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Obsesión is the 1989 debut solo album of Argentine singer Miguel Mateos.^[1] Although Mateos had effectively been a solo act since, Zas, the band he founded began to call itself Miguel Mateos – Zas in 1993. All the songs on the album were written by Mateos.

Track listing[edit]

1. 'Obsesión' (4:05)
2. 'Tirar los muros abajo' (3:40)
3. 'Desnúdame' (5:09)
4. 'Voy a juntar mis pedazos' (3:55)
5. 'Si te gusta' (2:56) (bonus track)
6. 'Malos pensamientos' (5:55)
7. 'El diablo en tu corazón' (4:04)
8. 'Es por tu amor' (4:02)
9. 'Ciudades en coma' (4:03)
10. 'Estoy ciego' (3:48)
11. 'Lágrimas bajo la lluvia' (5:44)

References[edit]

1. ^Billboard – 28 Nov. 1998 – Page 48'Upon breaking into Mexico as Miguel Mateos/Zas with such hits as 'Cuando Seas Grande' and 'Atada A Un Sentimiento,' Mateos kicked off his solo career in 1990 with 'Obsesion,' produced by noted U.S. studio whiz Michael Sembello.'

Miguel Mateos (born January 26, 1954) is an Argentine rocksinger-songwriter from Villa Pueyrredón, Argentina. Outside Argentina he is considered one of the most important exponents of Rock en Español, specially in the 1980s when he along with Charly Garcia, Soda Stereo, Enanitos Verdes, Virus, Sumo, Fabulosos Cadillacs, Rata Blanca, and many more bands became international stars in the so-called 'Argentinian Invasion' ('La Ola Argentina') of rock music that swept Latin America and parts of North America and Europe.^{[citation needed]} It helped popularize Spanish-language rock outside Argentina, and make the genre a commercially successful industry.^{[citation needed]}

History[edit]

He became involved in music since he was 15 years of age. In 1979, he and his brother Alejandro formed the underground rock band ZAS. The following year he managed to contact Queen frontman Freddie Mercury and gain a spot on stage as the opening act for the British group for their Buenos Aires concerts. He turned ZAS into one of the most important Argentine rock bands of the early 80s.^{[citation needed]}

In 1986, Mateos recorded in the United States his first solo album (officially, but in practice he still used members of ZAS as supporting band). With a much more polished sound, and greater pop accessibility than the ZAS works, Mateos jumped on the crest of the wave of Argentine rock acts that dominated the 1986-1988 period all over Latin America, Spain, and elsewhere.^{[citation needed]}

Solos en América was considered a watershed album containing cuts that would become classics of Rock en Español from that time, including the homonymous track, 'Cuando Seas Grande', and 'Mi Sombra en la Pared'.^{[citation needed]}

Riding a wave of massive popularity in Mexico, Mateos introduced the slogan 'Rock en tu Idioma' (Rock In Your Language) in 1987. He began touring that nation, introducing along the way local acts such as Caifanes and Maldita Vecindad, among others. All those groups would become major acts in their own right within a short period. In the 1987-1988 Mateos toured Latin America to sell-out stadiums.^[1] He was among the first Rock en Español acts to receive active support from fledgling MTV International.^{[citation needed]}

The 1990s would be a period of continued solo success for Mateos and his now adult-pop rock music across the Spanish-speaking world, though ironically he would drop in popularity in his homeland. In general, what in the rest of Latin America is considered rock, in Argentina tended to be seen as pop. This has sometimes led to cultural confusion about how to categorize the current Miguel Mateos musical output, as outside Argentina Mateos remains an iconic figure of the Rock en Español movement.^{[citation needed]}

Mateos went on the so-called first Rock en Español tour of the United States in 1990, where he was awarded the Bravo Musical Award.^{[citation needed]} He released Bar Imperio in 1998 and after a hiatus released Uno in 2005.

References[edit]

1. ^Miguel Mateos Biography www.terra.com.mx (Spanish)

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