El Espíritu del Vino

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El Espíritu del Vino
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Studio album by
Heroes Del Silencio
ReleasedJune 14, 1993
RecordedGallery studio, Chertsey
GenreRock, hard rock
Length71:47
LabelEMI
ProducerPhil Manzanera
Heroes Del Silencio chronology
Senda ´91
(1991) 		El Espíritu del Vino
(1993) 		Avalancha
(1995)
Japanese Edition Cover
Espiritudelvino-japanedition.jpg

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] A 20th anniversary edition was released in 2013 with remixed versions of the original tracks.

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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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[]

Additional personnel[]

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "El Espíritu del Vino Bonus Disc". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.



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