Colores Santos

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Colores Santos
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ReleasedMarch 25, 1992
Recorded Criteria Studios, Miami, 1991-92
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Length50:37
Label Sony Music Entertainment
Producer Gustavo Cerati, Daniel Melero
Singles from Colores Santos
  1. "Vuelta Por el Universo"
    Released: 1992
  2. "Hoy Ya No Soy Yo"
    Released: 1992
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Colores Santos (Spanish for "Holy Colors") is an album released by Argentine musicians Gustavo Cerati and Daniel Melero under the name Cerati/Melero in 1992. The album was recorded and released previous to Soda Stereo's album Dynamo (also influenced by Melero's state-of-the-art musical exploration), at the peak of the band's popularity. The album has a strong electronic influence which would inform Dynamo and help kickstart the electronic rock scene in Argentina. Allmusic critic Iván Adaime wrote that "Somehow this album was like a UFO in the Argentine early-'90s rock scene".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gustavo Cerati and Daniel Melero, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Vuelta Por el Universo" ("Trip Around the Universe") 6:03
2."Marea de Venus" ("Venus' Tide") 4:25
3."Cozumel" 3:37
4."Quatro" 5:10
5."Pudo Ser" ("Could Have Been") 5:26
6."Hoy Ya No Soy Yo" ("Today I'm not Myself Anymore") 4:09
7."La Cuerda Planetaria" ("Planetary String")Melero4:57
8."Madre Tierra" ("Mother Earth") 4:30
9."Tu Medicina" ("Your Medicine")Cerati4:40
10."Alborada" ("Dawn") 2:49
11."Colores Santos" ("Holy Colors") 4:47
Total length:50:37

Personnel

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Gustavo Cerati (left) and Daniel Melero (right) co-wrote, produced and recorded Colores santos.

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References

  1. Adaime, Iván. "Colores Santos Review by Iván Adaime". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  2. Allmusic review