La Grasa de las Capitales

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La Grasa de las Capitales
jazz-fusion, progressive pop[1]
Length43:43
LabelSazam
ProducerCharly García
Serú Girán chronology
Serú Girán
(1978) 		La Grasa de las Capitales
(1979) 		Bicicleta
(1980)

La Grasa de las Capitales is the second album by the Argentine

symphonic rock and moved closer to traditional rock and pop while keeping a considerable jazz fusion
element in the music, which also was present in the debut album.

The word "grasa" means "grease" in Spanish, but in Argentina it is also slang for "tacky".

rugby player and Garcia a petrol station worker – a criticism to petrol companies who "stuff themselves with money and run the world" according to Garcia[7][8]) one of the headlines announcing a romance between Aznar and "Olivia Neutron-Bomb" (cf Olivia-Newton John, the star of that year's blockbuster musical "Grease"
).

The album spurred three hit singles. Pedro Aznar's "Paranoia y Soledad" (Paranoia and Loneliness) which was a cryptically metaphoric song talking about a man's descent into insanity; "La Grasa de Las Capitales" (The Grease/Tackiness of the Capitals) which presented a sharp criticism on the

Lennon and McCartney would've wanted to write".[9]

In 2007, the Argentine edition of Rolling Stone ranked it 17 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Albums of National Rock".[10] In 2019, the album was remastered and reissued for its 40th anniversary.[11]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."La Grasa de las Capitales (The Tacky Capitals)"
Un chien andalou)"
García4:59
4."Frecuencia Modulada (Frequency Modulation/FM)"García, Lebón3:20
5."Paranoia y Soledad (Paranoia and Loneliness)"Pedro Aznar6:52
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Noche de Perros (Dog Night)"Lebón, García6:34
2."Viernes, 3 A.M. (Friday, 3 A.M.)"García4:18
3."Los Sobrevivientes (The Survivors)"García3:51
4."Canción de Hollywood (Hollywood Song)"García4:54

Personnel

Charts

2020 reissue
Chart Position
 
CAPIF)[12]
 1

References

  1. ^ "La Grasa de las Capitales". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. ISBN 978-987-04-1926-6
    .
  3. ^ Govea, Salvador (2016-04-09). "¡Qué horror! ¡Eso es música comercial!". salvadorgovea.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  4. ^ Roa, José (2014-07-03). "La peste de la música comercial". HABLATUMÚSICA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  5. ^ Cantilo 101.9, Radio (2019-11-04). "Análisis: "La Grasa de las Capitales", 40 años después". Radio Cantilo 101.9 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "'La grasa de las capitales': las historias detrás de la obra maestra de Serú Girán grabada en plena dictadura". LA NACION (in Spanish). 2019-10-11. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  7. ^ "Página/12 :: radar". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  8. ^ "El día que Charly Garcia criticó a la industria petrolera (y quedó para la historia)". El sitio de la energía en la región (in Spanish). 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  9. ^ "Página/12 :: radar". www.oasis.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  10. ^ "Los 100 mejores discos del rock nacional". Rolling Stone Argentina (in Spanish). Publirevistas S. A. April 2007.
  11. ^ "Página/12 :: radar". www.lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  12. Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original
    on 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
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