''Bocanada'' (Puff) is the second solo album by Argentine

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musician

Gustavo Cerati Gustavo Adrián Cerati (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and producer, considered one of the most important and influential figures of Ibero-American rock. Cerati along with his band Soda Stereo, ...

, released by

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on 28 June 1999. The album, an eclectic mix of

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and

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with a variety of styles, is considered by critics and fans as a highlight in Cerati's career and one of his best albums.http://www.allmusic.com/album/r426610 Allmusic review His first album release after the breakup of

Soda Stereo Soda Stereo is an Argentine rock band formed in Buenos Aires in 1982 by Gustavo Cerati (lead vocals, guitar), Héctor "Zeta" Bosio (bass) and Carlos Alberto Ficicchia "Charly Alberti" (drums). As the first Hispanic group to achieve mainstream ...

, ''Bocanada'' followed Cerati's time with the groups Plan V and Ocio, two bands oriented towards electronic music. ''Raíz'' was the album's first cut played in radio stations, ''Puente'' being the first

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to be released; "Bocanada" had the most music videos produced of any Cerati album to date.

Music

''Bocanada'' is mostly an electronic music album, with an

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and

sound, making a huge change of Cerati's classic pop rock sound and influences. Similar to other artists of trip hop scene like

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or Portishead, several songs use one or more samples.

Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted.

Videos

This is the album which has the most music videos released in

's soloist career. * Puent

* Paseo Inmora

* Tab�

* Engañ

* Río Babe

Personnel

* Gustavo Cerati - lead vocalist, lead vocals,

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s, samplers,

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, effects, additional instruments, mixing, producer ;Additional personnel * Flavius Etcheto: Sampler in all tracks minus ''Raiz'' and ''Verbo Carne''. * Leo García: Sampler, Backing Vocals in ''Engaña'', ''Puente'' and ''Aqui y Ahora''. * Martín Carrizo:

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. * Fernando Nalé:

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in 4, 6, 11.

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in 3, 5.

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in 13. * Tweety González:

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in ''Beautiful''. * Alejandro Terán:

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in ''Verbo Carne''. * Eduardo Bergallo: Engineer, mixing * MacKinlay: 2nd Engineer * Eduardo Iencenella: Assistant * Clive Goddard: Mixing * Barry Woodward: Editor, The Townhouse,

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* Bunt Stafford-Clark: Mastering, The Townhouse, London * Gaby Herbstein: Photography * Oscar (Roho): Hairstyle * Sofía Temperley:

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* ROS: Design direction ;The London Session Orchestra * Gavin Wright: Director * Peter Cobbin: Engineer * Joel Gregg: Assistant

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Gustavo Cerati albums 1999 albums Bertelsmann Music Group albums