Avalancha

Avalancha
Studio album by Héroes del Silencio
Released	18 September 1995
Recorded	Various Locations Los Angeles, California
Genre	Hard rock, rock
Length	58:35
Language	Spanish
Label	EMI
Producer	Bob Ezrin
Héroes del Silencio chronology
El Espíritu del Vino (1993) Avalancha (1995) Parasiempre (1996)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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 considered a turning point in the Rock en Español movement of the 90's and a classic in its own right.^[citation needed] 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.

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.	Title	Length
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

• Alan Boguslavsky - Rhythm guitar
• Enrique Bunbury - vocalist
• Joaquin Cardiel - Bass
• Juan Valdivia - Lead guitar
• Pedro Andreu - Drums

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	Certification	Certified 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.

External links

• Héroes del Silencio official Site