''Colores Santos'' (

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for "Holy Colors") is an album released by Argentine musicians

Gustavo Cerati Gustavo Adrián Cerati (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and producer, considered one of the most important and influential figures of Ibero-American rock. Cerati along with his band Soda Stereo ...

and

Daniel Melero Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...

under the name ''Cerati/Melero'' in 1992. The album was recorded and released previous to

Soda Stereo Soda Stereo is an Argentine rock band formed in Buenos Aires in 1982 by Gustavo Cerati (lead vocals, guitar), Héctor "Zeta" Bosio (bass) and Carlos Alberto Ficicchia "Charly Alberti" (drums). As the first Hispanic group to achieve mainstrea ...

's album ''

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'' (also influenced by Melero's state-of-the-art musical exploration), at the peak of the band's popularity. The album has a strong electronic influence which would inform ''Dynamo'' and help kickstart the

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scene in

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critic Iván Adaime wrote that ''"Somehow this album was like a UFO in the Argentine early-'90s rock scene".

Track listing

Personnel

* Gustavo Cerati & Daniel Melero - Instruments and vocals * Flavio Etcheto -

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on ''Madre Tierra''. * Carola Bony - Vocals on ''Pudo Ser'' and ''Colores Santos''.

References

External links

''Vuelta Por el Universo'' music video

''Hoy Ya No Soy Yo'' music video

Making-of ''Colores Santos'' video (fragment)

Gustavo Cerati's official page information about Colores Santos
Gustavo Cerati albums Experimental pop albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub