Avalancha

Avalancha (Spanish for "Avalanche") is the fourth and final studio album released by Spanish rock band Héroes del Silencio in 1995. It is the only album in which Mexican guitarist Alan Bogulavsky plays as a full-time member of the band. It is to date their last studio recorded album. It is considered a turning point in the Rock en Español movement of the 90's and a classic in its own right. It was produced by Bob Ezrin (Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Alice Cooper, Kansas, Kiss, etc.) and recorded mostly in different studios in the Los Angeles area. It was followed by a very successful 18-month world tour after which the band went on hiatus until the announcement of a 10 date world tour in early 2007.

Avalancha
Studio album by
Héroes del Silencio
Released18 September 1995
RecordedVarious Locations
Los Angeles, California
GenreHard rock, rock
Length58:35
LanguageSpanish
LabelEMI
ProducerBob Ezrin
Héroes del Silencio chronology
El Espíritu del Vino
(1993)		 Avalancha
(1995)		 Parasiempre
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Reception

The album reached the top position in the Spanish album charts and scored positions among the top 20 in three other European countries. The video for the single "La Chispa Adecuada" was chosen as 'video of the year' at the 1996 Billboard Latin Music Awards.[2]

In other media

The title track appears as a bonus song in the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and in the European version of Guitar Hero: On Tour.

In 2016 Mexican electro act Moenia interpolate fragments of the song "La Chispa Adecuada (Bendecida III)" for their track "Todo mal" featured on their latest release "Fantom".

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
1."Derivas" (Drifts)0:59
2."¡Rueda, Fortuna!" (Roll, Fortune!)4:09
3."Deshacer el Mundo" (Undo The World)4:47
4."Iberia Sumergida" (Submerged Iberia)5:17
5."Avalancha" (Avalanche)5:56
6."En Brazos de la Fiebre" (In the Arms of Fever)4:45
7."Parasiempre" (Forever)4:05
8."La Chispa Adecuada (Bendecida III)" (The Suitable Spark) (Blessed III)5:28
9."Días de Borrasca (Víspera de Resplandores)" (Days of Storm) (Eve of Splendors)6:24
10."Morir Todavía" (To Die Yet)4:14
11."Opio" (Opium)6:18
12."La Espuma de Venus" (Venus' Foam)6:13

Personnel

Charts
Chart Peak position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[3] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 8

Sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Spain
Sales as of 1995 		— 100,000[7]

References
  1. Avalancha at AllMusic
  2. "Billboard Latin Music Awards". Billboard. 4 May 1996. p. L-3.
  3. "Hits of the World". Billboard. 14 Oct 1995. p. 52.
  4. "Austriancharts.at – Heroes del Silencio – Avalancha" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Heroes del Silencio – Avalancha" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. "Swisscharts.com – Heroes del Silencio – Avalancha". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  7. "El Último de la Fila arrasan, ya ha vendido 300.000 copias". Cambio 16 (in Spanish). 1995. p. 115. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
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