Vértigo (La Ley album)
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| Vértigo | |||||
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| Studio album by La Ley | |||||
| Released | 1998 | ||||
| Recorded | Chung King, House of Metal, New York, U.S.A. | ||||
| Genre | rock / pop | ||||
| Producer | La Ley | ||||
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Vértigo is La Ley's fifth album. The album is characterized, above the other albums, because of its electronic sound, its machined-typed rhythm, and its particular cover. The album was done with the formation of the group in Invisible, but before the release, Rodrigo Aboitiz left the band for a problem with drugs. The, then quartet, split up definitely with Luciano Rojas leaving the band in the middle of the tour.
The album contains such hits as "Ciclos", "Krazyworld"; and "Vi."
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[edit] Background and Reception
Due to the success of Invisible, the band hardly found time to record what would be their next album. On 1997, they began with the recording and they announced it for the middle of the summer, it was later delayed until 1998. However, during this time, Rodrigo Aboitiz (the band’s keyboardist) caused a series of troubles, while missing the first weeks of recording, after the album was finished, he left the band.
One month before the release of the album, the first single of the album “Fotofobia” was released, a single that was slashed by critics. After that, the album “Vértigo” was released and it is known for being the album that least success has brought to the band. According to them, they had high expectations for it and it proven to be a failure compared to the previous album. However, after the album’s release Beto Cuevas stated that it was “a need to the album”. The album was notorious for its electric and machined-style sounds that surprised and outraged most of the fans for its dramatic change. Still, the album due fairly on sales, as it sold 100,000 copies in Mexico.
The band released two more singles “Vi” (which is the album’s best known song), whose video was banned from MTV for the use of guns, and the much less notorious “Tanta Ciudad”. They also released the single “Sed” which did not have a video and was only transmitted in a few radio stations.
In the middle of the tour, bassist Luciano Rojas, appeared nowhere to be found, and had to be replace with J.C. Cumplido, who had to learn the songs in less than five minutes, before the beginning of the first concert Luciano was missing. Later, though fans thought the band was breaking up completely, Luciano simply left the band, and made La Ley a trio. After the end of the tour in 1999, La Ley dropped off their dark-style image and began working on their album, “Uno”.
Though the album did not well do with sales and is often consider by many their worst record, the album’s prestige has grown considerably, as many people saying that it is their best album, for having such an unusual sound and a different style from all the other albums, the album is the one with a more experimental style. The song “Ciclos” is considered, by many, the best song of the album.
[edit] Track listing
- Fotofobia (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 2:57
- Guerrillero (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 4:02
- Vi (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 4:14
- X Ti (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 3:47
- Tanta Ciudad (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 5:16
- Sed (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 4:24
- Ciertos Civiles (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 3:54
- Krazyworld (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 4:02
- Opacidad (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 5:21
- Shygun (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 2:02
- Ciclos (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 3:56
- Solitaryman (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 6:22
- Fotofobia (Extended Version) (La Ley, Aboitiz) – 4:31
[edit] Singles
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Fotofobia |
Vi |
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Tanta Ciudad |
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Sed |
[edit] "Vi" controversy
- The music-video for Vi, directed by Argentinian Stanley, was banned from MTV Latin America because of the use of guns. This was a big shock for the band, since MTV was its most important source of promotion. It also affected the sales of the record, because was the first single released from it (although Fotobobia was the debut single of Vértigo, it was more like a "preview" of the album released several months before).
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