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: ''Los 100 mejores discos del rock nacional'') is a 2007 special issue of ''Rolling Stone Argentina'', the local edition of the
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that is published monthly by
S.A. La Nación. It was made available in newsstands on April 3.
That month, ''Rolling Stone Argentina'' was issued as a special "double anniversary edition", with the list being released alongside the magazine's usual publication. The issue celebrated the forty years of Argentine rock and the nine years of ''Rolling Stone Argentina''.
In 2013, a revised "bookazine" edition of the list was released, incorporating more albums from the 2000s.
The list focuses on
Argentine rock
Argentine rock (known locally as ''rock nacional'' , "national rock" in the sense of "local", "not international") is rock music composed or performed by Argentine bands or artists mostly in Spanish.
Argentine rock began by recycling hits of Eng ...
, which is locally known as ''rock nacional'' (Spanish for "national rock") and is considered a distinct style of
rock music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States an ...
, born in the late 1960s in
Buenos Aires
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at a time when the city was experiencing a cultural blossoming.
''Rock nacional'' has been defined as "fusion music of various rhythms, completely identifiable as belonging to the urban areas of the country. It is a synthesis of the original
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with other expressions that, in the opinion of the foreigners, sometimes sounds like
tango
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or
olk music" Although
rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from Africa ...
already existed in Argentina, the
countercultural
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, young bohemians of Buenos Aires were the first to create a local version of rock that spoke of their own concerns, with the particularity of featuring Spanish lyrics at a time when it was frowned upon.
The release of
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' debut single, "
La balsa" on July 3, 1967 is generally considered to be the origin of the movement, as it established its commercial viability and turned it into a widespread
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phenomenon. For this reason, The 100 Greatest Albums of National Rock only includes records released after "La balsa", and was issued in commemoration of the forty years of the single's release or, in other words, the fortieth anniversary of the genre.
The number one album was ''
Artaud
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'' by
Luis Alberto Spinetta
Luis Alberto Spinetta (23 January 1950 – 8 February 2012), nicknamed "El Flaco" (Spanish for "skinny"), was an Argentine singer, guitarist, composer and poet. One of the most influential Rock music, rock musicians of Argentina, he is regarded ...
(credited to
Pescado Rabioso
Pescado Rabioso (Rabid Fish) were an Argentinian rock band led by Argentine musician Luis Alberto Spinetta from 1971 to 1973. Initially a trio accompanied by drummer Black Amaya and bassist Osvaldo "Bocón" Frascino, they became a quartet with the ...
).
Background
Made in a similar fashion to
''Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, the list was voted for by 180 people related to the genre, including musicians, journalists, photographers and members of the recording industry.
Each album entry is accompanied by a journalist commentary, with the exception of ''
Clics modernos
''Clics modernos'' (; Spanish for "modern clicks") is the second solo studio album by the Argentine musician Charly García, released on November 5, 1983 on SG Discos and Interdisc. It was a decisive work to consolidate the modern trends that would ...
'', which
Charly García wrote himself.
List statistics
![Luis Alberto Spinetta y Charly García 1984 II](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Luis_Alberto_Spinetta_y_Charly_Garc%C3%ADa_1984_II.jpg)
Among the first twenty albums selected, nine were recorded before 1983, the year Argentina's
last military dictatorship ended.
Top 10 albums
Number of albums from each decade
; 2007 list
*1960s: 2
*1970s: 30
*1980s: 32
*1990s: 29
*2000s: 7
;2013 list
*1960s: 1
*1970s: 27
*1980s: 29
*1990s: 27
*2000s: 16
See also
* ''
Rock en español
Rock en español () is a term used widely in the English-speaking world to refer to any kind of rock music featuring Spanish vocals. Compared to English-speaking bands, very few acts reached worldwide success or between Spanish-speaking countrie ...
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''Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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''Rolling Stone Brasils 100 Greatest Albums of Brazilian Music
References
External links
Rolling Stone Argentina
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Lists of albums
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Argentine rock music