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And also in the Top 5 of spanish rock of all times. This is a perfect compilation and it shows how it should be done, arranged chronologically and covering thoroughly all the albums the band ever released. Caifanes formed in the mid 80's in Mexico City and as you can hear on disc 1, had a very strong influence from the post-punk & goth movement from Britain (mainly The Cure). Caifanes was signed by BMG-Ariola on the wake of the rock in spanish explosion in Latin America and released their first album in 1988, the first four songs from disc 1 are drawn from that album. At first caifanes seemed like rest of the rock groups coming out at that time, they all had new wave influences, but a year later they released their breaktrough single "La Negra Tomasa" an afro-cuban standard song and gave it a cumbia beat with complicated guitar textures. This song was huge and became a standard at parties and weddings, the single was backed by the B-side "Perdi mi Ojo de Venado" also included here. Caifanes seemed to be destined to be a one-hit wonder, but in early 1990 they released the first single of their second album "El Diablito", the song was "La Celula que Explota" and blew everybody away. Caifanes showed that they were developing a style of their own, merging rock music with Mexican folklore and pre-hispanic mitholgy, the music still showed some influences from the Cure but they weren't so evident anymore. In 1992 Caifanes recorded their masterpiece "El Silencio", by this point they had completely develop their signature sound, standing out the work of Guitarist Alejandro Marcovich and the production of Adrian Belew, the first half of disc 2 includes the songs from this album. After touring extensively during 1992-93, founding members Sabo Romo and Diego Herrera left the group. Recording as a trio, Caifanes released their fourth and last album in late 1994. "El Nervio del Volcan" showed the maturity of the band and a tendency towards hard rock, though it lacked the urgency and emotiveness of the first three albums. In 1995 tensions between leader and vocalist Saul Hernandez and Alejandro Marcovich broke up the band. In 1996 Hernandez brought drummer Alfonso Andre and "La Barranca" members Jose Manuel Aguilera and Federico Fong and recorded the first album from "Jaguares", the continuation of Caifanes basically. "El Equilibrio" was a great debut album but the quality of subsequent albums by Jaguares started to decrease.
This compilation is a perfect introduction to this great band and if you love them I suggest you to start with "El Diablito" from 1990 and "El Silencio" from 1992.
April 24, 2007damn amazon don't mess around order the product on sat and arrived on moonday. that was fast . this brings back alot of memories. thanx
February 23, 2007hace tiempo atras habia oido canciones de Caifanes pero nunca me habia atraido tanto asta q un amigo me presto este cd, me gusto tanto q compre todos los discos y estoy muy feliz con mi decicion ya q cada cancion en cada album es exelente, Saul Hernandes para mi es el mejor escritor de canciones q haya oido en el rock espanol, sus lyricas pueden ser obscuras depresivas y interesantes, mas la instrumentacion y su vos hace una combinacion perfecta.
antes de q compres esta copilacion te recomendaria q en lugar de hacerlo trata de conocer mejor a la banda y compra todos sus discos ya q solo son 4, de todas maneras si te gusta lo q encuentras en esta copilacion correras por cada uno de los 4 albums q sacaron, digo eso porque me encantan muchas canciones q no se encuentran en esta copilacion, para mi esta es la mejor banda q a salido de mexico ni con mana me obsecione tanto como con caifanes y a todo esto ni siquiera soy mexicano, esta banda esta llena de talento, piensa antes de comprar esta copilacion ;)
October 21, 2006simply the best this has to be in your colection if you are a real rock en spanol listener amazing collection simply the best
July 18, 2006No me convence ningún tema, excepto "afuera".
No compraría este CD, pero me dá la sensación de que este grupo podría llegar a sacar muy buenos temas algún día.
Soda Stereo dejó un agujero al disolverse, y si alguien me dijera que otro grupo lo va a llenar en el futuro, éste sería uno de los candidatos.
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