El Espíritu del Vino

El Espíritu del Vino (Spanish for "The Spirit of Wine") is the third studio album by the Spanish rock band Héroes del Silencio, released in 1993. A double disc special edition was released in December 2006 on EMI.[1]

El Espíritu del Vino
Studio album by Heroes Del Silencio
Released	June 14, 1993
Recorded	Gallery studio, Chertsey
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Length	71:47
Label	EMI
Producer	Phil Manzanera
Heroes Del Silencio chronology
Senda ´91 (1991) El Espíritu del Vino (1993) Avalancha (1995)
Japanese Edition Cover

History

Recorded in 1993, the album contains hard rock songs and the lyrics were written by Enrique Bunbury.

The album had five singles: "Nuestros Nombres", "Los Placeres de la Pobreza", "Flor de Loto", "Sirena Varada" and "La Herida".[1] In August 1993, 150,000 copies had been sold on the Spanish market.[2] Due to their success in Germany, the band released one of their festival performances on DVD. The song "Nuestros Nombres" got to first position in the Spanish charts[3] and was a success in other countries as well.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Enrique Bunbury, Joaquin Cardiel, Juan Valdivia, Pedro Andreu.

Original release

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nuestros nombres" (Our names)	5:57
2.	"Tesoro" (Treasure)	2:19
3.	"Los placeres de la pobreza" (The pleasures of poverty)	4:59
4.	"La herida" (The wound)	6:54
5.	"La sirena varada" (The Siren run aground)	4:15
6.	"La apariencia no es sincera" (The appearance is not sincere)	7:03
7.	"Z"	0:51
8.	"Culpable" (Guilty)	6:04
9.	"El camino del exceso" (The road of excess)	5:36
10.	"Flor de loto" (Lotus flower)	6:15
11.	"El refugio interior" (The internal shelter)	1:34
12.	"Sangre hirviendo" (Boiling blood)	5:12
13.	"Tumbas de sal" (Salt tombs)	4:33
14.	"Bendecida 2" (Blessed 2)	0:36
15.	"Bendecida" (Blessed)	5:59
16.	"La alacena" (The cupboard)	3:40
Total length:		71:47

Special Edition Bonus Disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"El camino del exceso" (Live)	5:54
2.	"Sirena varada" (Live)	4:26
3.	"Nuestros nombres" (Live)	7:06
4.	"Flor de Loto" (Live)	6:19
5.	"La herida" (Live)	4:32
6.	"Apuesta por el Rock ’n’ Roll"	3:51
7.	"Acústica"	3:00
8.	"Nuestros nombres" (Noel Harris Mix)	9:00
9.	"La herida" (Edit)	4:39
10.	"Tesoro" (New Mix)	2:21
11.	"Flor de loto" (Edit)	4:27
12.	"Nuestros nombres" (Edit)	4:01
13.	"El camino del exceso" (New Mix)	4:23
14.	"Nuestros nombres" (Live version 1995)	8:04
Total length:		72:03

Personnel

• Enrique Bunbury - vocalist
• Joaquin Cardiel - Bass guitar
• Juan Valdivia - Guitar
• Pedro Andreu - Drums

Additional personnel

• Copi Corellano - Organ, piano

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[2]	1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4]	14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]	9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6]	5

External links

• El Espíritu del Vino overview at Allmusic
• Héroes del Silencio official Site

References

1. "El Espíritu del Vino Bonus Disc". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
2. Llewellyn, Howell (August 14, 1993). "Royal Family Rolls Out Red Carpet For Spain's Conquering Heroes". Billboard: 42.
3. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
4. "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40". Hung Medien. austriancharts.at. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Heroes del Silencio – El Espíritu del Vino" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
6. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hung Medien. hitparade.ch. Retrieved November 17, 2010.