# The best Argentine rock albums

The top ten of Rolling Stone Argentina's 100 greatest albums of national rock, with Artaud at number one, plus the essential classics that complete the list.

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## Top 25

1. **La era de la boludez — Divididos** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1993. Ricardo Mollo and Diego Arnedo, with their version of 'El arriero' and 'Qué ves'.
2. **Bicicleta — Serú Girán** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1980. 'Canción de Alicia en el país' and 'Desarma y sangra'.
3. **Pescado 2 — Pescado Rabioso** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1973. A double album of hard rock and psychedelia.
4. **Yendo de la cama al living — Charly García** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1982. His first solo album, with 'No bombardeen Buenos Aires'.
5. **Gulp! — Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1985. The Redondos' self-released debut.
6. **Artaud — Pescado Rabioso** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1973. Actually a Luis Alberto Spinetta solo album; number one for Rolling Stone Argentina.
7. **Clics modernos — Charly García** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1983. Recorded in New York, with 'Nos siguen pegando abajo' and 'Los dinosaurios'.
8. **Oktubre — Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1986. Indio Solari and Skay Beilinson, with 'Ji ji ji' and 'Fuegos de octubre'.
9. **Divididos por la felicidad — Sumo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1985. Luca Prodan's official debut, with 'La rubia tarada'.
10. **Treinta minutos de vida — Moris** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1970. Mauricio Birabent and 'El Oso', one of the pillars of Spanish-language rock.
11. **Canción animal — Soda Stereo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1990. 'De música ligera', 'Té para tres' and the trio's most rock sound.
12. **Alta suciedad — Andrés Calamaro** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1997. Recorded in New York with 'Flaca' and 'Loco'; one of the best-selling Argentine rock albums.
13. **La grasa de las capitales — Serú Girán** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1979. Charly García and David Lebón against media frivolity in the middle of the dictatorship.
14. **Confesiones de invierno — Sui Generis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1973. Charly García and Nito Mestre, with 'Rasguña las piedras' and 'Cuando ya me empiece a quedar solo'.
15. **Vida — Sui Generis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1972. The duo's debut, with 'Canción para mi muerte'.
16. **Kamikaze — Luis Alberto Spinetta** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1982. One of his most intimate albums, with 'Barro tal vez'.
17. **Durazno sangrando — Invisible** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1975. Spinetta in his most progressive period.
18. **Signos — Soda Stereo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1986. 'Persiana americana' and the band's leap across the continent.
19. **Un baión para el ojo idiota — Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1988. 'Vencedores vencidos' and 'Todo un palo'.
20. **Bocanada — Gustavo Cerati** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1999. Electronics, orchestra and 'Puente'.
21. **Ciudad de pobres corazones — Fito Páez** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1987. Written after the 1986 murder of his grandmother, great-aunt and their housekeeper; Fito's darkest album.
22. **El amor después del amor — Fito Páez** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1992. The best-selling album in Argentine rock history.
23. **Llegando los monos — Sumo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1986. 'Mañana en el Abasto' and 'Los viejos vinagres'.
24. **Manal — Manal** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1970. Buenos Aires blues rock by Javier Martínez, Claudio Gabis and Alejandro Medina.
25. **Almendra — Almendra** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1969. Spinetta at 19, 'Muchacha (ojos de papel)' and the clown on the cover.

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