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La era de la boludez

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La Era De La Boludez
Studio album by
Released1993
GenreHard rock, Psychedelic rock, Argentine rock
Length51:23
LabelPolyGram Discos
ProducerGustavo Santaolalla
Divididos chronology
Acariciando lo áspero
(1991)
La Era De La Boludez
(1993)
Otro le travaladna
(1995)

La era de la boludez [Age of stupidity] is a studio album released in 1993 by Argentine rock band Divididos. It contains a lot of the most famous songs by the group, as "El arriero" (original by Atahualpa Yupanqui), "¿Qué ves?" and "Salir a comprar". It is the best-selling album of Divididos,[1] selling over 480,000 copies.[2]

In 2007, the Argentine edition of Rolling Stone ranked it seventh on its list of "The 100 Greatest Albums of National Rock".[3]

Track listing

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  1. Salir a Asustar [Go Out To Scare]
  2. Ortega y Gases [Wordplay on Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset's last name and the word gases (farts)]
  3. El Arriero (original by Atahualpa Yupanqui) [The Muleteer]
  4. Salir a Comprar [Go Out To Buy]
  5. ¿Qué Ves? [What Do You See?]
  6. Pestaña de Camello [Camel Eyelash]
  7. Rasputín/Hey Jude
  8. Dame un Limón [Give Me A Lemon]
  9. Paisano de Hurlingham [Hurlingham Dude]
  10. Cristófolo Cacarnú
  11. Indio Dejá el Mezcal [Indian, quit consuming mezcal]
  12. Huelga de Amores [Loves On Strike]
  13. Tajo C [literally: Slash C, but it sounds as a colloquial way of asking Is José there?]
  14. Pestaña de Camello [Camel Eyelash]

References

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  1. ^ Polimeni, Carlos: Bailando sobre los escombros: historia crítica del rock latinoamericano, Editorial Biblos, 2002, p. 87.
    Lunardelli, Laura: Alternatividad, divino tesoro: el rock argentino en los 90, Editorial Biblos, 2002, p. 63.
  2. ^ ¡Compre Nacional! Fronteras Cerradas en el Rock de los 90
  3. ^ "Los 100 mejores discos del rock nacional". Rolling Stone Argentina (in Spanish). Publirevistas S. A. April 2007.