Luzbelito

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Luzbelito
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Studio album by
Released1996
Recorded1994–1995
"Be Bop" Studios
"New River" Studios
El Pie Studios
Genre
Length56:21
Label Del Cielito
Producer Patricio Rey
Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota chronology
Cordero Atado
(1993)
Luzbelito
(1996)
Último Bondi a Finisterre
(1998)

Luzbelito is the eighth album by Argentine rock band Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, released in 1996. [1] [2] In 2007, the Argentine edition of Rolling Stone ranked it 88th on its list of "The 100 Greatest Albums of National Rock". [3]

Contents

Background

Luzbelito is a concept album, based on a fictional child of the Devil called "Luzbelito", plays with the ambiguities of human beliefs and behaviors from different points of view.

The recording began in Brazil on "Be Bop" Studios, São Paulo and then in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on "New River" Studios. Back in Buenos Aires, the mixing was completed in El Pie. Two songs on this album were re-recorded: "Blues de la libertad" and "Mariposa Pontiac", which were part of the Patricio Rey first demo, in 1982.

The tour began in Santa Fe, in August 1996 and continued through Tandil and Mar del Plata.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Luzbelito y las sirenas [Luzbelito And The Sirens]"4:06
2."Cruz Diablo! [Cross Devil]"4:13
3."Ella baila con todos [She Dances With Everybody]"4:59
4."Fanfarria del Cabrío [Fanfare Of The Goat]"5:08
5."Nuotatori Professionisti"4:41
6."Blues de la libertad [Freedom Blues]"5:00
7."La dicha no es cosa alegre [Happiness Is Not A Joyful Thing]"5:37
8."Me matan limón! [They Kill Me, Limon!]"3:35
9."Rock yugular [Jugular Rock]"7:04
10."Mariposa Pontiac - Rock del país [Pontiac Butterfly - Country Rock]"4:49
11."Juguetes perdidos [Lost Toys]"7:09

Personnel

Patricio Rey
Guest

Additional personnel

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References

  1. Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota Luzbelito at Allmusic.com
  2. Rock.com.ar "Luzbelito", un disco de Los Redondos editado en 1996 (Spanish).
  3. "Los 100 mejores discos del rock nacional". Rolling Stone Argentina (in Spanish). Publirevistas S. A. April 2007.