Signos (album)

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Signos
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Studio album by
Released10 November 1986
RecordedEstudios Moebio, Buenos Aires, 1986
Genre New wave
Length41:04
Label CBS Argentina
Producer Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo chronology
Nada Personal
(1985)
Signos
(1986)
Ruido Blanco
(1987)
Singles from Signos
  1. "Persiana Americana"
    Released: 1986
  2. "Signos"
    Released: 1987
  3. "Prófugos"
    Released: 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Signos (Spanish for Signs) is the third studio album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, released on 10 November 1986. It was remastered in 2007 at Sterling Sound Studios in New York. In 2007, the Argentine edition of Rolling Stone ranked it 25 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Albums of National Rock". [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sin Sobresaltos" (Shocklessly) Gustavo Cerati, Zeta Bosio 4:25
2."El Rito" (The Ritual)Cerati6:08
3."Prófugos" (Fugitives)Cerati, Charly Alberti 5:19
4."No Existes" (You Don't Exist)Cerati, Bosio4:46
5."Persiana Americana" (American Blinds)Cerati, Jorge Antonio Daffunchio4:54
6."En Camino" (On the Way)Cerati, Isabel de Sebastián, Alberti4:30
7."Signos" (Signs)Cerati5:17
8."Final Caja Negra" (Black Box Ending)Cerati, Bosio, Alberti5:42
Total length:41:02

Personnel

Soda Stereo
Additional personnel

Brass:


Sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina
Sales as of 1987
110,000 [3]

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References

  1. Signos at AllMusic
  2. "Los 100 mejores discos del rock nacional". Rolling Stone Argentina (in Spanish). Publirevistas S. A. April 2007.
  3. "100 discos más vendedores de 1987". El Porteño . Vol. 37. 1988. p. 38. Retrieved 13 September 2023. Soda Stéreo vendió 60 mil copias de su primer álbum , 130 mil de Nada personal y 110 mil de Signos , mientras que el nuevo disco en vivo ya superó los 50 mil