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
LanguageSpanish
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
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Spanish Album Charts[5] 81

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[6] 2× Platinum 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
El País[7]

Rolling Stone magazine referred to it as a masterpiece of the Spanish rock.[8] In 2007 it was ranked by American magazine Al Borde as the 227th best Ibero-American album of all time,[9] being a relative low position because at the time of the album's release the band was still unknown to Latin America.[10] In 2012 was ranked as the 12th best album of the Spanish rock according to Rolling Stone.[11]

The track "So payaso" was ranked as the 103rd best song of the rock en español ever by the magazine Al borde,[12] in addition to winning the award for best music video of the Spanish Music Awards in 1997.[13] Likewise, it was included as DLC in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.[14]

References
  1. "'Agila': el disco con el que Extremoduro subió a los altares del rock". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 23 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  2. "Billboard". 17 June 1996.
  3. "Agila". Amazon. 2008.
  4. Sánchez, J.M. (7 June 2011). "Extremoduro, el valor de lo esencial" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. "Spanish Charts". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. "Biografía de Extremoduro" (in Spanish). Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  7. Carlos Marcos (March 1996). "Disco de la semana: Extremoduro - Agila". El País de las Tentaciones. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  8. "Las 10 Razones Por Las Que Extremoduro Arrasa". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  9. "250 albums del Rock Iberoamericano" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  10. Menéndez Flores, Javier (23 May 2013). Extremoduro. De profundis. La historia autorizada. p. 210. ISBN 9788425350337. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  11. "Los 50 Mejores Discos Del Rock Espanol" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  12. "Las 500 del Rock Iberoamericano: 50 Años Para No Olvidar (200-101)" (in Spanish). 14 November 2007.
  13. "Premios de la musica 1997" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  14. "Guitar Hero III Tracks (One free)". 20 December 2007.
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