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Con el corazón en la mano 1994
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Con el corazón en la mano

When Aterciopelados released their first album, Con el corazón en la mano, in 1993, something new was brewing in the music scene. The recording and mixing were done in Bogotá, at Studio Master Producciones, under the production of Juan Antonio Castillo and with the participation of Richard Blair in the mixing. The sound that defined this debut work was an interesting mix: on one hand, you could feel the raw energy of punk, but on the other, influences of Latin rhythms, like bossa nova, could be glimpsed, all with a characteristic distortion and a sound quality that they themselves recognized and accepted. This particularity, added to the compositions, made songs like Mujer gala, La cuchilla, and Sortilegio resonate strongly on youth radio stations and in live performances, marking the band's first successes in their country.

Year
1994
Songs
15
Duration
43 min 3 seg
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Con el corazón en la mano, according to DoReSol

The impact of Con el corazón en la mano was notable. Around 50,000 copies were sold, a considerable figure for a Colombian artist at that time, which catapulted them to national tours and consolidated them as a revelation. The song Sortilegio was recognized some time later as one of the best in Colombian rock, and Mujer gala became an anthem, being highlighted by Rolling Stone in 2014 among Colombia's most important songs. The album cover, with a drawing of a tiger typical of 80s Bogotá transport, and the back cover showing the four members holding a heart, reflected the unique identity the band was beginning to forge.

This first album emerged after a previous journey in the underground scene, when some of its members were part of "Delia y los Aminoácidos". The definitive push to record the album came when an almost homemade version of Mujer Gala began to play on some radios, generating such interest that BMG quickly signed them. The success of these songs was such that, in the same year, several of them were included in Nuestro Rock, a project by Philips and Radioactiva that brought together ten emerging Colombian groups, thus consolidating Aterciopelados' place in the music scene.

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