Agila (album)

Agila (Spanish dialect Castúo[1] for "Liven up")[2] is the sixth studio album by Spanish hard rock band Extremoduro. Recorded in 1995, produced by Iñaki "Uoho" Antón and released on 23 February 1996.[3]

Agila
Studio album by
Extremoduro
Released23 February 1996
Recorded1995, Estudios BOX
GenreHard rock
Length43:22
LabelDRO
ProducerIñaki "Uoho" Antón
Extremoduro chronology
Pedrá
(1995)		 Agila
(1996)		 Iros Todos a Tomar por Culo
(1997)

Agila is often considered to be their breakthrough album. Published in 1996, a year after its preceding album, Pedrá, it featured instruments that had not appeared before on any of Extremoduro's albums. It includes some of the most famous songs by the band: "So payaso", "Buscando una luna", "Prometeo", "Sucede" and "El día de la bestia", which was included on the movie of the same name soundtrack.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Buscando una luna"Roberto Iniesta4:13
2."Prometeo"Roberto Iniesta3:29
3."Sucede"Roberto Iniesta3:09
4."So payaso"Roberto Iniesta4:43
5."El día de la bestia"Roberto Iniesta4:46
6."Tomás"Roberto Iniesta1:29
7."¡Qué sonrisa tan rara!"Roberto Iniesta3:18
8."Cabezabajo"Roberto Iniesta3:42
9."Ábreme el pecho y registra"Roberto Iniesta3:32
10."Todos me dicen"Roberto Iniesta4:13
11."Correcaminos, estate al loro"Roberto Iniesta / Ramone2:34
12."La carrera"Roberto Iniesta / Zosi Pascual2:18
13."Me estoy quitando"Roberto González / Pedro Ramírez/ José Manuel Ramírez / Jesús Ortiz2:12
2011 edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Sucede (Nueva Mezcla 2004)"Roberto Iniesta3:05

Personnel
Extremoduro
  • Roberto "Robe" Iniesta – vocals; acoustic and electric guitars; keyboards on #10
  • Iñaki "Milindris" Setién – guitars except on #04, 09, 12, 13
  • Ramón "Mon" Sogas – bass except on #04, 07, 09, 13
  • Alberto "Capi" Gil – drums except on #04, 05, 09, 13
Additional personnel
  • Iñaki "Uoho" Antón – guitars except on 06, 07, 09, 10, 13; bass on #04, 07, 09; keyboards on #01, 05, 10; piano on #04; hammond organ on #11; percussion on #02, 03, 08, 11, 14
  • Fito Cabrales – Spanish guitar on #06; 13; cajón on #13
  • Albert Pla – vocals on #07
  • José Sañudo – saxophone on #01, 02, 03, 06, 08, 10, 14; flute on #13
  • Sergio (Ratanera) – drums on #04, 09
  • Pepegu (Ratanera) – bass on #04, 09
  • Isaac (Ratanera) – guitars on #04, 09
  • Sime – trombone on #04
  • "Reverendo" – hammond organ on #06
  • Josu Monje – programming on #05; drums on #05
  • Elena – chorus on #05

Charts and certifications

Chart performance
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Spanish Album Charts[4] 13

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[5] 2× Platinum 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
El País[6]

Rolling Stone magazine referred to it as a masterpiece of the Spanish rock.[7] In 2007 it was ranked by American magazine Al Borde as the 227th best Ibero-American album of all time,[8] being a relative low position because at the time of the album's release the band was still unknown to Latin America.[9] In 2012 was ranked as the 12th best album of the Spanish rock according to Rolling Stone.[10]

The track "So payaso" was ranked as the 103rd best song of the rock en español ever by the magazine Al borde,[11] in addition to winning the award for best music video of the Spanish Music Awards in 1997.[12] Likewise, it was included as DLC in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.[13]

References
  1. "'Agila': el disco con el que Extremoduro subió a los altares del rock". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 23 February 2014.
  2. "Billboard". 17 June 1996.
  3. https://www.amazon.com/Agila-Extremoduro/dp/B000059QJX/ref=pd_sim_m_3
  4. Sánchez, J.M. (7 June 2011). "Extremoduro, el valor de lo esencial" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. "Biografía de Extremoduro" (in Spanish). Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  6. Carlos Marcos (March 1996). "Disco de la semana: Extremoduro - Agila". El País de las Tentaciones. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  7. "Las 10 Razones Por Las Que Extremoduro Arrasa". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  8. "250 albums del Rock Iberoamericano" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  9. Menéndez Flores, Javier (23 May 2013). Extremoduro. De profundis. La historia autorizada. Grijalbo Ilustrados (in Spanish). p. 210. ISBN 9788425350337.
  10. "Los 50 Mejores Discos Del Rock Espanol" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  11. "Las 500 del Rock Iberoamericano: 50 Años Para No Olvidar (200-101)" (in Spanish).
  12. "Premios de la musica 1997" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  13. http://majornelson.com/2007/12/20/guitar-hero-iii-tracks-one-free-12-20-07/
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