Ciegos de Siglos (Blind of Centuries) is the ninth album recorded by the Argentine rock band Vox Dei. The band found it hard to attain chart success with this LP and Vox Dei were later dropped by CBS in 1977.

Ciegos de Ciglos
Studio album by
Released1976
Recorded29 June–12 August 1976
StudioCBS Studios, Buenos Aires
GenreHard rock, blues rock
Length33:20
LabelCBS
ProducerA. Horacio Cusato
Vox Dei chronology
Estamos en la Pecera
(1975)
Ciegos de Ciglos
(1976)
Gata de Noche
(1978)

Overview

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When Carlos Michelini walked out in early 1976 to move to Spain, Vox Dei included two guitars again: Raúl Fernández and Enrique "Avellaneda" Díaz, both members of La Máquina ("The Machine"). The LP sound adapts the mid-1970s hard rock, which caused many negative observers and critics from Pelo magazine. As their previous album, did not count on with any promotion from the label. In some ways, Ciegos de Siglos had a fusion of the styles not utilized on their previous releases, yet the material also shows traces of jazz rock and soul, particularly on the tracks "Reflexión de dos por miles a medianoche" and "Solo hoy te pertenece, mañana es ilusión".

On 2 December 2016, Vox Dei played together with Javier Martinez's Manal at Teatro Gran Rex, and released that same night the Ciegos de Siglos remastered edition, which features one outtake from the original sessions. The remaster issue is published by La Rompe Records (Vox Dei label) under Sony Music license.

Track listing

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  • All songs written by Willy Quiroga and Raúl Fernández, except where indicated.
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."La ceremonia es total" 3:18
2."Dejame creer que todo nace hoy"Willy Quiroga4:14
3."Pateando calle abajo" 4:34
4."Espontáneo y simple como un blues"Raúl Fernández, Enrique Díaz5:42
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Extraña visita"Rubén Basoalto, Fernández2:27
6."Reflexión de dos por miles a medianoche" 5:33
7."Solo hoy te pertenece, mañana es ilusión"Quiroga, Fernández, Basoalto5:50
8."Ciegos de siglos"Quiroga2:52
2016 CD edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
9."Qué te sucede" (Unreleased outtake)4:28

Personnel

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Vox Dei

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Additional Personnel
  • Guillermo Lechner - Sax on "Reflexión de dos por miles a medianoche".
Production
  • Nestor Gilardón - engineer
  • Oscar Gimenez - engineer
  • Roberto Labraga - mixing
  • A. Horacio Cusato - Artists and repertoire.
  • Design Cover by Vox Dei.
  • Art Cover by Oscar Álvarez and Willy Quiroga.
  • Remastered by Daniel Romero, assisted by Willy Quiroga.

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