''MTV Unplugged: Comfort y Música Para Volar'' (Spanish for ''Comfort and music to fly'') is a part-live, part-studio album recorded by Argentine rock band

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 ...

. The first seven tracks were recorded live at MTV Studios in Miami, Florida, for the show

MTV Unplugged ''MTV Unplugged'' is an American television series on MTV showcasing musical artists usually playing acoustic instruments. The show aired regularly from 1989 to 1999 and less frequently from 2000 to 2009, when it was usually billed as ''MTV Un ...

. The remaining four tracks were Sueño Stereo outtakes recorded in studio. The album was released by BMG Argentina in 1996. It was also the first Latin band to depart from the use of only acoustic instruments, using for most of the televised set conventional "plugged" instruments. Proof of this paradox is the fading "Un" part of the word unplugged depicted in the album cover.

Track listing

# En la Ciudad de la Furia (feat.

Andrea Echeverri Andrea Echeverri Arias (born September 13, 1965) is a Colombian rock/pop singer and guitarist. She holds a degree in Fine Arts from University of Los Andes and was a ceramist before becoming a musician. She is the lead singer in Aterciopelados ...

) (At the City of Fury) # Un misil en mi placard (A missile in my closet) # Pasos (Steps) # Entre caníbales (Among cannibals) # Té para 3 (Tea for 3) # Ángel eléctrico (Electric Angel) # Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver (She used my head like a revolver) # Sonoman (banda de sonido) # Planeador (Planner) # Coral # Superstar

2007 Release

October 2007 saw the re-release of Comfort y Música Para Volar in both CD and DVD formats, featuring the complete MTV performance on audio and video respectively but without the Sueño Stereo outtakes included in the original release. The new tracks include the cover of Vox Dei's song

Genesis Genesis may refer to: Bible * Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind * Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book of ...

, which aired on the MTV network but was not included on the first edition. #Un misil en mi placard #En la ciudad de la furia #Entre caníbales #Pasos #Zoom # Cuando pase el temblor #Té para 3 #Ángel eléctrico #Terapia de amor intensiva #Disco eterno # Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver #Paseando por Roma #Génesis

Personnel

;Soda Stereo *

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 ...

: lead vocals and backing vocals, guitars *

Zeta Bosio Héctor Juan Pedro Bosio Bertolotti (born 1 October 1958) better known by his stage name Zeta Bosio, is an Argentine rock musician, record producer and disc jockey (DJ), better known as the bassist of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. He was ...

: bass, electric-acoustic guitar and backing vocals * Charly Alberti: hybrid drums ;Additional personnel *

Tweety González Fabián Andrés González Amado (born 1963 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), known by his stage name Tweety González, is an Argentine musician and record producer. González is mostly known for playing the keyboard for Argentine rock band Soda Stere ...

: synthesizers, electric piano and sampler * Pedro Fainguersch: viola * Diego Fainguersch: cello * Ezequiel Fainguersch: bassoon *

: backing vocals on "En la ciudad de la furia" * Iain Baker: synthesizers in track 8

Certifications

References

Soda Stereo albums MTV Unplugged albums 1996 live albums Sony Music Argentina albums Spanish-language live albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub