''Agila'' (Spanish dialect ''

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'' for "Liven up") is the sixth studio album by

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hard rock 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'', 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 *

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– Spanish guitar on #06; 13;

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on #13 * Albert Pla – 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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'' magazine referred to it as a masterpiece of the Spanish rock. In 2007 it was ranked by American magazine '' Al Borde'' 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

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. In 2012 was ranked as the 12th best album of the

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according to ''

''. The track "So payaso" was ranked as the 103rd best song of the

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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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agila 1996 albums Extremoduro albums Spanish-language albums