word "Revolver" in it, the lead single "Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver"; and songs like "Paseando por Roma", which has a bass line based on "Taxman" and strings in the chorus based on "Got to Get You into My Life", as well as the B-side "Superstar" which is based on "She Said She Said". In 1995 they traveled to London, UK, to make the final mix of the album, and in an interview they spoke about the Beatles influence throughout their career.
Tracks 9 through 12 in the second half of the album – "Crema de Estrellas", "Planta", "X-Playo", and "Moirè" – are musically strung together, forming a medley likened by Cerati to a "little concept album". The lyrics of the song refer to a drug trip, inspired by Cerati's experiences with ayahuasca, and follow each other chronologically.
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by Gustavo Cerati
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver" |
| 4:32 |
| 2. | "Disco Eterno" |
| 5:46 |
| 3. | "Zoom" | Cerati | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Ojo de la Tormenta" | Cerati | 4:33 |
| 5. | "Efecto Doppler" | Cerati | 5:03 |
| 6. | "Paseando Por Roma" |
| 3:35 |
| 7. | "Pasos" | Cerati | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Ángel Eléctrico" |
| 4:36 |
| 9. | "Crema de Estrellas" | Cerati | 4:37 |
| 10. | "Planta" |
| 4:52 |
| 11. | "X-Playo" | Cerati | 4:07 |
| 12. | "Moirè" | Cerati | 4:02 |
| Total length: | 53:08 | ||
Personnel
[edit]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
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina (CAPIF)[5] | 2× Platinum | 120,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[6] | Gold (Latin) | 30,000‡ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Los mejores 10 discos latinos de rock según Rolling Stone
- ^ "The 10 Greatest Latin Rock Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 19 November 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "American album certifications – Soda Stereo – Sueño Stereo". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
