''Agila'' (Spanish dialect ''
Castúo''
for "Liven up") is the sixth studio album by
Spanish hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band
Extremoduro
Extremoduro () was a Spanish hard rock band from Plasencia, Extremadura. The band is led by Roberto Iniesta, also known as "Robe", who is often referred as "El rey de Extremadura" (The king of Extremadura). The name Extremoduro is a pun on th ...
. Recorded in 1995, produced by
Iñaki "Uoho" Antón and released on 23 February 1996.
''Agila'' is often considered to be their breakthrough album. Published in 1996, a year after its preceding album, ''
Pedrá
''Pedrá'' is an album by musicians from different bands, signed as Extremoduro. It contains just one song. At first, it would be the first album of the "Pedrá" project. However, just one label, DRO, accepted to release, but the group name should ...
'', it featured instruments that had not appeared before on any of Extremoduro's albums. It includes some of the most famous songs by the band: "So payaso", "Buscando una luna", "Prometeo", "Sucede" and "El día de la bestia", which was included on the
movie of the same name soundtrack.
Track listing
;2011 edition bonus tracks
Personnel
;Extremoduro
*
Roberto "Robe" Iniesta – vocals; acoustic and electric guitars; keyboards on #10
* Iñaki "Milindris" Setién – guitars except on #04, 09, 12, 13
* Ramón "Mon" Sogas – bass except on #04, 07, 09, 13
* Alberto "Capi" Gil – drums except on #04, 05, 09, 13
;Additional personnel
*
Iñaki "Uoho" Antón – guitars except on 06, 07, 09, 10, 13; bass on #04, 07, 09; keyboards on #01, 05, 10; piano on #04; hammond organ on #11; percussion on #02, 03, 08, 11, 14
*
Fito Cabrales
Adolfo "Fito" Cabrales Mato (; born 6 October 1966) is a Spanish musician.
Biography
Adolfo "Fito" Cabrales was born on 6 October 1966 in the Zabala neighbourhood in Bilbao, and spent part of his childhood and adolescence in Laredo, Cantabria ...
– Spanish guitar on #06; 13;
cajón on #13
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Albert Pla
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– vocals on #07
* José Sañudo – saxophone on #01, 02, 03, 06, 08, 10, 14; flute on #13
* Sergio (Ratanera) – drums on #04, 09
* Pepegu (Ratanera) – bass on #04, 09
* Isaac (Ratanera) – guitars on #04, 09
* Sime – trombone on #04
* "Reverendo" – hammond organ on #06
* Josu Monje – programming on #05; drums on #05
* Elena – chorus on #05
Charts and certifications
Chart performance
Certifications
Reception
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Rolling Stone
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'' magazine referred to it as a masterpiece of the Spanish rock.
In 2007 it was ranked by American magazine ''
Al Borde
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'' as the 227th best Ibero-American album of all time, being a relative low position because at the time of the album's release the band was still unknown to
Latin America
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.
In 2012 was ranked as the 12th best album of the
Spanish rock according to ''
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
''.
The track "So payaso" was ranked as the 103rd best song of the
rock en español ever by the magazine ''Al borde'', in addition to winning the award for best music video of the Spanish Music Awards in 1997.
Likewise, it was included as
DLC in the video game
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
References
External links
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1996 albums
Extremoduro albums
Spanish-language albums