Senderos de traición[1] (Spanish: Paths of Betrayal) is the second studio album by the Spanish rock band Héroes del Silencio, released the December 4 1990. The album was especially successful in Spain and Germany. In August 1993, 750,000 copies had been sold worldwide, half of which were sales in Spain.[2]

Senderos de traición
Studio album by
Released4 December 1990 (1990-12-04)
Recorded1990
StudioKirios Studios (Madrid, Spain)
GenreGothic rock, hard rock
Length45:46
LanguageSpanish
LabelEMI
ProducerPhil Manzanera
Héroes del Silencio chronology
En Directo
(1989)
Senderos de traición
(1990)
Senda ´91
(1991)

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Enrique Bunbury, Juan Valdivia, Joaquin Cardiel, and Pedro Andreu

No.TitleLength
1."Entre dos tierras [Between two lands]"6:09
2."Maldito duende [Damned goblin]"4:13
3."La carta [The letter]"3:07
4."Malas intenciones [Bad intentions]"3:50
5."Sal [Salt]"0:11
6."Senda [Path]"3:59
7."Hechizo [Spell]"4:37
8."Oración [Prayer]"4:09
9."Despertar [Awakening]"2:59
10."Decadencia [Decline]"4:17
11."Con nombre de guerra [With a war name]"4:17
12."El cuadro II [The painting II]"4:07
  • The Latin American release includes the song Héroe De Leyenda (originally released in the album El Mar No Cesa as the final track (track 11 in vinyl and track 13 in CD)), in track 7 between the songs Senda and Hechizo, but also excluding El Cuadro II
  • This edition was released in 1992, when the band carried out the tour in Latin America
  • In both the cassette and vinyl editions Héroe De Leyenda and El Cuadro II were excluded, leaving these editions with only 11 songs.

Chart performance and certifications

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Charts Peak position Certifications Sales
Spain[3] 1 3× Platinum[4] 500,000[5]
Germany[6] 17 1× Gold, 1× Platinum[7]
Switzerland[8] 40 1× Gold, 1× Platinum[9]

Personnel

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Usage in media

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The songs "Maldito duende", "Entre dos tierras" and "Hechizo" were played in the 2017 Spanish horror film Véronica.

References

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Citations
  1. ^ "EnriqueBunbury.com" (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  2. ^ Llewellyn, Howell (August 14, 1993). "Royal Family Rolls Out Red Carpet For Spain's Conquering Heroes". Billboard. p. 42.
  3. ^ Salaverri 2005
  4. ^ Salaverri 2005, p. 931
  5. ^ Corroto, Paula (April 27, 2021). "Héroes del Silencio... y del exceso: los secretos del grupo español más universal". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "Heroes Del Silencio: Longplay-Chartverfolgung". Musicline.de (in German). Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank" [Gold/Platin Data Base] (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Heroes Del Silencio - Senderos de traición". Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Awards". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
General references
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