Bocanada

Cerati is a genius, this album should be the best album of 99. No american band or songwriter can match to cerati"s talent right now. It saddens me to know that bands with no talent get the chance to be exposed just because they play whatever is popular. And here you have probably one of the best albums ever, and not one single american knows about it!

I was truly saddened when Soda Stereo broke up after just discovering them after a year. However, their ex-frontman Gustavo Cerati has been carrying the torch with his extrodinary solo projects. Like his last album "Amor Amarillo" which was alternative rock at it's finest. This one shows off Cerati's new musical infuences in an excellent way.
Bocanada is a rich musical landscape of alternative rock and electronica with bossa nova and pop touches. There are so many great tracks on this album which takes you from upbeat dance & rock numbers to mellow melodic moments.
"Tabu" starts out the CD with a burst of percussion overload that makes you want to sway. "Puente" is a straight-up mellow pop song with a slight country twang. "Rio Babel" starts out with sweeping strings (which sounds like it was taken from "Mama" by ELO) and leads into a funky driving bass & drum rhythm. And if James Bond ever needs a song for his...Read more

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the moment that this album was given to me, my life was changed forever. I had heard music like this only in dreams. Then it found me. And the dream became real.

Bocanada was my introduction to Gustavo Cerati.

WoW.

There is a level of mastery at work here that is so rare, it turns an album into a spiritual treasure.

from the first downbeat, Bocanada is bursting with passion, luxurious symphonies of sound, masterful guitar playing, grooves, and THAT VOICE.

As I'm listening now to earlier works, I can hear the evolution taking place.
Bocanada has all the groovy vibe of Cerati's earlier works, but now it is both refined and explosive at the same time.
With loving attention to production detail, Gustavos silken voice becomes the compelling focus of this recorded masterpiece. Can you tell I like this album? Yo hablo espanol un poco solemente, pero I CAN FEEL the heart and soul pouring through this music.

In the words of another appreciator, Angelica,...Read more