''Bocanada'' (Puff) is the second solo album by Argentine musician

Gustavo Cerati Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clarke (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter who gained international recognition for being the leader, vocalist, composer, and guitarist of the rock band Soda Stereo. He is ...

, released by BMG International on 28 June 1999. The album is considered by critics and fans as a highlight in Cerati's career and one of his best albums. His first album release after the breakup of Soda Stereo, ''Bocanada'' followed Cerati's time with the groups Plan V and Ocio, two projects that focused on

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. "Raíz" was the album's first cut played in radio stations, "Puente" being the first

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to be released; ''Bocanada'' had the most music videos produced of any Cerati album to date.

Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted.

Videos

This is the album which has the most music videos released in

's soloist career. * Puent
- YouTube
* Paseo Inmora
- YouTube
* Tab�
- YouTube
* Engañ
- YouTube
* Río Babe
- YouTube

Personnel

* Gustavo Cerati -

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

s, samplers,

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s, keyboards,

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, effects, additional instruments, mixing, producer ;Additional personnel * Flavius Etcheto: Sampler in all tracks minus ''Raiz'' and ''Verbo Carne''. * Leo García: Sampler, Backing Vocals in ''Engaña'', ''Puente'' and ''Aqui y Ahora''. * Martín Carrizo:

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. * Fernando Nalé:

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in 4, 6, 11.

Double Bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

in 3, 5.

Fretless bass A fretless bass is an electric bass guitar whose neck lacks frets and thus is smooth like traditional string instruments, and like the neck of an acoustic double bass. While the fretless bass is played in all styles of music, it is most common in ...

in 13. * Tweety González: Organ in ''Beautiful''. * Alejandro Terán:

Arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestrat ...

in ''Verbo Carne''. * Eduardo Bergallo: Engineer, mixing * MacKinlay: Second engineer * Eduardo Iencenella: Assistant * Clive Goddard: Mixing * Barry Woodward: Editor, The Townhouse,

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* Bunt Stafford-Clark: Mastering, The Townhouse, London * Gaby Herbstein: Photography * Oscar (Roho): Hairstyle * Sofía Temperley:

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* ROS: Design direction ;The London Session Orchestra * Gavin Wright: Director * Peter Cobbin: Engineer * Joel Gregg: Assistant

Charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Gustavo Cerati albums 1999 albums Bertelsmann Music Group albums 1990s Spanish-language albums