El León (album)

Infobox Album
Name = El Leon
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Los Fabulosos Cadillacs


Released = 1992
Recorded =
Genre = Rock en español, Ska
Length = 62:23
Label = Sony Music
Producer = K.C. Porter
Reviews = *AllMusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:abfqxqtgld0e link]
Last album = "Sopa de Caracol""' (1991)
This album = "El Leon"
Next album = "Vasos Vacios" (1994)

"El Leon" (Spanish for The Lion) Released in 1992 was the seventh album from the Argentine Ska, Reggae band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs.

This work combine all the genres used by the Cadillacs making main enphasis 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 Ruben Blades

The variety in genres is expresed in the Carnival hymn "Carnaval Toda la Vida" and "Gitana", The Ska in "Manuel Santillan El Leon", the ballad is present with "Siguiendo la Luna", finally Reggae and Salsa in "El Aguijon" and "Crusero del Amor".

Track listing

# "Carnaval Toda la Vida" ("Lifelong Carnaval") (Vicentico) – 6:03
# "Manuel Santillan, el Leon" (Reggae) ("Manuel Santillan, The Lion") (Flavio Cianciarulo) – 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") (Ruben Blades) – 5:35
# "Venganza" ("Revenge") (Cianciarulo) – 5:10
# "Cartas, Flores y un Punal" ("Letters, flowers and a Knife") (Cianciarulo) – 2:16
# "El Aguijon" ("The Sting") (Vicentico) – 4:51
# "Soledad" ("Loneliness") (Cianciarulo) – 3:00
# "Manuel Santillan, el Leon" [Salsa] – 3:23
# "Rios de Lagrimas" ("River of tears") (Rotman) – 2:54

(P)1992 Sony-bmg music entertainment (Argentina) s.a.

also available:lp/cassette/cd. (Columbia).

Personnel

* Vicentico – Vocals
* Flavio Cianciarulo – Bass
* Anibal Rigozzi – Guitar
* Mario Siperman – Keyboard
* Fernando Ricciardi – Drums
* Naco Goldfinger – Tenor Saxophone
* Sergio Rotman – Alto Saxophone
* Daniel Lozano – Trumpet & Flugelhorn

External links

* [http://www.fabulosos-cadillacs.com Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Official Web Site]