Revolution Revolución

Revolution Revolución is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Ill Niño. It has sold over 430,00 copies worldwide.[11] It was the only album to feature guitarist Marc Rizzo, who left the band in 2003 to join Soulfly, and percussionist Roger Vasquez, who also left in 2003 and was replaced by Daniel Couto for the second album, Confession. The album was recorded from November 2000 to February 2001.[12][13]

Revolution Revolución
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2001
RecordedNovember 2000–February 2001
StudioShowplace Studios, Dover, New Jersey
Genre
Length45:41
LabelRoadrunner
Producer
Ill Niño chronology
Ill Niño EP
(2000)
Revolution Revolución
(2001)
Confession
(2003)
Singles from Revolution Revolución
  1. "God Save Us"
    Released: 2001[4]
  2. "What Comes Around"
    Released: June 10, 2002
  3. "Unreal"
    Released: November 4, 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[5]
Drowned in Sound10/10[6]
Kerrang![7]
Metal.de8/10[8]
Q[9]
Rock Hard9.5/10[10]

Reception

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Q magazine gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and said, "South American nu-metal with a strong Latin undercurrent... frontman Christian Marchado is equally adept at venting his spleen in English and Spanish."[9] Allmusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and said, "This is an excellent debut for fans who lean more to the cerebral side of modern metallic endeavors."

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Cristian Machado; all music is composed by Machado, Marc Rizzo, and Dave Chavarri

No.TitleLength
1."God Save Us"3:39
2."If You Still Hate Me"2:55
3."Unreal"3:33
4."Nothing's Clear"3:22
5."What Comes Around"3:46
6."Liar"3:31
7."Rumba"3:35
8."Predisposed"4:13
9."I Am Loco"3:30
10."No Murder"3:21
11."Rip Out Your Eyes"2:49
12."Revolution/Revolución"3:30
13."With You"3:57
Re-Release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Fallen"3:38
15."Eye for an Eye" (Live @ Brixton, Soulfly cover)3:55
16."God Save Us" (Live @ Brixton)4:02
17."What Comes Around" (Spanish Version)3:46
18."Unreal" (Spanish Version)3:34
  • The album was re-released on October 22, 2002. Two multimedia tracks were also included:
  1. "What Comes Around" (Videoclip)
  2. "Unreal" (Videoclip)

The track "Liar" is played in the credits of the game Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter for the Xbox 360.

Credits

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Ill Niño

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Additional musicians

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  • Omar Clavijo ― programming, samples
  • DJ Skratch ― turntables
  • Krztoff ― keyboards, synthesizers
  • Mark Hunter ― additional vocals (track 15)

Production

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  • Dave Chavarri – producer, engineer, additional sample and scratch direction
  • Ill Niño – co-producer
  • Cristian Machado – additional production, additional sample and scratch direction
  • Steve Regina – mixing, additional production
  • Rob Caggiano – mixing, additional production
  • Eddie Wohl – mixing, additional production
  • Henri Martinez – assistant engineer
  • Laz Pina – additional engineering
  • Carl Nappa – digital editing, additional engineering
  • Matt James – additional vocal production, additional digital editing
  • George Marino - mastering

References

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  1. ^ Coyle, Doc (September 15, 2015). "The 12 Most Underrated Nu Metal Albums". VH1. Archived from the original on June 4, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "The 50 best nu metal albums of all time". April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Revolution Revolución - Ill Niño". Allmusic.
  4. ^ "Ill Niño God Save Us (Single)". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
  6. ^ Bezer, Terry (2001-07-25). "Album Review: Ill Nino - Revolution/Revolucion". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  7. ^ Mörat (July 21, 2001). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 862. UK: EMAP. p. 48.
  8. ^ David (November 11, 2001). "Ill Nino - Revolution Revolucion Review • metal.de". metal.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  9. ^ a b Summer/01, p.104
  10. ^ "Revolution Revolucion". www.rockhard.de (Vol. 174) (in German). October 16, 2001. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  11. ^ "ILL NIÑO Announces Upcoming Dates with Metal Kings MEGADETH and BIOHAZARD". ROCK LINES MAGAZINE. 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  12. ^ Anon. (November 13, 2000). "The Future of Roadrunner". roadrun.com. Archived from the original on 2000-11-20. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  13. ^ "Ill Nino Finish Tracking Of Roadrunner Debut". Shoutweb. February 6, 2001. Archived from the original on May 30, 2004. Retrieved June 2, 2024.