Corazones

Before the production of the album, Corazones, between July and August 1989, the group Los Prisioneros recorded at the Konstantinopla Studios owned by Carlos Cabezas Rocuant, "Beaucheff 1435". Whose name is due to the musician's home address Jorge González, where the songs on the album that would welcome 1990s were composed the vast majority. A part of these themes were known in 1996 with the album compilation Ni Por La Razon, Ni Por La Fuerza, and the other remain in public knowledge with Internet.[2]

Some of these songs went a different way than the band was used to. Melancholic melodies, more intimate lyrics and a couple of dance tunes, all led by synthesizers and programmed drums, highlighting pieces like "En forma de pez", "Ella espera" and "Las sierras electricas".[3] The sound of the album is a kind of continuation of the sound search for "La cultura de la basura", with elements of house. In addition, González's acute social vision has its space in "Las sierras electricas", with the romantic counterpart of "En forma de pez": an impressive 7-minute suite and a kind of cross between Emmanuel and Martin Gore (Depeche Mode).[4] González left for Los Angeles, California in October 1989 with only the company of the band's manager, Carlos Fonseca, since Tapia was unable to obtain a visa to enter the United States. Narea had distanced herself after seeing his role as guitarist and occasional songwriter increasingly diminished.[5]

The production of the album began without the collaboration of Claudio Narea, who left the group in the middle of the work process, in the midst of love problems that were finally reflected in the lyrics distributed on the album. Narea's departure was marked by the hidden relationship between his wife and Gonzalez, but he also had a musical artist: He did not agree with the sound that the group's leader wanted to give the trio, influenced by synthesizers and electropop that unfolded in the '80. Finally "Corazones" was dominated under the production of the illustrious Argentine Gustavo Santaolalla,[6] who made a name for himself with his band Arco Iris and collaborating on popular records for Wet Picnic and León Gieco. Santaolalla brought an astonishing new level of polish to Los Prisioneros, where all previous albums had been produced by González, infusing jagged electronic melodies with breakneck pop production and regional instruments like the charango to solidify a sonorous identity that was original and unquestionably Latin American.[5]

Los Prisioneros fourth album, "Corazones" in his release on May 20, 1990,[5] it was certified with four platinum records[7] for selling about 180,000 copies and in that same year Jorge was chosen as the composer of the year by the Chilean Copyright Society.[8] In 2006 was chosen in the 54 position from the list Los 250 mejores albumes de rock iberoamericano (The 250 best Latin American rock albums) by American magazine Al Borde,[9] and in 2008 it ranked ninth in the list of Los 50 mejores discos chilenos (The 50 Best Chilean albums), by the Chilean edition of the American magazine Rolling Stone.[10]

The album cover was photographed by Alejandro Barruel and designed by Vicente Vargas,[1] author of La voz de los '80 cover and star of the video clip of "El nuevo baile" by Emociones Clandestinas.[11] "We just knew that Claudio had left. It was very strange to take photos without him", recalled manager Fonseca, the shirt was bought especially for the occasion by Fonseca in the Paris stores on Lyon avenue.[12]

Some of the album tracks were covered by some singers like: "Amiga mía", covered by Javiera Mena for the 2012 movie Joven y Alocada,[13] Fakuta, covered the song "Cuentame una historia original". Produced by Vicente Sanfuentes and Lego Mustache, the song "Estrechez de corazón" was covered by Carlos Cabezas, Francisca Valenzuela, and the group Villa Cariño. Being recorded in Triana studios by the famous engineer Gonzalo González, with a music video directed by Felipe Foncea. In the tribute album to Jorge González, "Nada es para Siempre", the musicians Gepe and Javiera Mena, accompanied by Cecilia Aguayo, Uwe Schmidt, Felipe Carbone, and Gonzalo Yáñez performed a version of "Cuentame una historia original". In 2020 David Eidelstein, the bassist of Los Tetas known as "Rulo", covered the song "Estrechez de corazón".[14]

Side A

All tracks are written by Jorge González.

Side B