The best Argentine rock albums
The top 3 according to 7 votes from people: La era de la boludez — Divididos · Bicicleta — Serú Girán · Pescado 2 — Pescado Rabioso. (Updated Mar 29, 2026.)
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
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La era de la boludez — Divididos
1993. Ricardo Mollo and Diego Arnedo, with their version of 'El arriero' and 'Qué ves'.
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Bicicleta — Serú Girán
1980. 'Canción de Alicia en el país' and 'Desarma y sangra'.
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Pescado 2 — Pescado Rabioso
1973. A double album of hard rock and psychedelia.
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4
Yendo de la cama al living — Charly García
1982. His first solo album, with 'No bombardeen Buenos Aires'.
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Gulp! — Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota
1985. The Redondos' self-released debut.
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Artaud — Pescado Rabioso
1973. Actually a Luis Alberto Spinetta solo album; number one for Rolling Stone Argentina.
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Clics modernos — Charly García
1983. Recorded in New York, with 'Nos siguen pegando abajo' and 'Los dinosaurios'.
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Oktubre — Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota
1986. Indio Solari and Skay Beilinson, with 'Ji ji ji' and 'Fuegos de octubre'.
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Divididos por la felicidad — Sumo
1985. Luca Prodan's official debut, with 'La rubia tarada'.
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10
Treinta minutos de vida — Moris
1970. Mauricio Birabent and 'El Oso', one of the pillars of Spanish-language rock.
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Canción animal — Soda Stereo
1990. 'De música ligera', 'Té para tres' and the trio's most rock sound.
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Alta suciedad — Andrés Calamaro
1997. Recorded in New York with 'Flaca' and 'Loco'; one of the best-selling Argentine rock albums.
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La grasa de las capitales — Serú Girán
1979. Charly García and David Lebón against media frivolity in the middle of the dictatorship.
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Confesiones de invierno — Sui Generis
1973. Charly García and Nito Mestre, with 'Rasguña las piedras' and 'Cuando ya me empiece a quedar solo'.
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15
Vida — Sui Generis
1972. The duo's debut, with 'Canción para mi muerte'.
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Kamikaze — Luis Alberto Spinetta
1982. One of his most intimate albums, with 'Barro tal vez'.
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Durazno sangrando — Invisible
1975. Spinetta in his most progressive period.
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Signos — Soda Stereo
1986. 'Persiana americana' and the band's leap across the continent.
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Un baión para el ojo idiota — Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota
1988. 'Vencedores vencidos' and 'Todo un palo'.
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Bocanada — Gustavo Cerati
1999. Electronics, orchestra and 'Puente'.
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Ciudad de pobres corazones — Fito Páez
1987. Written after the 1986 murder of his grandmother, great-aunt and their housekeeper; Fito's darkest album.
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El amor después del amor — Fito Páez
1992. The best-selling album in Argentine rock history.
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Llegando los monos — Sumo
1986. 'Mañana en el Abasto' and 'Los viejos vinagres'.
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24
Manal — Manal
1970. Buenos Aires blues rock by Javier Martínez, Claudio Gabis and Alejandro Medina.
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Almendra — Almendra
1969. Spinetta at 19, 'Muchacha (ojos de papel)' and the clown on the cover.
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Comments (2)
Artaud primero, como en la lista de Rolling Stone Argentina. Spinetta es Dios.
Oktubre de los Redondos tan arriba, ¡bien ahí!