Canción Animal (Spanish for Animal Song) is the fifth album released by the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, released on September 17, 1990 (see 1990 in music). Many of the songs on the album are among the band's most popular, such as one of their biggest hits "De Música Ligera", the last song played in Soda Stereo's last concert in 1997, "Hombre al agua", "Un Millón de Años Luz", "Te para tres" and others. It is considered one of the best and most influential albums in the history of Latin American rock music. The anthemic status of the album, and specifically "De Música Ligera", is perhaps due to the band's ability to tap into a feeling experienced by almost every Spanish-speaking nation of going from dictatorship (and thus censorship) to freedom at some point during the 20th century.[2] Many regard it as the best album to ever come out of South America.[3] In 2007, the Argentine edition of Rolling Stone ranked it 9 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Albums of National Rock".[4] The album sold 500,000 copies in Argentina alone.[5]

Canción Animal
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1990
RecordedJune – July 1990 at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL
GenreAlternative rock
Length41:18
Label
ProducerGustavo Cerati and Zeta Bosio
Soda Stereo chronology
Languis
(1989)
Canción Animal
(1990)
Rex Mix
(1991)
U.S. cover version
Singles from Canción Animal
  1. "Canción Animal"
    Released: 1990
  2. "De Música Ligera"
    Released: 1990
  3. "«(En) El Séptimo Día»"
    Released: 1990
  4. "Un Millón de Años Luz"
    Released: 1990
  5. "Sueles Dejarme Solo"
    Released: 1990
  6. "Hombre al Agua"
    Released: 1990
  7. "Té Para 3"
    Released: 1991
  8. "Cae el Sol"
    Released: 1991
  9. "Entre Caníbales"
    Released: 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Gustavo Cerati, except where noted[6]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(En) el Séptimo Día" ((On) The Seventh Day) 4:23
2."Un Millón de Años Luz" (A Million Light Years) 5:03
3."Canción Animal" (Animal Song)Cerati, Daniel Melero4:06
4."1990" 3:39
5."Sueles Dejarme Solo" (You Tend To Leave Me Alone) 3:46
6."De Música Ligera" (Of Light Music)Cerati, Zeta Bosio3:32
7."Hombre al Agua" (Man Overboard)Cerati, Melero5:53
8."Entre Caníbales" (Among Cannibals) 4:06
9."Té para 3" (Tea for Three) 2:26
10."Cae el Sol" (The Sun Sets)Cerati, Melero4:24

Chart performance

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Chart (1990) Peak
position
Argentina (CAPIF)[7] 2

Personnel

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Soda Stereo
Additional personnel
  • Alfredo Lois – art direction
  • Mariano Lopez – engineer / mixing
  • Pedro Aznar – vocal arrangement
  • Daniel Melero - Keyboards and arrangements
  • Tweety González - Keyboards
  • Andrea Álvarez - Percussion
  • Peter Baleani – production coordination
  • Roger Hughes – assistant engineer
  • Vanessa Eckstem - assistant
  • Adrian Taverna - Band assistant
  • Caito Lorenzo & Alfredo Lois - Photography
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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "ARGENTINA: Canción Animal- Soda Stereo". www.200worldalbums.com. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  3. ^ Un viaje por los 250 discos del rock Iberoamericano Archived 2011-01-02 at the Wayback Machine Revista AlBorde
  4. ^ "Los 100 mejores discos del rock nacional". Rolling Stone Argentina (in Spanish). Publirevistas S. A. April 2007.
  5. ^ mdzol.com. "A 30 años de "Canción animal": la historia detrás del disco fundamental de Soda Stereo". MdzOnline (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  6. ^ list[permanent dead link] AllMusic
  7. ^ Revista Pelo (in Spanish)