Sueño Stereo

Sueño Stereo
Sueño Stereo
Studio album by Soda Stereo
Released	21 June 1995
Recorded	1994–1995
Studio	Estudios Supersónico, Buenos Aires; Matrix, London
Genre	Alternative rock; Post-Britpop; art rock; experimental rock; neo-psychedelia;
Length	53:08
Label	Sony BMG; Ariola;
Producer	Gustavo Cerati; Zeta Bosio;
Soda Stereo chronology
Singles from Sueño Stereo
	"Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver"; Released: 1995; "Zoom"; Released: 1995; "Disco eterno"; Released: 1996; "Paseando por Roma"; Released: 1996;

Sueño Stereo (Spanish for Stereo Dream) is the seventh and final studio album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. It was released by BMG Argentina in 1995. It is considered one of the most important alternative rock records in Spanish and one of the most successful and most important by the band and in all of Latin rock. Rolling Stone considered it the fourth-best in Latin rock history.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	Best Albums in Latin Rock History - 4th^[2]

In just fifteen days of sales in Latin America, the album went platinum.^[4] The album was the centerpiece of the extensive Sueño Stereo tour that the band undertook in Venezuela, Colombia, Perú, Chile, Honduras, Panamá, Costa Rica, México and the United States, which began on September 8, 1995, in Buenos Aires, and ended on 24 April 1996 in Santiago de Chile.

During the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards, the music video for "Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver", directed by Stanley Gonczanski, won the Award for International Viewer's Choice in the MTV Latin America category, being the first award of the kind given to a Latin American band.

Background

Although Soda Stereo were known by mixing many styles and genres inside a same album, this record goes beyond and it has many more different sounds and influences, like pop, pop rock, alternative rock, dream pop, Britpop, electronic, shoegaze, progressive rock, psychedelic pop or ambient pop. Sueño Stereo was heavily inspired by The Beatles's Revolver (1966) and contains many references to it, such as the colors on the album cover; a song with the word "Revolver" in it, the lead single "Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver"; and songs like "Paseando por Roma", which has a bass line based on "Taxman" and strings in the chorus based on "Got to Get You into My Life", as well as the B-side "Superstar" which is based on "She Said She Said". In 1995 they traveled to London, UK, to make the final mix of the album, and in an interview they spoke about the Beatles influence throughout their career.

Tracks 9 through 12 in the second half of the album – "Crema de Estrellas", "Planta", "X-Playo", and "Moirè" – are musically strung together, forming a medley likened by Cerati to a "little concept album". The lyrics of the song refer to a drug trip, inspired by Cerati's experiences with ayahuasca, and follow each other chronologically.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Gustavo Cerati

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ella Usó Mi Cabeza Como un Revólver"	Cerati Zeta Bosio Charly Alberti	4:32
2.	"Disco Eterno"	Cerati Bosio Alberti	5:46
3.	"Zoom"	Cerati	3:27
4.	"Ojo de la Tormenta"	Cerati	4:33
5.	"Efecto Doppler"	Cerati	5:03
6.	"Paseando por Roma"	Cerati Bosio Alberti	3:35
7.	"Pasos"	Cerati	3:54
8.	"Ángel Eléctrico"	Cerati Bosio Alberti	4:36
9.	"Crema de Estrellas"	Cerati	4:37
10.	"Planta"	Cerati Bosio	4:52
11.	"X-Playo"	Cerati	4:07
12.	"Moirè"	Cerati	4:02
Total length:			53:08

Personnel

Soda Stereo:

Gustavo Cerati – lead vocals, guitar, fretless bass guitar, Rhodes piano, synthesizers, producer
Zeta Bosio – bass guitar, backing vocals, synthesizers, harmonica, producer
Charly Alberti – drums, percussion

Additional personnel:

Alejandro Terán – viola
Janos Morel – first violin
Mauricio Alves – second violin
Pablo Flumetti – cello
Roy Málaga – piano
Flavio Etcheto – trumpet

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)^[4]	2× Platinum	120,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[5]	Gold (Latin)	30,000^‡
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ AllMusic review
^ "RPP - Noticias del Perú y el Mundo | Radio | Podcast | RPP Noticias". Rpp.pe. Aug 13, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ "The 10 Greatest Latin Rock Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 19 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
^ "American album certifications – Soda Stereo – Sueño Stereo". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

External links

Lyrics

[1] AllMusic review

[2] "RPP - Noticias del Perú y el Mundo | Radio | Podcast | RPP Noticias". Rpp.pe. Aug 13, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[3] "The 10 Greatest Latin Rock Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 19 November 2012.

[capif_org_ar-4] "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

[RIAA-5] "American album certifications – Soda Stereo – Sueño Stereo". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

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