''Babasónica'' is the fourth album by

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rock group

Babasónicos Babasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Babasonicos became one ...

. Considered their darkest effort to date, it was primarily influenced by

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music, while also retaining a softer acoustic side. Some tracks even include both stylistic approaches at once making for interesting contrast. Lyrically, the album deals with the concepts of

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; which the band has declared that this approach isn't meant to be taken at face value, but as homage to classic

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, and as an attack on common Western ways of thinking, such as

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Track listing

# "Egocripta" (Egocrypt) # "Seis Vírgenes Descalzas" (Six Barefoot Virgins) # "Demonomanía" (Demon-O-Mania) # "

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" # "Sátiro" (Satyr) # "Parafinada" (Paraffined) # "Delnitro" # "Esther Narcótica" (Narcotic Esther) # "Calmado, Matamos al Venado" (Relax, We Killed the Deer) # "Convoy" # "Pasta de Hablar" (wordplay between Talking Pasta and Stop Talking) # "Passionale" # "El Adversario" (The Adversary)

References

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