Fin de Siglo
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Fin de Siglo (1998) is the fifteenth studio album
by Mexican
Rock
, Blues
band El Tri
. The most successful single was "Nostalgia" a song about the generational circle completing with the end of century. The band count with the participation of famous singer-songwriter and producer Andres Calamaro
.
except where noted.
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...
by Mexican
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
Rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, Blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
band El Tri
El Tri
El Tri is a Mexican rock band from Mexico City fronted by Alex Lora. Founded in 1968 as Three Souls in My Mind, the group is regarded as influential in the development of Mexican rock music....
. The most successful single was "Nostalgia" a song about the generational circle completing with the end of century. The band count with the participation of famous singer-songwriter and producer Andres Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro , is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.-Abuelos de la Nada:Calamaro was...
.
Track listing
All tracks by Alex LoraAlex Lora
José Alejandro Lora Serna , better known by his stage name Alex Lora, is a Mexican musician and composer. He has been the frontman of the Spanish rock band El Tri for over 40 years...
except where noted.
- "Todo Me Sale Mal" (Everything I Do Go Wrong) – 3:42
- "Nostalgia" – 4:27
- "El Voceador" (The Newspaper Vendor) – 4:22
- "El Futuro del Mundo" (The Future of The World) – 5:13
- "Quién Da Un Peso Por Mis Sueños" (Who Gives A Dime For My Dreams) (Armando ManzaneroArmando ManzaneroArmando Manzanero Canché is a Mexican musician and composer of Maya descent, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America....
) – 3:06 - "Cásate O Muérete" (Marry or Die) – 5:45
- "Gandalla" (Swine) – 2:42
- "El Blues del Taxista" (The Cabdriver's Blues) – 3:14
- "El Viagra" – 3:32
- "No Hay Pedo" (Slang for "No Problem") – 2:32
- "Amarga Navidad" (Sour Christmas) – 5:23
- "Todo Se Vale" (Everything Goes) (Lora, Carlos Carvajal) – 4:54
- "Cotorreando con la Banda" (Chatting Up With The Band) – 4:18
- "Razas Gemelas" (Twin Races) (Lora, Eduardo Chico) – 3:08
Personnel
- Alex Lora – bass, vocals, producer, mixing
- Rafael Salgado – harmonic
- Eduardo Chico – guitar
- Oscar Zarate – guitar
- Chela Lora – backing vocals, concept, vocals in "Gandalla"
- Lalo Toral – piano
- Ramon Perez – drums
- Sergio Rivero – photography
- Andres CalamaroAndrés CalamaroAndrés Calamaro , is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.-Abuelos de la Nada:Calamaro was...
– vocals in "Casate o Muerete"
Technical personnel
- John Hendrickson – mixing, mixing assistant, percussion
- Jean B. Smith – engineer, mixing
- Juan Carlos Paz y Puente – A&R
- Maricela Valencia – Coordination
External links
- www.eltri.com.mx
- Fin de Siglo 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...
- [ Fin de Siglo] at Allmusic