{{Expand Spanish|topic=cult|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox album| | name = Bocanada | type = Album | artist = Gustavo Cerati | cover = Bocanada (Cerati).jpg | alt = | released = 28 June 1999 | recorded = 1998–1999 | venue = | studio = Casa Submarina {{small|(Buenos Aires)}}<br />Abbey Road Studios {{small|(London)}} | genre = * Dream pop<ref name= "Treble Staff 2024">{{cite web|last= Treble Staff|title= The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s|website= Paste |date= September 9, 2024|url= https://www.treblezine.com/150-best-albums-of-the-1990s/|accessdate= March 30, 2025|quote= Intertwining psychedelia, dream pop and trip-hop...''Bocanada'' is lush and luxurious and otherworldly at once.}}</ref> * trip hop<ref name= "Treble Staff 2024"/> * psychedelia<ref name= "Treble Staff 2024"/> * Art Rock * Downtempo | length = 69:19 | label = BMG International | producer = Gustavo Cerati | prev_title = Amor Amarillo | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Siempre es Hoy | next_year = 2002 | misc = {{Singles | name = Bocanada | type = Studio | single1 = Raíz | single1date = May 1999 | single2 = Puente | single2date = August 1999 | single3 = Paseo Inmoral | single3date = November 1999 | single4 = Tabú | single4date = February 2000 | single5 = Engaña | single5date = June 2000 | single6 = Río Babel | single6date = October 2000 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score ={{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="auto"/>}} '''''Bocanada''''' (Puff) is the second solo album by Argentine musician Gustavo Cerati, released by BMG International on 28 June 1999. Considered by critics and fans as a highlight in Cerati's career,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bocanada-mw0000245424|title=Bocanada - Gustavo Cerati | Album |website=AllMusic|access-date=Jul 27, 2024}}</ref> Rolling Stone magazine ranked it as the 2nd best Latin rock album of all time.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-latin-american-rock-albums-1234818717//</ref> 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 electronic music. "Raíz" was the album's first cut played in radio stations, "Puente" being the first music video to be released; ''Bocanada'' had the most music videos produced of any Cerati album to date.<ref name="auto"/>
== Background == During the final stages of Soda Stereo, when the problems within the band became more evident, as well as their imminent breakup, Gustavo Cerati released his first solo studio album, ''Amor Amarillo'' (1993). Cerati described it as a "very impulsive [but] not premeditated" album. At the time of its release, Cerati stated that he wasn't thinking about developing a solo career. He said that all the solo albums and releases before ''Bocanada'' were made purely for "pleasure," believing that his career was already established with Soda Stereo. Despite this, during the production of the album, Cerati began to save ideas for ''Bocanada'', describing one of its songs, "Pulsar," as "the starting point of ''Bocanada''." After their breakup and brief farewell tour, El último concierto in 1997, Cerati began to plan his solo career, making albums not just for pleasure, and referring to ''Bocanada'' as his "first solo album."
== Recording == On ''Bocanada'', Cerati takes a turn towards electronic music, with most of the sound being trip hop, downtempo, and neo-psychedelia. In line with other genre pioneers like Massive Attack and Portishead, many of the songs use one or more samples from various artists. Despite the overall electronic sound, the album's most recognizable single, "Puente," is one of the few songs that eschews electronic music as its foundation, instead featuring a more conventional pop-rock sound. Around the time of Soda Stereo's breakup, Cerati had already composed songs with electronic sounds and using computers, some of which ended up on this album. The album was largely created using an Akai MPC, which was essential for the sampling and composition process. These samples were also processed through a MIDI mutator, and he considered these new computerized elements as important to the production as the guitar.<ref name="m779">{{cite book | last=Aboitiz | first=Maitena | title=Cerati en primera persona | publisher=B de Books (Ediciones B) | date=2013-09-15 | isbn=978-84-9019-923-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eiLKBQAAQBAJ&q=bocanada%2520gustavo%2520cerati | language=es | access-date=2026-04-29 | page=}}</ref><ref name=jalil/> Flavio Etcheto, artist and musician, assisted Cerati in essential ways. He participated in all the songs and co-wrote "Alma" and "Perdonar es divino," in addition to contributing loops, samples, and backing vocals. He also acted as an organizer and advisor for Cerati in the formation of his first solo band.
Cerati used the software Pro Tools to create the album, commenting:
{{Quote box | quote = “This album involved a deeper understanding of the computer. I was able to get more out of it. Until ''Amor Amarillo'', I was working without a computer. But when I bought the Macintosh, I started experimenting, and by ''Sueño Stereo'', many of the arrangements were created entirely within the machine. The idea behind that album was "let's put everything into the computer"; it's a natural reaction when you encounter a system and think, "What an incredible number of possibilities!" However, I also noticed that this abundance of possibilities complicates things when you have to make a decision. What's the most creative approach? To choose a couple of things and develop an idea from there.” | author = Gustavo Cerati | align = center }}
== Composition == ''Bocanada'' opens with “Tabú” which introduces sounds with electronica, sampledelia and jazz elements. It demonstrates the ability and prose of the recording techniques and structures of the songs, as proven with “Puente”, an alternative rock and electronica song with a pop sensibility that stretches to other songs on the album. This album also shows Cerati’s desire to explore electronic music as a whole. Bocanada is mainly a dream pop, trip hop, psychedelia and electronica album with strong influences from art rock and downtempo. Other genres appear as influence such as sampledelia, breakbeat, plunderphonics and jazz.<ref name=jalil>{{Cite web |last=JALIL |first=OSCAR |date=2024-06-28 |title=25 años de 'Bocanada': la historia detrás del renacimiento artístico de Cerati |url=https://es.rollingstone.com/arg-25-anos-de-bocanada-la-historia-detras-del-renacimiento-artistico-de-cerati/ |access-date=2026-02-15 |website=Rolling Stone en Español |language=es}}</ref>
==Track listing== All songs written by Gustavo Cerati, except where noted.
{{Track listing | collapsed = | headline = | extra_column = | total_length = 69:23 | title1 = Tabú | note1 = Taboo | length1 = 4:47 | title2 = Engaña | note2 = It Deceives | length2 = 4:12 | title3 = Bocanada | note3 = Puff | writer3 = Cerati, Pablo Chaijale | length3 = 4:07 | title4 = Puente | note4 = Bridge | length4 = 4:33 | title5 = Río Babel | note5 = Babel River | length5 = 4:44 | title6 = Beautiful | note6 = | length6 = 6:13 | title7 = Perdonar es Divino | note7 = Forgiveness is Divine | length7 = 5:19 | title8 = Verbo Carne | note8 = Flesh Verb | length8 = 4:42 | title9 = Raíz | note9 = Root | length9 = 4:04 | title10 = Y Si El Humo Está en Foco... | note10 = And If the Smoke Is in Focus... | length10 = 4:56 | title11 = Paseo Inmoral | note11 = Immoral Stroll | writer11 = Cerati, Francisco Bochatón | length11 = 5:31 | title12 = Aquí & Ahora (Los Primeros Tres Minutos) | note12 = Here & Now [The First Three Minutes] | length12 = 3:54 | title13 = Aquí & Ahora (Y Después) | note13 = Here & Now [And After] | length13 = 2:38 | title14 = Alma | note14 = Soul | writer14 = Cerati, Flavio Etcheto | length14 = 4:38 | title15 = Balsa | note15 = Raft | length15 = 5:05 }}
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==Personnel== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * Gustavo Cerati - lead vocals, guitars, samplers, synthesizers, keyboards, bass guitar, effects, additional instruments, mixing, producer
{{col-2}} ;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: drums. * Fernando Nalé: Bass guitar in 4, 6, 11. Double Bass in 3, 5. Fretless bass in 13. * Tweety González: Organ in ''Beautiful''. * Alejandro Terán: Arranger in ''Verbo Carne''. * Eduardo Bergallo: Engineer, mixing * MacKinlay: Second engineer * Eduardo Iencenella: Assistant * Clive Goddard: Mixing * Barry Woodward: Editor, The Townhouse, London * Bunt Stafford-Clark: Mastering, The Townhouse, London * Gaby Herbstein: Photography * Oscar (Roho): Hairstyle * Sofía Temperley: Photoshop * ROS: Design direction ;The London Session Orchestra * Gavin Wright: Director * Peter Cobbin: Engineer * Joel Gregg: Assistant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cerati.com/bocanada/|title=CERATI.COM - Bocanada|website=Cerati.com|access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref> {{col-end}}
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Chart performance for ''Bocanada'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Argentine Albums (CAPIF)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodecultura.com.ar/rankings/los-discos-mas-vendidos-21/|title=Los discos más vendidos|accessdate=25 August 2025|publisher=Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers|website=Diario de Cultura|archivedate=25 August 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250825171341/https://www.diariodecultura.com.ar/rankings/los-discos-mas-vendidos-21/}}</ref> | 1 |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|title=Bocanada|artist=Gustavo Cerati|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1999|access-date=September 18, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Gustavo Cerati|title=Bocanada|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1999|certyear=2024|access-date=July 1, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Gustavo Cerati|title=Bocanada|award=Gold|Spanish=yes|type=album|relyear=1999|certyear=2022|access-date=June 15, 2022}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true}}
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