Heavy Tango Explained

Heavy Tango
Type:studio
Artist:Nacha Guevara
Cover:Heavy Tango album cover.jpg
Released:1991
Recorded:April–August 1991
Studio:Panda Studios, Buenos Aires
Length:44:10
Prev Year:1988
Prev Title:Nacha Guevara en concierto
Next Title:La vida en tiempo de tango
Next Year:1990
Language:Spanish

Heavy Tango is a studio album by Argentine singer and actress Nacha Guevara, released in 1991 by BMG and RCA Records. Recorded between April and August 1991 in Buenos Aires, it is her only musical work published during the 1990s. As its title indicates, the album tries to be a fusion of tango with heavy metal, inspired by glam metal band Bon Jovi's work of the late 1980s.[1] Guevara co-produced and led the project with her partner at the time, Miguel Ronsini (under his stage name Mike Ron Sini), a relationship that scandalized the public opinion of the time, as she was much older than him.[2] The album features Tita Merello on her last recording appearance, a hip hop version of the famous tango "Se dice de mí".[3] [4] [5] During this era, the singer adopted a look very reminiscent of Cher's. The Heavy Tango Tour toured the Argentine cities of Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Rosario.[6] In addition to Argentina, Guevara performed in Málaga,[6] at the Gran Teatro of Huelva,[7] and at the Seville Expo '92.[8] While in Spain, the singer also made several appearances on Jesús Quintero's television program.[6]

The album was universally panned by the press,[9] and is considered Guevara's most questioned work.[6] [10] [11] She was accused of "ruining tango and rock simultaneously",[12] and the album was described as a "grotesque recklessness",[13] a "strange monstrosity of genres",[14] and a display of bad taste.[15] In a 2003 interview, singer Raúl Lavié said: "Was [''Heavy Tango''] another assassination attempt on the tango? She totally killed it."[16] Even so, some people have somewhat recognized Heavy Tango as a pioneering work of "tango fusion", years before electronic tango appeared.[17] [18] In a 2018 interview, Guevara said of the album: "Everyone did it later! The most reactionary in terms of reception were the rock fans, not the tango fans."[19]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Heavy Tangos liner notes.[20]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Billboard. 1 May 2020. Buenos Aires breathes new life into tango. 96. 28 November 1992. Fernández Bitar. Marcelo. 104. 48. Nielsen Business Media. 0006-2510.
  2. News: Los 80 años de Nacha Guevara, en 8 momentos de su vida. https://web.archive.org/web/20201006033830/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/personajes/los-80-anos-de-nacha-guevara-en-8-momentos-de-su-vida-nid2466972 . 2020-10-06 . live. es. La Nación. 14 February 2022. Mascareño. Pablo. 3 October 2020.
  3. Web site: La pelea por la tarta de verdura. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/teatro/pelea-tarta-verdura_0_HJxlVWVpDXx.html . 2022-03-14 . live. es. 9 April 2011. Clarín. 1 May 2020.
  4. Web site: es. "Me gusta interpretar mujeres fuertes". https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.diariopopular.com.ar/me-gusta-interpretar-mujeres-fuertes-n84880 . 2022-03-14 . live. 24 April 2011. 1 May 2020. Diario Popular.
  5. News: es. Nacha Guevara, obra viviente. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/teatro/nacha-guevara-obra-viviente-nid1366280 . 2022-03-14 . live. Sirvén. Pablo. 17 April 2011. 1 May 2020. La Nación.
  6. Web site: es. Nacha Guevara. https://web.archive.org/web/20210304164528/https://www.cancioneros.com/at/5166/0/biografia-de-nacha-guevara . 2021-03-04 . live. 14 February 2022. Cancioneros.com. Barcelona.
  7. Web site: Material gráfico del Gran Teatro, Huelva. es. 1 October 1992. 1 May 2020. Elektra: Archivo Digital de las Artes Escénicas de Andalucía. Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales.
  8. Web site: Sábado 10. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-sevilla-19921001-60.html . 2022-03-14 . live. es. 60. 1 October 1992. 1 May 2020. ABC Sevilla.
  9. Web site: es. Noticias. 1 May 2020. 12–13. Perfil. Editorial Perfil. 1999. 1158–1165.
  10. Web site: es. Nacha Guevara, una artista que evoca demasiadas cosas. 1 May 2020. Faller Menéndez. Pilar. Por Esto!.
  11. Web site: 1940: Nace Nacha Guevara, icono argentino internacional. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/1504650.1940-nace-nacha-guevara-icono-argentino-internacional.html . 2022-03-14 . live. es. 3 October 2018. 1 May 2020. El Siglo de Torreón.
  12. Web site: Cuando Nacha (Cloti Acosta) quiso ser como Cher. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://archivo.urgente24.com/50993-cuando-nacha-cloti-acosta-quiso-ser-como-cher . 2022-03-14 . live. es. Urgente 24. 1 May 2020. 27 April 2009.
  13. Web site: Nacha y el sello discepoliano. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/nacha-y-el-sello-discepoliano-nid131380 . 2022-03-14 . live. es. 16 March 1999. 1 May 2020. La Nación.
  14. Web site: 5 July 2020. es. La ficha. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/espectaculos/subnotas/1960-689-2006-03-09.html . 2022-03-14 . live. Página/12. 9 March 2006.
  15. Book: es. A mí el tango me salvo la vida. 2006. 119–126. 1 May 2020. Revista Ñ. Clarín. 42.
  16. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20220214024010/https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/raul-lavie-encanta-palabra-arrabal_0_S11ehJq0TFx.html. Raúl Lavié: "Me encanta la palabra arrabal". Clarín. 3 May 2009. 13 February 2022. 14 February 2022.
  17. Book: es. https://books.google.com/books?id=q61W8v_9ltwC&pg=PT128. Nacha Guevara. Enciclopedia Gay. D'Amore. Ignacio. Loéz. Mariano. 1 May 2020. 2012. Sudamericana. 978-950-073-091-4.
  18. Web site: es. Nacha Guevara: "Ojo que los años solos nos dan nada". https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/titulo_0_HJAgl1RcPXl.html . 2022-03-14 . live. 1 May 2020. Clarín. 20 April 2014.
  19. Web site: Canción de cuna generacional. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/97553-cancion-de-cuna-generacional . 2022-03-14 . live. Página/12. Del Mazo. Mariano. 25 February 2018. 1 May 2020. es.
  20. Nacha Guevara. Spanish. Heavy Tango. 1991. BMG & RCA. ECD 80090. Argentina. CD audio.

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