Soda Stereo

Soda Stereo is the debut album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, released in August 27, 1984, through Discos CBS. It was produced by Federico Moura, then leader of the band Virus. The album allowed the band to enter into the Argentine music mainstream and contains some of their first hits like "Trátame Suavemente" and "Te Hacen Falta Vitaminas". Many songs from the album have been included in lists of best songs from Argentine rock and Latin American rock. It was certified double platinum in Argentina as well as in Peru and Chile within months of its release. The album cover was designed by the band alongside friend Alfredo Lois - it originally featured stills from the three members but they were deemed too photographic and were replaced with drawings and colored paper cuts on top of the pictures. Background The band was formed during the early eighties when Gustavo Cerati and Zeta Bosio met while studying Marketing at the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Later they met Charly Alberti and began playing together. The trio started performing under the name Los Estereotipos and recorded a demo including the song "¿Por qué no puedo ser del Jet-Set?" which would end up as the opening track on their debut album. The trio would eventually change their name to Soda Stereo. They started performing their songs as well as covers from bands like The Police and The Beatles in several bars and recorded a second demo with the songs "Dietético" and "Te Hacen Falta Vitaminas", alongside "¿Por qué no puedo ser del Jet-Set?". The band was discovered by the members of the band Virus during a performance, which led them to be signed by the label CBS to record their first album. Initially their contract consisted of their recording several teen pop covers which was refused by the band and led to the dissolvement of the contract, which was later re-negotiated to allow the band to perform their own songs.