The best Spanish-language rock albums
The top 3 according to 121 votes from people: Re — Café Tacvba · Bocanada — Gustavo Cerati · Fabulosos Calavera — Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. (Updated Mar 25, 2024.)
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.
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Top 25
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Re — Café Tacvba
Mexico, 1994. Rock, son jarocho, banda music, punk and bolero on one album; number one on Rolling Stone's 2023 list.
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Bocanada — Gustavo Cerati
Argentina, 1999. Cerati's first great solo album, with 'Puente' and 'Paseo inmoral'.
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Fabulosos Calavera — Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Argentina, 1997. Ska, jazz, punk and tributes to Mexican imagery of death.
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Enemigos de lo ajeno — El Último de la Fila
Spain, 1986. Manolo García and Quimi Portet; voted the best Spanish rock album by Rolling Stone.
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Senderos de traición — Héroes del Silencio
Spain, 1990. 'Entre dos tierras' and 'Maldito duende'; the album that took them across Europe and the Americas.
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Jessico — Babasónicos
Argentina, 2001. Sophisticated, ironic pop with 'Los calientes' and 'El loco'.
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La pipa de la paz — Aterciopelados
Colombia, 1996. Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago, with 'El estuche' and 'Cosita seria'.
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Canción animal — Soda Stereo
Argentina, 1990. 'De música ligera' and 'Té para tres'; the trio's most rock-oriented album.
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Clics modernos — Charly García
Argentina, 1983. Recorded in New York after the dictatorship, with 'Nos siguen pegando abajo' and 'Los dinosaurios'.
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Bueninvento — Julieta Venegas
Mexico, 2000. Her second album, dark and experimental, before her pop success.
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El circo — Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio
Mexico, 1991. Mexico City ska and rock with 'Pachuco' and 'Kumbala'.
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La canción de Juan Perro — Radio Futura
Spain, 1987. Santiago Auserón's turn towards Latin rock, with 'Annabel Lee' and 'La negra flor'.
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El amor después del amor — Fito Páez
Argentina, 1992. The best-selling album in the history of Argentine rock.
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Honestidad brutal — Andrés Calamaro
Argentina/Spain, 1999. A 37-song double album recorded between Madrid, Los Angeles and New York.
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Artaud — Pescado Rabioso
Argentina, 1973. In fact a Luis Alberto Spinetta solo album; for many, the best in Argentine rock.
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Rock & Ríos — Miguel Ríos
Spain, 1982. A live double album recorded at Real Madrid's arena; the great Spanish rock album of the Transition.
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Hasta la raíz — Natalia Lafourcade
Mexico, 2015. Five Latin Grammys, with 'Hasta la raíz' and 'Nunca es suficiente'.
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Vida de perros — Los Bunkers
Chile, 2005. Guitar rock with 'Llueve sobre la ciudad'.
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Llegando los monos — Sumo
Argentina, 1986. Luca Prodan, reggae and post-punk with 'Mañana en el Abasto'.
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Corazones — Los Prisioneros
Chile, 1990. Jorge González and 'Tren al sur', produced by Gustavo Santaolalla.
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¿Dónde jugarán las niñas? — Molotov
Mexico, 1997. Provocative rap rock with 'Gimme the Power'.
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El silencio — Caifanes
Mexico, 1992. Produced by Adrian Belew of King Crimson; 'Nubes' and 'Piedra'.
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El salmón — Andrés Calamaro
Argentina, 2000. Five CDs with 103 songs; a madness that critics came to love.
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Este fuerte viento que sopla — No Te Va Gustar
Uruguay, 2002. The album that made the band a phenomenon on both sides of the River Plate.
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Fome — Los Tres
Chile, 1997. Álvaro Henríquez's quartet and their mix of rock and cueca.
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Comments (3)
Senderos de traición y Enemigos de lo ajeno, la representación española en buenas manos.
Re de Café Tacvba primero, una locura de disco, cada canción un estilo distinto.
Canción animal debería estar más arriba, sin Soda no existiría nada de esto