Bocanada

Gustavo Cerati | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 2, 2007)
• Original Release Date: July 27, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony U.S. Latin
• ASIN: B00000JSA9
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,998 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #53 in Music > Latin Music > Urban > Latin Electronica

Editorial Reviews

CERATI GUSTAVO BOCANADA

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best album since radioheads "Ok Computer", May 27, 2000

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joel valenzuela (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bocanada (Audio CD)

Cerati is a genius, this album should be the best album of 99. No american band or songwriter can match to cerati"s talent right now. It saddens me to know that bands with no talent get the chance to be exposed just because they play whatever is popular. And here you have probably one of the best albums ever, and not one single american knows about it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The True Alternative - Bocanada Rocks!, September 26, 2001

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"runt6" (Brentwood, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bocanada (Audio CD)

I was truly saddened when Soda Stereo broke up after just discovering them after a year. However, their ex-frontman Gustavo Cerati has been carrying the torch with his extrodinary solo projects. Like his last album "Amor Amarillo" which was alternative rock at it's finest. This one shows off Cerati's new musical infuences in an excellent way.
Bocanada is a rich musical landscape of alternative rock and electronica with bossa nova and pop touches. There are so many great tracks on this album which takes you from upbeat dance & rock numbers to mellow melodic moments.
"Tabu" starts out the CD with a burst of percussion overload that makes you want to sway. "Puente" is a straight-up mellow pop song with a slight country twang. "Rio Babel" starts out with sweeping strings (which sounds like it was taken from "Mama" by ELO) and leads into a funky driving bass & drum rhythm. And if James Bond ever needs a song for his next movie, ask Cerati to use "Verbo Carne".
Sometimes I think that America has it's head stuck in the sand when it comes to music from non-English speaking countries. The truest Alternative music these days is coming from South America and has been like that for the last decade. There are loads of great stuff we are not exposed to and regardless of what language you speak (and I for one am not Latin nor speak Spanish), this is one album that is a must have. Cerati won't let you down.

PS to Joel Valenzuela - This American Sistah knows Cerati

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I search the world for magic in Music, September 30, 2001

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"eddy_free" (Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bocanada (Audio CD)

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the moment that this album was given to me, my life was changed forever. I had heard music like this only in dreams. Then it found me. And the dream became real.

Bocanada was my introduction to Gustavo Cerati.

WoW.

There is a level of mastery at work here that is so rare, it turns an album into a spiritual treasure.

from the first downbeat, Bocanada is bursting with passion, luxurious symphonies of sound, masterful guitar playing, grooves, and THAT VOICE.

As I'm listening now to earlier works, I can hear the evolution taking place.
Bocanada has all the groovy vibe of Cerati's earlier works, but now it is both refined and explosive at the same time.
With loving attention to production detail, Gustavos silken voice becomes the compelling focus of this recorded masterpiece. Can you tell I like this album? Yo hablo espanol un poco solemente, pero I CAN FEEL the heart and soul pouring through this music.

In the words of another appreciator, Angelica, "La voz y la magnitud de su creatividad se muestra en este album de Bocanada."

YES!
I am hungry for more.