# The best Spanish-language rock albums

Albums sung in Spanish that top two Rolling Stone lists: the 50 best Latin rock albums (2023) and the 50 best Spanish rock albums. From Mexico to Argentina by way of Spain, Colombia and Chile.

- 121 votes · 25 items
- Mar 25, 2024 · Mateo Ospina
- https://even.best/en/l/108/the-best-spanish-language-rock-albums

## Top 25

1. **Re — Café Tacvba** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — Mexico, 1994. Rock, son jarocho, banda music, punk and bolero on one album; number one on Rolling Stone's 2023 list.
2. **Bocanada — Gustavo Cerati** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — Argentina, 1999. Cerati's first great solo album, with 'Puente' and 'Paseo inmoral'.
3. **Fabulosos Calavera — Los Fabulosos Cadillacs** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Argentina, 1997. Ska, jazz, punk and tributes to Mexican imagery of death.
4. **Enemigos de lo ajeno — El Último de la Fila** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Spain, 1986. Manolo García and Quimi Portet; voted the best Spanish rock album by Rolling Stone.
5. **Senderos de traición — Héroes del Silencio** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Spain, 1990. 'Entre dos tierras' and 'Maldito duende'; the album that took them across Europe and the Americas.
6. **Jessico — Babasónicos** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Argentina, 2001. Sophisticated, ironic pop with 'Los calientes' and 'El loco'.
7. **La pipa de la paz — Aterciopelados** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Colombia, 1996. Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago, with 'El estuche' and 'Cosita seria'.
8. **Canción animal — Soda Stereo** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Argentina, 1990. 'De música ligera' and 'Té para tres'; the trio's most rock-oriented album.
9. **Clics modernos — Charly García** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Argentina, 1983. Recorded in New York after the dictatorship, with 'Nos siguen pegando abajo' and 'Los dinosaurios'.
10. **Bueninvento — Julieta Venegas** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Mexico, 2000. Her second album, dark and experimental, before her pop success.
11. **El circo — Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Mexico, 1991. Mexico City ska and rock with 'Pachuco' and 'Kumbala'.
12. **La canción de Juan Perro — Radio Futura** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Spain, 1987. Santiago Auserón's turn towards Latin rock, with 'Annabel Lee' and 'La negra flor'.
13. **El amor después del amor — Fito Páez** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Argentina, 1992. The best-selling album in the history of Argentine rock.
14. **Honestidad brutal — Andrés Calamaro** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Argentina/Spain, 1999. A 37-song double album recorded between Madrid, Los Angeles and New York.
15. **Artaud — Pescado Rabioso** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Argentina, 1973. In fact a Luis Alberto Spinetta solo album; for many, the best in Argentine rock.
16. **Rock & Ríos — Miguel Ríos** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Spain, 1982. A live double album recorded at Real Madrid's arena; the great Spanish rock album of the Transition.
17. **Hasta la raíz — Natalia Lafourcade** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Mexico, 2015. Five Latin Grammys, with 'Hasta la raíz' and 'Nunca es suficiente'.
18. **Vida de perros — Los Bunkers** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Chile, 2005. Guitar rock with 'Llueve sobre la ciudad'.
19. **Llegando los monos — Sumo** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Argentina, 1986. Luca Prodan, reggae and post-punk with 'Mañana en el Abasto'.
20. **Corazones — Los Prisioneros** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Chile, 1990. Jorge González and 'Tren al sur', produced by Gustavo Santaolalla.
21. **¿Dónde jugarán las niñas? — Molotov** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Mexico, 1997. Provocative rap rock with 'Gimme the Power'.
22. **El silencio — Caifanes** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Mexico, 1992. Produced by Adrian Belew of King Crimson; 'Nubes' and 'Piedra'.
23. **El salmón — Andrés Calamaro** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Argentina, 2000. Five CDs with 103 songs; a madness that critics came to love.
24. **Este fuerte viento que sopla — No Te Va Gustar** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Uruguay, 2002. The album that made the band a phenomenon on both sides of the River Plate.
25. **Fome — Los Tres** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chile, 1997. Álvaro Henríquez's quartet and their mix of rock and cueca.

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