La voz de los '80
| La voz de los '80 | ||||
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| Released | December 13, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | March to december 1984 Santiago, Chile | |||
| Genre | Punk rock post-punk pop rock rock reggae | |||
| Length | 40:22 | |||
| Label | Fusion EMI | |||
| Producer | Jorge González | |||
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| Singles from La voz de los '80 | ||||
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La voz de los '80 (The voice of the 80's in english) is the first debut studio album by Chilean rock band Los Prisioneros, released on December 13, 1984. It is considered one of the most important albums of Chilean rock, and also one of the most important youth albums in Chilean music, since the members were not over twenty years old at the time of recording.[1] EMOL included the album within of his selection of 35 fundamental records of Chilean popular music. Rolling Stone Chile ranked the albums as the third best Chilean record of all time.[2]
Background
Jorge González, Claudio Narea and Miguel Tapia met in March 1979, at the Liceo No. 6 for men (now Liceo Andrés Bello) of the commune of San Miguel, Chile. This high school was not only representative because it was the place where they met, González explained in a visit they made to their establishment in 1987, it was also important for the creation of the band's first album. In 1981, they listened to a Radio Concierto special from the last album by the punk band The Clash: Sandinista! According to Narea, this album was key to further development by Los Prisioneros, because he taught them a rock with a sound different from what they heard before and with an unprecedented versatility. González cited "Sandinista!" As his favorite album. In 1982, when they were in the last year of secondary education, they learned to play guitar, it was at that time that González began to write the first songs that would be part of the debut album.
In March of the following year, after taking the Prueba de Aptitud Académica (PAA), González entered the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile to study a degree in music, being a companion of those who most Later, they would become part of the New Chilean Pop scene: Igor Rodríguez (future member of Aparato Raro), Roberto Rodríguez (future member of Band 69) and Carlos Fonseca, with the last two he quickly became friends. On his side, Fonseca first became friends with González and Igor Rodríguez, since their musical preferences were similar and differentiated them from the rest. Fonseca, born in Peru in 1961, when he was four years old he came to live with his family in Chile, in 1971 they moved to Argentina. Ten years later he definitively returned to Chile. "I found a country in which there was nothing and the relationship of the people with music was very light ", he declared in the first impression of him upon arrival. [3] That year Fonseca returned to Chile, he began to study "Commercial Engineering" (as in Argentina) at the Universidad Católica, at the same time that he opened the Fusión record store. However, with the approval of his father, he dropped out to study music. Thus, as in 1982, he dedicated himself entirely to Fusion, and gave the PAA to enter the Faculty of the Arts the following year, where he met González. González immediately stood out as a sharp and brilliant student. He used to tease the music reading teacher by making all of her classmates laugh; One of the first times Fonseca spoke to González was after bothering the teacher.
Music
Songs removed
Two songs that were originally on the album were later removed for not being up to the standards of the rest of the songs. "Mi profesor se está volviendo loco" described by Mauricio Jürgensen in "La Tercera" like a fast-paced rock, with a pulse like the song "La voz de los '80" from this album, which finally appeared on the compilation album Ni Por La Razon, Ni Por La Fuerza , and «Descubre tus poderes» described by Jürgensen as a disenchanted reggae that was written, composed and performed by Miguel Tapia. This was when Fonseca intervened in the group, deciding which songs were left and which ones were not. Narea and Tapia composed, but when it came to selecting the songs that were to remain on the album, González's were better and he was also the one who composed the most, Jorge himself pointed out, the exception being «¿Quien mato a Marylin?», Written by Miguel Tapia.
Track listing
Side A
All tracks are written by Jorge González, except for ¿Quién mató a Marilyn?
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "La voz de los '80" | 4:08 |
| 2. | "Brigada de negro" | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Latinoamérica es un pueblo al sur de Estados Unidos" | 4:02 |
| 4. | "Eve-Evelyn" | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Sexo" | 4:48 |
| Total length: | 22:28 | |
Side B
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "¿Quién mató a Marilyn?" | Jorge González & Miguel Tapia | 3:08 |
| 2. | "Paramar" | 3:45 | |
| 3. | "No necesitamos banderas" | 5:09 | |
| 4. | "Mentalidad televisiva" | 4:16 | |
| 5. | "Nunca quedas mal con nadie" | 4:11 | |
| Total length: | 19:89 | ||
Personnel
- Jorge González (lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers)
- Claudio Narea (electric guitar, backing vocals)
- Miguel Tapia (electronic drums, percussion, backing vocals and the lead vocal on the song "¿Quién mató a Marilyn?")
- Francisco Straub (recording, mixing)
- Caco Lyon (recording, mixing)
- Vicente Vargas (cover)
- Cristián Galaz (photography)
Lists
| Magazine | Country | Year | List | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Borde |  United States
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2006 | List from The 250 best Ibero-American rock albums according to Al Borde | 131 |
| Rolling Stone Chile |  Chile
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2008 | List from The 50 best Chilean albums according to Rolling Stone | 3 |
References
- ^ "La voz de los '80". TVN. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02.
- ^ Parraguez, Monserrat (February 14, 2011). "Jorge González revive "La voz de los 80". El Mercurio.
- ^ "Canto General" (PDF). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
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